Expected to Hit Steam in the Next Couple Weeks

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Expected to Hit Seam in the Next Couple Weeks

The WildStar forum has been updated with the news that the team has been hard at work preparing the game for its Steam release. According to the post, WildStar is expected to go live in the 'next couple of weeks' after a few additional tweaks and changes are implemented.

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zeus3715

The Seam Markets? The Seam's online cotton brokers & peanut brokers trade using real-time market pricing.

Vasel

There must be a seam opening up I dont know about. I am curious.

Ikeda

There SEAM's to be a problem with editorial spell checks.  

carotid

Ikeda said:

There SEAM's to be a problem with editorial spell checks.  

It would "seam" so LOL

Ikeda

Awwww they fixed the title.  It's no longer as amusing.

mnemic666

So they're going to launch during/close to E3?

Welp, there goes their chances of being able to get any press coverage to drive folks to try out the game. Can't tell if they're honestly retarded or if they want to make sure the games last chance to stay alive fails.

Albatroes

Sadly, steam can't save every game.

Volgore

Isn't it sort of strange that Steam is now supposed to fix what Carbine couldn't...?
In a few month...what got messed up over several years?

Good luck Wildstar, i hope this crazy little gem makes it!

Seelinnikoi

I wonder if launching on Steam from the get go, would have brought a different outcome for the game...

xyzercrime

Seam, you will always be remembered.

mgilbrtsn

Volgore said:

Isn't it sort of strange that Steam is now supposed to fix what Carbine couldn't...?
In a few month...what got messed up over several years?

Good luck Wildstar, i hope this crazy little gem makes it!

more and more people seem to be gravitating to 'Seam,' so they're probably hoping that there is a dedicated population waiting for this move.  Not sure how big that population is, but an initial boost isn't going to turn the tide.  They need retention.

Volgore

mgilbrtsn said:

Volgore said:

Isn't it sort of strange that Steam is now supposed to fix what Carbine couldn't...?
In a few month...what got messed up over several years?

Good luck Wildstar, i hope this crazy little gem makes it!

more and more people seem to be gravitating to 'Seam,' so they're probably hoping that there is a dedicated population waiting for this move.  Not sure how big that population is, but an initial boost isn't going to turn the tide.  They need retention.

Yes, so it seams...

jonassm

They better do some marketing, now its their chance, the game is pretty much dead.

Volgore

jonassm said:

They better do some marketing, now its their chance, the game is pretty much dead.

I guess every fan of game has by now accepted that NCSoft/Carbine don't do any marketing for Wildstar

xyzercrime

Volgore said:

jonassm said:

They better do some marketing, now its their chance, the game is pretty much dead.

I guess every fan of game has by now accepted that NCSoft/Carbine don't do any marketing for Wildstar

Doesn't it 'seam' so strange?

PurplePoloPlayer

Ah Wildstar. The pinnacle of failed WOW clones.

Enyov

PurplePoloPlayer said:

Ah Wildstar. The pinnacle of failed WOW clones.

That's like trying to compare Call of Duty to Overwatch. Their the same genre but hardly the same game.

Wraithone

Its too bad, as the game could have been more fun.  But they have made too many mistakes, and now its coming apart at the seams... (sorry I had to...)

Wizardry

Seelinnikoi said:

I wonder if launching on Steam from the get go, would have brought a different outcome for the game...

Quite possible,who knows,all that maters to me is the quality of a game,not where or how it is launched.

I lasted but 2 hours,the game just offered me nothing i wanted,no matter,i am sure they made some hefty early profits from the early hype train.I guess for those that like the game,they can see some light in that efforts continue to keep the game alive.

Little-Boot

Unfortunately the game is a seaming pile of crap, and launching at the time of E3, means any publicity will get seam-rolled by bigger stories. 

Kelaris

I enjoyed Wildstar for three months when it came out, and wouldn't mind trying it again. However, NCSoft's tendency to quickly kill off underperforming games would keep me from getting very invested in it at this point, even if it was amazing.

Zzad

I hope they do well because Wildstar is actually a triple A game with losts of content and lots of love put into it.
I  think though that they need to get rid off those annoying atunments for Raids and make raiding more accesible for casual & not super skilled players (like actual WoW raiding)

gervaise1

Little-Boot said:

Unfortunately the game is a seaming pile of crap, and launching at the time of E3, means any publicity will get seam-rolled by bigger stories. 

What matters will be the coverage on the Steam front page.

I doubt a relaunch of a relaunch will gain much news coverage E3 or no E3. (Admittedly with so few big companies turning any news might be pounced on!

And whenever it launches it faces competition for proples' time. It is summer for one. Major sporting events: European Championship (June), Tour de France (July), Olympics (August). All of which draw in non-football/cycling/athletic people.

NCSoft spent a fair amount on marketing two yeats ago and that didn't work.

To extend the sporting theme: its the dying seconds of the game and they have gone for a Hail Mary pass. (Another "football" reference)

scorpex-x

Steam has done nothing to turn around the fate of any of the mmo titles that have released on it, I really dont get why carbine think this will be any different.

Shijuki

^ this exactly. I dont see how this will save the game in any way. Sure, it will generate player activity at the start just with any f2p games released on steam these days, but im pretty it will fail on retention.