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Smedley interview confirms Gods and Heroes is an SOE title
RedwoodSap
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Sony Online Entertainment's president John Smedley is a confident man. At this year's Gamer's Day event for the EverQuest-creating Sony division and sister firm to PlayStation 3 creator SCEE, he introduced the heads of the company's different development studios with the air of a man who sees new opportunities on the horizon.
He had a good deal of excitement and enthusiasm for the newly announced Rise of Kunark expansion for EverQuest 2, the ongoing progress for Gods and Heroes, and the quiet continuation of other SOE titles.
Now that certainly sounds like more than just a publishing and printing CDs interest.
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Ok, I'll bite.
Waw, did you made this up yourself.
- Footnotes mate, footnotes. What article did you get that from?
- Have you ever been on the GnH official boards? I don't think so. Because if you did, you'd know this ain't true, I tried to tell you(and many others) this on several occasions.But hey, you already read more of these kinds of posts right?! Even when there's an official announcement from the community manager himself you don't believe it.
I hate doomthinkers...
They say that SOE will have no hand in the development of the game... but we have heard that before.
Oh and a link: http://community.godsandheroes.com/jive/ann.jspa?annID=19
Quoting people doesn't make you clever, in fact, it makes you all the more stupid for not bothering to read the quotes you post in the first place.
This is from the Official G&H Website:
Announcement: Our New Website and our Publisher
Posted By: Deodatus
Created in: Forum: Official Announcements
Posted: Feb 28, 2006 2:54 PM
Salve faithful citizens and new comers alike!
Today has been a most exciting day with the announcement of Sony Online Entertainment Platform Publishing as our Co-publisher for ?Gods & Heroes? and a complete re-launch of our website! I know that I have talked about Publisher/Studio relationships before in previous posts, but with this announcement, I feel that it is important to let you know how this relationship will affect you, the players of Gods & Heroes.
We at Perpetual Entertainment are building something that we love and that we know you?ll love too. With Gods & Heroes ? as with all our projects ? we focus on creating great games and running a quality online service. This means that we handle everything internally, from hosting the game servers, to account services/billing, to technical support, and working with the community. This means that Platform Publishing will be handling retail marketing, PR, manufacturing, and our North American distribution.
Platform Publishing brings an experienced marketing, PR, manufacturing, and distribution team to the table that helps to put more copies of the game on the shelves in more locations around North America. This translates to one thing: Making it easier for you to pick up a copy on the launch date. This is exciting news for all of us and this puts us one giant step closer to enjoying Gods & Heroes with you!
It won?t be long until I see you in the game,
Deodatus
"Don't corpse-camp that idea. Its never gonna rez"
Bladezz (The Guild)
I dont' see where it says SOE is in charge of development or design so their hands are limited to the money making side. So its really still not an SOE game its just a game that SOE is making sure gets out there. Unless the developers for gods and heroes suddenly waste all their budget like (cough vanguard) i doubt theyll be pulling any release early tricks.
I think all you SOE haters need to remove the tinfoil hats its starting to melt your brain.
Please Refer to Doom Cat with all conspiracies & evil corporation complaints. He'll give you the simple explination of..WE"RE ALL DOOMED!
Please Refer to Doom Cat with all conspiracies & evil corporation complaints. He'll give you the simple explination of..WE"RE ALL DOOMED!
Just because SOE is publishing G&H doesn't mean they have any influence over the game itself. Going with SOE rather than attempting to self publish is the right choice. Stop complaining.
Just because Vanguard was a flop and they used SOE for publishing, doesn't mean that GnH will be. Vanguard did badly because Sigil did badly, NOT because of anything SOE did. So how exactly do you make ANY connection at all between Vanguard and GnH?
If GnH is a good game, I will buy a box with a sticker on it that says SOE, I don't really mind. If GnH isn't a good game, it's because Perpetual did a bad job, not because of anything SOE did.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to "defend" anything SOE has done in the past. I'm simply telling you that there's no way in hell you can pin a bad game like Vanguard on THEM when they had nothing to do with it. If anything, SOE is saving Vanguard by picking it up, not killing it.
I dont' see where it says SOE is in charge of development or design so their hands are limited to the money making side. So its really still not an SOE game its just a game that SOE is making sure gets out there. Unless the developers for gods and heroes suddenly waste all their budget like (cough vanguard) i doubt theyll be pulling any release early tricks.
I think all you SOE haters need to remove the tinfoil hats its starting to melt your brain.
I never said they were in charge of development OR design. I actually even said " They say that SOE will have no hand in the development of the game.." The other part: "but we have heard that before." I said because SOE always puts itself in very good position to acquire games when they falter. I actually have no problem with SOE.
I agree with Crose. everyone just please stop bitching about it.