Smedley is involved in both MMO and the PS3 department, as for PoTBS, FLS won't get far without the financial aid of SOE which is why they went to SOE for a deal. I even remember one of the head devs of FLS at one point saying "we'll never deal with SOE" then 2-3 months later, he actually defends SOE because of the potential $$$'s with the partnership.
As someone else said earlier, SOE's has a dirty marketing scheme, they want to squeeze in as money as they can with transations and TCG and it'll continue with DCU & other games in the future. Smedley may have a good money making management but a horrible long term quality game management.
Good to see some one else finally saying some true words in this thread. The SOE Games I've enjoyed (Planetside, SWG) Both have been destroyed in terms of what the community of "good players" wanted for good of the game. Oh well, hopefully they make a Planetside 2 and don't screw it up, then I will forgive them. Until then, I just call them money hungry mongols.
If they do Planeside 2 I promise you it will be loaded with just as much dirty marketing RMT schemes...
Four years after The Matrix Online went live Sony has decided to stop supporting the MMO and will shut down the servers on July 31st.
The announcement was made via a community forum post by Sony Online Entertainment’s Daniel “Walrus” Myers. In it he said:
Now we’ve seen how far the rabbit hole goes and it’s time to wake up from that dream (or go back to sleep, depending how you look at it). On July 31, 2009, we will be jacking out for the last time. It’s a bittersweet moment for everyone involved with the game; as a player or as a developer.
It has been a good run. Where many games have fizzled out before or shortly after launch, by August we will have lived on in our home at SOE for more than 4 years. To this day, I have never worked with a community as dedicated as The Matrix Online community.
As did happen with Tabula Rasa Sony will be carrying out an end of world event for all remaining players. The post by Daniel went on to say:
The team will also be whipping up an end-of-the-world event. It won’t be quite the same as having over 100 developers in the game as Agents like when we ended beta, but we have 4 years of tricks up our sleeve. It’ll be a chance to revisit all the things that make MxO the memorable experience it is. And how could we pull the plug without crushing everyone’s RSI just one more time?
It looks like the team looking after The Matrix Online will likely make their way over to The Agency, but Sony has a number of MMOs on Station.com so I doubt anyone is going to be losing a job because of this.
at this point $OE needs to do 1 of 2 things with swg roll the game back to the pre-cu with fresh servers shut swg down mark my words if $OE gives us our pre-cu swg back no one will even look at the boring class based tor
Doing that is years too late. Sure, Pre-CU servers would draw more players than the NGE does currently (not that this is saying much) but it's a 6 year old game.
You are absolutely right that Pre-CU would draw more players than TOR... If it were a Pre-CU that had seen 4+ years of additional polish, bug fixes, content additions and graphics upgrades. Unfortunately it never got any of that, neither did the CU, and they've wasted 4 years polishing the NGE turd.
at this point $OE needs to do 1 of 2 things with swg roll the game back to the pre-cu with fresh servers shut swg down mark my words if $OE gives us our pre-cu swg back no one will even look at the boring class based tor
/facepalm
SWG player from launch to the day NGE released. Please let this die, SWG was a piece of crap game outside it being a sandbox. It was the greatest sandbox ever made and kept my interest for over 2 years but its old and I wouldnt go back to play it. Kill Krayts, farm Acklay go pvp.
Did anyone honestly expect MxO to last this long? I mean, it's been almost half a decade since The Matrix was culturally relavent. How are you going to get new subs if the game premise seems stale?
It is a mark of SOE's colossal incompetence that they managed to so devalue and not destroy the online life of what was a billion dollar creative franchise.
Did anyone honestly expect MxO to last this long? I mean, it's been almost half a decade since The Matrix was culturally relavent. How are you going to get new subs if the game premise seems stale?
It is a mark of SOE's colossal incompetence that they managed to so devalue and not destroy the online life of what was a billion dollar creative franchise.
Really? Billion dollar franchise? How long ago was the movie? Flash in the pan maybe.
Does this mean they will lower the cost of Station Access? lol I completely forgot that SOE had Marvel. That's gotta hurt the Marvel fans, tbh.
Gasp! No, no. Thankfully (from the perspective of a 35 year Marvel fan), they have the DC comic MMO, not Marvel. What's ironic is I didn't even realize there was a connection between the Matrix and DC MMO titles. I learned something today from this thread ^_^. What's sad though is that apparently SOE squandered one of the best opportunities for a kickass MMO (Matrix) just to get their hands on Superman and Batman. What a waste.
at this point $OE needs to do 1 of 2 things with swg roll the game back to the pre-cu with fresh servers shut swg down mark my words if $OE gives us our pre-cu swg back no one will even look at the boring class based tor
I'd never look at another StarWars MMO of any kind run by Smed. He had his chance(s), and made a collosal mess imo. It's time to let someone else have a try, and Bioware would have been my first choice.
Did anyone honestly expect MxO to last this long? I mean, it's been almost half a decade since The Matrix was culturally relavent. How are you going to get new subs if the game premise seems stale?
It is a mark of SOE's colossal incompetence that they managed to so devalue and not destroy the online life of what was a billion dollar creative franchise.
Really? Billion dollar franchise? How long ago was the movie? Flash in the pan maybe.
Thge movie was a couple of years ago. I am assuming that you are in your teens since you are not able to remember it. The Lord if the Rings was written in the late 40s you know - or did you think it was just a movie?
Originally posted by talamanthon It looks like the team looking after The Matrix Online will likely make their way over to The Agency, but Sony has a number of MMOs on Station.com so I doubt anyone is going to be losing a job because of this.
I doubt there was a team of anything running the matrix. Current word from the players is that there was not even one full time developer assigned to the game and almost all communication/updates ended a while ago. Planetside is the same way currently with VG and non-trading card game swg far behind.
Did anyone honestly expect MxO to last this long? I mean, it's been almost half a decade since The Matrix was culturally relavent. How are you going to get new subs if the game premise seems stale?
It is a mark of SOE's colossal incompetence that they managed to so devalue and not destroy the online life of what was a billion dollar creative franchise.
Really? Billion dollar franchise? How long ago was the movie? Flash in the pan maybe.
Uh yes actually, $1.6 Billion worldwide. The game's lack of success has absolutely nothing to do with the content being "relevant", and everything to do with the game being lousy.
The thing keeping Planetside allive is its modest success in China. Imo that gives it at least another year. However, games like POTBS, Vanguard, and EQOA don't have much going for them, its anyone's guess as to which the next victim will be.
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Good to see some one else finally saying some true words in this thread. The SOE Games I've enjoyed (Planetside, SWG) Both have been destroyed in terms of what the community of "good players" wanted for good of the game. Oh well, hopefully they make a Planetside 2 and don't screw it up, then I will forgive them. Until then, I just call them money hungry mongols.
If they do Planeside 2 I promise you it will be loaded with just as much dirty marketing RMT schemes...
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Ten Golden Rules Of Videogame Fanboyism
"SOE has probably united more gamers in hatred than Blizzard has subs"...daelnor
SOE is making money. No doubt in my mind anyway.
Even if it were losing money..the data mine that is the Station Pass games, is priceless.
See you in the dream..
The Fires from heaven, now as cold as ice. A rapid ascension tolls a heavy price.
Sony to shut down The Matrix Online MMO servers
Four years after The Matrix Online went live Sony has decided to stop supporting the MMO and will shut down the servers on July 31st.
The announcement was made via a community forum post by Sony Online Entertainment’s Daniel “Walrus” Myers. In it he said:
Now we’ve seen how far the rabbit hole goes and it’s time to wake up from that dream (or go back to sleep, depending how you look at it). On July 31, 2009, we will be jacking out for the last time. It’s a bittersweet moment for everyone involved with the game; as a player or as a developer.
It has been a good run. Where many games have fizzled out before or shortly after launch, by August we will have lived on in our home at SOE for more than 4 years. To this day, I have never worked with a community as dedicated as The Matrix Online community.
As did happen with Tabula Rasa Sony will be carrying out an end of world event for all remaining players. The post by Daniel went on to say:
The team will also be whipping up an end-of-the-world event. It won’t be quite the same as having over 100 developers in the game as Agents like when we ended beta, but we have 4 years of tricks up our sleeve. It’ll be a chance to revisit all the things that make MxO the memorable experience it is. And how could we pull the plug without crushing everyone’s RSI just one more time?
It looks like the team looking after The Matrix Online will likely make their way over to The Agency, but Sony has a number of MMOs on Station.com so I doubt anyone is going to be losing a job because of this.
at this point $OE needs to do 1 of 2 things with swg
roll the game back to the pre-cu with fresh servers
shut swg down
mark my words if $OE gives us our pre-cu swg back no one will even look at the boring class based tor
Doing that is years too late. Sure, Pre-CU servers would draw more players than the NGE does currently (not that this is saying much) but it's a 6 year old game.
You are absolutely right that Pre-CU would draw more players than TOR... If it were a Pre-CU that had seen 4+ years of additional polish, bug fixes, content additions and graphics upgrades. Unfortunately it never got any of that, neither did the CU, and they've wasted 4 years polishing the NGE turd.
/facepalm
SWG player from launch to the day NGE released. Please let this die, SWG was a piece of crap game outside it being a sandbox. It was the greatest sandbox ever made and kept my interest for over 2 years but its old and I wouldnt go back to play it. Kill Krayts, farm Acklay go pvp.
It is a mark of SOE's colossal incompetence that they managed to so devalue and not destroy the online life of what was a billion dollar creative franchise.
It is a mark of SOE's colossal incompetence that they managed to so devalue and not destroy the online life of what was a billion dollar creative franchise.
Really? Billion dollar franchise? How long ago was the movie? Flash in the pan maybe.
Gasp! No, no. Thankfully (from the perspective of a 35 year Marvel fan), they have the DC comic MMO, not Marvel. What's ironic is I didn't even realize there was a connection between the Matrix and DC MMO titles. I learned something today from this thread ^_^. What's sad though is that apparently SOE squandered one of the best opportunities for a kickass MMO (Matrix) just to get their hands on Superman and Batman. What a waste.
I'd never look at another StarWars MMO of any kind run by Smed. He had his chance(s), and made a collosal mess imo. It's time to let someone else have a try, and Bioware would have been my first choice.
It is a mark of SOE's colossal incompetence that they managed to so devalue and not destroy the online life of what was a billion dollar creative franchise.
Really? Billion dollar franchise? How long ago was the movie? Flash in the pan maybe.
Thge movie was a couple of years ago. I am assuming that you are in your teens since you are not able to remember it. The Lord if the Rings was written in the late 40s you know - or did you think it was just a movie?
I doubt there was a team of anything running the matrix. Current word from the players is that there was not even one full time developer assigned to the game and almost all communication/updates ended a while ago. Planetside is the same way currently with VG and non-trading card game swg far behind.
It is a mark of SOE's colossal incompetence that they managed to so devalue and not destroy the online life of what was a billion dollar creative franchise.
Really? Billion dollar franchise? How long ago was the movie? Flash in the pan maybe.
Uh yes actually, $1.6 Billion worldwide. The game's lack of success has absolutely nothing to do with the content being "relevant", and everything to do with the game being lousy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(series)
The thing keeping Planetside allive is its modest success in China. Imo that gives it at least another year. However, games like POTBS, Vanguard, and EQOA don't have much going for them, its anyone's guess as to which the next victim will be.