badgenome said:
Dodece said:
First let me say this I think Sony Online Entertainment is one of the worst developers in the online space. This is not just a matter of their technical skill which is average at best. No the real problem is their heinous disregard for the player. They think nothing of making false promises, using paying customers for beta testing, and even radically redesigning a game from the ground up mid stride.
To be blunt you could spend half a year building a character, and one day out of the blue they would change the entire game, and destroy all those achievements. For an online game this is like genocide. How can you enjoy such a game with the ever present threat that the developer will just flush your achievements. Watching hundreds or thousands of hours work just washed away without your consent.
I do believe the game will probably be free. A number of games use a economic model called micro transactions. Basically they pay the bills by charging you a nickle for this, and a dime for that. The more heinous players in this model basically force you to do this just to be competitive, or to actually enjoy the game in a meaningful way. Before long you discover it actually costs more then a sub service, and worse then that it isn't about competition or accomplishment. In the end it is about who has the most money wins.
While some in the industry champion this model it fully disgusts me. This is really contrary to the way these games were intended to be played. Commitment is replaced by cash, and it devalues accomplishment. Where is the value in getting a hard to acquire item. When the guy next to you just goes to the shop, and buys the item. Before long everyone capitulates, and they are really cheating themselves of the experience.
Speaking on champions going to the PS3. Well its a question of risk versus reward. Sony is a direct competitor and threat to Cryptic, and it is a relatively small pond with big stakes. Any game producer wants their game ported to as many machines as possible, but when it comes to business. Making the PS3 a viable online platform has a real drawback for Cryptic, because then Sony owns the home field, and everyone knows the home town team has an advantage. |
As a former Star Wars Galaxies player, I have to agree with the bolded. SOE is the fucking devil.
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He must be talking about eq2. Everything he said is 100% true.
You wanna have your opinion, then you have to respect different opinions as well.
