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sega4life on 04 March 2009

 

March 16 Shall Now Officially Be Known As "Sony Online Entertainment Day"

By Luke Plunkett

There are plenty of commemorative days across the globe. Some honour great men/women, some honour great events, some even get you the day off work. But granting a day to a games developer?

That's exactly what San Diego City Council are doing. Next Tuesday (the 10th), city council member Carl DeMaio will formally proclaim March 16 as "Sony Online Entertainment Day", to mark the company's contribution to the city's coffers (SOE HQ is located in San Diego) as well as the 10th anniversary of the launch of Everquest, still the biggest title SOE have ever put out.

Sure, that flagship series isn't what it once was - remember when World of Warcraft was just another Everquest competitor? - but this is as much in recognition of past deeds as it is current relevance.

March 16 To Become SOE Day in San Diego [Voodoo Extreme]



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Killzowned on 05 March 2009

Haha, nice.



wfz on 05 March 2009

Sweet, I live in San Diego, does this mean that I don't have to go to University on that day?!

Anyways, Sony is getting a holiday because they've contributed money and made one popular online game many years ago?

What the hell?

Can we get a Nintendo week? Added on as an extension to Spring Break?

How about Halo day?



makingmusic476 on 05 March 2009

@wfz:

I don't get it either. SOE is probably one of SCE's weakest studios aside form Everquest, too. They release a LOT of games, but none of them are very good or sell very well.

But it's San Fransisco. Those crazy San Fransiscans.



wfz on 05 March 2009
makingmusic476 said:
@wfz:

I don't get it either. SOE is probably one of SCE's weakest studios aside form Everquest, too. They release a LOT of games, but none of them are very good or sell very well.

But it's San Fransisco. Those crazy San Fransiscans.

 

Hey dude that's San Diego, and I live there. >_>



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makingmusic476 on 05 March 2009

Close enough. Crazy Californians. :P



Gnizmo on 05 March 2009
makingmusic476 said:
@wfz:

I don't get it either. SOE is probably one of SCE's weakest studios aside form Everquest, too. They release a LOT of games, but none of them are very good or sell very well.

But it's San Fransisco. Those crazy San Fransiscans.

 No need to exclude games here. Everquest was an absolute mess of a game. The original one was absolutely terrible by modern standards. It just got lucky by being in the right place at the right time. SOE is easily the weakest part of the first party software development team. They had a few stellar designers on staff (Scott Hartsman needs to be working on a game yesterday!!!) but they have all moved on to greener pastures.



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wfz on 05 March 2009

Meh, what matters is we have a new holiday, and you guys don't!

Party time!