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Leonidus on 28 May 2009

Damn, im not very clued in on MMO's then.
A question though, were any of Sony's previous attempts successful?

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skip on 28 May 2009

Leonidus said:
Damn, im not very clued in on MMO's then.
A question though, were any of Sony's previous attempts successful?

I would say they were successful. You would have to be to have your game last 10 years and have that many expansions

EverQuest — PC (March 1999)
- The Ruins of Kunark (March 2000)
- The Scars of Velious (December 2000)
- The Shadows of Luclin (December 2001)
- The Planes of Power (October 2002)
- The Legacy of Ykesha (February 2003)
- Lost Dungeons of Norrath (September 2003)
- Gates of Discord (February 2004)
- Omens of War (September 2004)
- Dragons of Norrath (February 2005)
- Depths of Darkhollow (September 2005)
- Prophecy of Ro (February 2006)
- The Serpent's Spine (September 2006)
- The Buried Sea (February 2007)
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Solid_Snake4RD on 28 May 2009

Everquest was the game that made MMO's popular,hell yeah! they were successful

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Leonidus on 28 May 2009

skip said:

Leonidus said:
Damn, im not very clued in on MMO's then.
A question though, were any of Sony's previous attempts successful?

I would say they were successful. You would have to be to have your game last 10 years and have that many expansions

EverQuest — PC (March 1999)
- The Ruins of Kunark (March 2000)
- The Scars of Velious (December 2000)
- The Shadows of Luclin (December 2001)
- The Planes of Power (October 2002)
- The Legacy of Ykesha (February 2003)
- Lost Dungeons of Norrath (September 2003)
- Gates of Discord (February 2004)
- Omens of War (September 2004)
- Dragons of Norrath (February 2005)
- Depths of Darkhollow (September 2005)
- Prophecy of Ro (February 2006)
- The Serpent's Spine (September 2006)
- The Buried Sea (February 2007)
- Secrets of Faydwer (November 2007)
- Seeds of Destruction (October 2008)

Big list. Are they all free?

If so isn't it about time Sony started charging fees to give them a boost, nomatter how little it may be financially?

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Nabraham on 28 May 2009

Leonidus said:

Bodhesatva said:

Uh, guys, not to burst anyone's bubble, but there are a host of free MMOs with larger install bases than WoW has.

This is, of course, because anyone who has ever signed up for the game and thought, "Eh, I'll give it a shot I guess, it's free" can be counted as a subscriber. Forever. Club Penguin has tens of millions of "subscribers," for example.

I haven't played this game, so I can't say whether it's good or not. I'm just making sure people have this in perspective -- 2 million for a free-to-play is a very different animal than 12 million paying subscribers, both statistically and economically.

Very true. I do look on this more positively though, I see it as Sony's first step into the MMO segment, and that can only be good

What!? Have you ever heard of a game called Everquest?

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Megadude on 28 May 2009

Can you play this on your PS3?

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insomniac17 on 28 May 2009

Bodhesatva said:

Uh, guys, not to burst anyone's bubble, but there are a host of free MMOs with larger install bases than WoW has.

This is, of course, because anyone who has ever signed up for the game and thought, "Eh, I'll give it a shot I guess, it's free" can be counted as a subscriber. Forever. Club Penguin has tens of millions of "subscribers," for example.

I haven't played this game, so I can't say whether it's good or not. I'm just making sure people have this in perspective -- 2 million for a free-to-play is a very different animal than 12 million paying subscribers, both statistically and economically.

Yeah, but I'd say that considering how it hasn't even been a month since the game was released that there's still a significant amount of players actually playing the game. It's a pretty impressive achievement for such a short amout of time, I think. There is at least one account that's inactive though. I gave up on it because the controls were bothering me for some reason. I'll wait for the PS3 version to see if I want to keep playing or not.

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Nabraham on 28 May 2009

Leonidus said:

skip said:

Leonidus said:
Damn, im not very clued in on MMO's then.
A question though, were any of Sony's previous attempts successful?

I would say they were successful. You would have to be to have your game last 10 years and have that many expansions

EverQuest — PC (March 1999)
- The Ruins of Kunark (March 2000)
- The Scars of Velious (December 2000)
- The Shadows of Luclin (December 2001)
- The Planes of Power (October 2002)
- The Legacy of Ykesha (February 2003)
- Lost Dungeons of Norrath (September 2003)
- Gates of Discord (February 2004)
- Omens of War (September 2004)
- Dragons of Norrath (February 2005)
- Depths of Darkhollow (September 2005)
- Prophecy of Ro (February 2006)
- The Serpent's Spine (September 2006)
- The Buried Sea (February 2007)
- Secrets of Faydwer (November 2007)
- Seeds of Destruction (October 2008)

Big list. Are they all free?

If so isn't it about time Sony started charging fees to give them a boost, nomatter how little it may be financially?

No, there not free. The expansions (most of them at least) are boxed and can be bought in the store. The game still charges a monthly fee ($15? its been years since i last played) to play it.

Had to change my sig to get some moderator to quit bitching about it......