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Flying Lab Software has announced that they have signed a deal to publish Pirates of the Burning Sea in partnership with Sony Online Entertainment's Platform Publishing.
Read the full announcement here. |
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Rhoklaw
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6/26/07 8:47:48 AM#2
Uhm, theres already 10 threads about this, one of which is 20+ posts long and frankly, it doesn't need any more /bumps as the subject has been beaten to death faster than man who slapped his dog with a fur coat in front a of a peta gathering. |
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6/26/07 8:48:15 AM#3
Station pass within a year. |
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6/26/07 8:50:30 AM#4
Oh great. . .here we go again. 1999 - Current UO veteran |
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6/26/07 8:50:42 AM#5
This is newz!!!! Well, last night it was. Ok, so you're not that late. I'll cut ya some slack. //|//|// |
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6/26/07 8:51:20 AM#6
We're heard something like this recently. Vanguard: Saga of Heroes was to be published by SOE, but they've gotten the game and now control its fate. I have been a long time fan of SOE and their games, so I have no problem with Flying Labs signing this contract with them, but I know for sure that there will be many replies to this thread, mostly stating distrust and animosity towards SOE (mostly due to their failure with SWG, I presume). Its good to see that Flyine Labs landed this deal with such a high profile company. SOE has many fans and just as many haters, but it cannot be argued that they haven't been successful, and I think that Pirates of the Burning Sea will be successful with SOE publishing it. I can only wonder about the future, though, and I can't help but imagine the game being in SOE's hands at some point later down the line. |
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6/26/07 8:54:28 AM#7
Originally posted by Szark Anyone who is a fan of PoTBS needs to thank SOE Games Enjoyed: UO,EQ,AC,EQ2,COX,LOTRO |
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6/26/07 8:55:32 AM#8
Originally posted by Rhoklaw It has been discussed to death already I will agree with you there, but that was just the Monday night croud, we still have a whole week to go on this subject. I Reject your Reality and Substitute it with My Own! |
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6/26/07 9:03:23 AM#9
Let's keep all the fanboi's and flamers contained to one thread, shall we? |
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6/26/07 9:05:57 AM#10
Originally posted by kovah
Games Enjoyed: UO,EQ,AC,EQ2,COX,LOTRO |
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6/26/07 9:10:30 AM#11
Fantastic!! |
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6/26/07 9:17:51 AM#12
I don t post much but i do have to say i m getting sick of people moaning and groaning about SOE. I played SWG and yes it sucked what happened but it wasn t all SOE s doing , LA had alot to do with that. Also i played and still do play PS and EQ2 and i love both of them. POTBS being added to staton pass has now guarenteed that i will buy it as well as my wife and many in my EQ2 guild i truly don t see any problems with SOE in general hell they ve made the best PVE game out there IMO but we all have our opinions i m just sick of hearing about it :) |
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6/26/07 9:21:23 AM#13
Originally posted by Sariah Just this one. 
I only read EVE, PotBS and News sections anyway. Don't even know why I still read the EVE forums... |
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6/26/07 9:26:24 AM#14
Originally posted by Mrbloodworth That's what I likea bout it as well.Basically it will be a free MMOG for me. |
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6/26/07 9:28:01 AM#15
Looks like SOE is trying to get their hand in basically everything in the mmo market. Atleast on the publisher side. Looks like they may be trying to beat the competition this way. |
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Sinuous
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Joined: 12/16/06
"He lives now........only in my memories." ~ The Road Warrior |
6/26/07 9:49:29 AM#16
Originally posted by TymoraIf by successful you mean taking a sure-fire hit like the Star Wars franchise and turning it into a steaming pile of subscriberless shit......... Let me explain to you how SOE's Platform Publishing works..... Do you think that SOE does it out of the kindness of their black hearts? Don't bet on that shit. Platform Publishing is a SCAM perpetrated by SOE to take control of independent franchises. First they promise to do all your marketing and distribution, but the trick is.....they do it very poorly and as cheaply as possible to insure a crippled launch, because just as everyone else has learned, MMORPGs rarely succeed with a poor launch. Of course it wasn't mentioned by Flying Labs that there is a clause in the contract that REQUIRES that certain projections be met. These projections are very difficult to meet with SOEs paltry support, and why would SOE want them to be met? Because of the money that SOE supposedly fronts for marketing, server support, publishing, and distribution on paper, Flying Labs MUST meet these projections or subsequently forfeit many rights to their own game. Case in Point: Vanguard: SOH. Examine the advertising that SOE did for that game.........if you could even call it that. They would have generated more hype by making phone calls. Granted I'm certain that Vanguard's contract was worse, but make no mistake...... SOE is in this shit to win this shit! BOTTOM LINE!
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6/26/07 9:53:12 AM#17
I think this is great. The PotBS dev team is fantastic, and the game looks to be great! With a big company like SoE backing them, it is sure to be a success. ~Adele Caelia |
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6/26/07 10:18:19 AM#18
sigh...tic tac toe..wish tehre were more worldwide publishers...with a good base in usa europe for these sort of games... some of us just donot want Sony to gain any dollar for what they have done... nice game.... hopes....lol.... See how it develops furtrher.
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Reklaw
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Joined: 1/07/06
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6/26/07 10:34:47 AM#19
Originally posted by Leucent I do post much but feel the same way cause those who keep moaning about SOE don't even see its behaviour like how they react to some games will make this mmorpg scene never grow as its obvious it scares potential customers seeing how some people react on a game. Just look at the locked treaths or deleted post. I mean i wished we didn't have people that THINK they are game, they should simply get a life first then judge game, my geusse if they finaly get a lifethey finaly ableto either have fun with a game or leave a game if they feel its no fun without looking back. But fact remains to many people and unfortunaly even the new gen. of mmo gamers seem to rather life in the past. And i say fact cause well simply go over this forum or any other populair mmo site and you will see the same sort of peope complaining about stuff cause somehow they can't let go of the past. Instead they learn from the past they try to holdon to it. Well common sense sees what that does for them, ashame they don't see it themselfs As for this game coming to SOE i already comment that in the other topic where it was showcased for E3 at the SOE booth which mmorpg.com posted last week. With only the comment that i didn't know it would be a SOE title and that we could expect to sse the reactions we already are seeing here. like the OH noESSSS not SOE. Quite frankly i don't care if it was the fairy princes who put the game on their station acces pass, But knowing SOE is going to be involved should only be good as they have the resources for doing so. If only people would leave their heads out of the A** maybe they wouldn't be so blinded by that wall of the past blocking their way's. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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6/26/07 10:59:43 AM#20
I was so looking forward to Pirates of the Burning Sea... I was really really looking forward to it. I have been pushing the title on everyone I know, trying to drum up a lot of interest in my circle of friends. Now, I want nothing to do with the game. Involving SOE with PoTBS was the worst possible thing they could have done. I will now begin the process of convincing my friends that PoTBS is not worth it due to the affiliation with SOE. This is damned dissapointing. Damned frustrating. DAMN DAMN DAMN. - - - - |
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. With the money they have accumulated over the years they will make sure PoTBS is a success. Plus you already know how they are about expansions. 3 Months is on time 6 Months the product is already dead 
