#1. Funcom - Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times? Not gonna happen.

#2. SOE - I once loved a girl named PlanetSide. She was brutal, violent, chaotic and with her, the world was my oyster. Then, SOE took a dump on her and she could never get clean again.

#3. Aventurine - Seriously, did you have like a hermit as your community manager?

#4. Duplex - The only company that has managed to bring a MMO from Open Beta to Retail and then back to Closed Beta because it sucked so hard.

I've said I wouldn't buy another game from such & such before, but I'm guilty like many people of going back to games made by those companies.  So I'm not going to say such things anymore, because you never know when a company you dislike may come out with something good heh.

I will say such that I'm not going to pre-order a new game anymore, and I won't be spending money to upgrade a computer for a new game.  If I'm spending money on something, it's gonna be a proven game, not something built purely by hype.

Originally posted by Kilmar

Blizzard for milking their players. Other companies are okay (even Smedly Online Entertainment *g*)

But with no EQ3 coming out and this Agency thing, Im actually not very interested in future SOE products (except EQ2 Addons *g*)

Yea, this I don't get at all. SOE is well known for taking over development of a game and then shitting on it. Blizzard is well known for releasing quality products. Please, explain to me what you mean by "milking their players" and why that deters you from other Blizzard games?

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Funcom definately.

SOE would be number one. No games they have had controle over since EQ1 have really had much success. It seems SOE doesn't care much for their MMO community and just shove whatever crap at the players and expect them to take it.

Funcom would be number two. I never cared much for their games....but after AoC, I will never care to purchase any MMO with their name on it.

SOE.

Originally posted by Lansid

 Are there any Developers/Publishers that made or obtained a MMO that in your view ruined things so much that you actually boycott any further products?

None come to mind, yes some have made a few crap games but meh so what, so long as games keep getting produced I know that I'l be getting a fresh fix of MMO fun sooner or later, rather that than playing the same old boring crap year in year out "Yawn"

I have had good and bad experiences with every major publisher/developer. If I were to write off an entire company because of one bad experience, like so many people claim to do here, I wouldn't be playing -any- games right now - hell, I wouldn't be buying -anything- anymore. I'm also starting to get a little tired of the overly predictable SOE blame bandwagon - same goes with the EA haters. Just get over the fact that mistakes were made. Instead, there seems to be this prevailing attitude that these companies are "out to get ya" like the boogeyman or something and steal your money. Ridiculous.

SOE, Funcom, and Aventurine.  So disappointed with these companies.

#1 Funcom (AoC hype and lies...and continued lying)

#2 Obsidian (NWN2 - it makes AoC bugs look like a polished game)

#3 Sony (They just don't seem to be a company that cares)

Originally posted by DrChicken

I have had good and bad experiences with every major publisher/developer. If I were to write off an entire company because of one bad experience, like so many people claim to do here, I wouldn't be playing -any- games right now - hell, I wouldn't be buying -anything- anymore. I'm also starting to get a little tired of the overly predictable SOE blame bandwagon - same goes with the EA haters. Just get over the fact that mistakes were made. Instead, there seems to be this prevailing attitude that these companies are "out to get ya" like the boogeyman or something and steal your money. Ridiculous.

In turn you should get over the assumption that many of us haven't "gotten over it". Just because someone won't buy from a company doesn't mean they haven't gotten over the event that caused them to take such a stance. I don't spend my days and nights and my forum time pining about ways to bring SOE down for their NGE mistake. When someone asks if I'd ever buy from them again, I say no. That's the fact.

If you went up to a hotdog stand to buy a hotdog and the vendor punched you in the eye after you bought the hotdog, would you go back the next day? From the way you talk, you would. that's cool. Personally, I'd find a new hotdog stand.

Originally posted by Burntvet

SOE (and Sony for that matter).

Not solely "because" of SWG but because of how they operate. Smed, being the liar he is, poor customer service, buggy product YEARS after release, RMT across all their game, take your pick. They have lost my business, permanently

If a company made a product besides an MMO and acted like this, I wouldn't givr them my business, either.

 

 

This.. and Funcom.

Any themepark.

right now, funcom is the only one i can think of, that has disapponted me enough to never buy another game from them.

I judge each game that I play by my experience with that game. A Developer or publisher has nothing to do with how I enjoy the game that I`m playing (and neither do other peoples opinions for that matter). I`m not a fan of Funcom (some issues I had with AoC), but I wouldn`t disreguard their product if it was of good quality.

Originally posted by sionide

#1 Funcom (AoC hype and lies...and continued lying)

#2 Obsidian (NWN2 - it makes AoC bugs look like a polished game)

#3 Sony (They just don't seem to be a company that cares)

mm soe its rater large if you at least said swg i could understand 

Not boycotting any developer or publisher. I am on the other hand highly sceptical to most of them. Learned the hard way to ignore the hype machine. They are full of bullshit all of them. Rather see the games for myself.

Oh, and NEVER buy a game at release or preorder anything. Even the really good developers pull bullshit moves now and then, Bioware and Mass Effect patching as one example.

I'm not gonna lie and say I'd never buy another game from any company. You know as well as I do that when the holy grail MMO comes out you'll buy it and so will I, no matter who makes it.

 yep if its how the average joe likes it, it will sell 

Originally posted by slask777

Not boycotting any developer or publisher. I am on the other hand highly sceptical to most of them. Learned the hard way to ignore the hype machine. They are full of bullshit all of them. Rather see the games for myself.

ya i kind of avoid flavor of the month game,like now the flavor of the month is aion

Originally posted by Ruyn

Any themepark.

How is A Tale in the Desert III playing for you then?

SOE

Funcom

NCSoft

SOE = Due to the fiasco with SWG

Funcom = Due to the disappointment with AoC

Blizzard, SoE, and Ntreev.