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Lepidus  8/18/06 4:29:02 PM

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SOE has come a long way since EverQuest and we chat with Chris Kramer, Senior Director, Corporate Communications, SOE, about the future and their acquisition of Worlds Apart Production.

MMORPG.com: SOE has come a long way since EverQuest. What is the direction of the company these days?

Chris Kramer: The company’s mission statement sums it all up: To be the worldwide leader in online entertainment; and to expand our company through the development of high-quality, industry-leading entertainment, software and services, while fostering an environment of empowerment, creativity and commitment.

It’s become very obvious that, while MMOs have been and always will be a large part of our business, SOE is determined to branch out and embrace multiple forms of online entertainment. Over the past three years, we’ve released online games for the PlayStation 2, multiple titles on the PSP and have even begun publishing and co-publishing games developed outside of the company (such as Sigil’s Vanguard or Perpetual’s Gods and Heroes). We’ve got a PlayStation 3 launch game in the works, and the company is actively involved in the creation of the PlayStation 3 Network Platform, which will eventually connect millions of players together around the globe. We’ve even got a few top-secret online games in development. And now, with the acquisition of Worlds Apart Productions, we’re branching out into the online collectible card game business. We’re busy!

You can read more here.

 
eagle4x4  8/18/06 4:49:59 PM

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That has to be one of the most "softball" interviews I have ever seen.

How bout' asking him some tuff questions, like, " What is the future for SWG?"  and "some gamers are just plain turned off by the SOE brand, how do you plan to earn back their trust ?"



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kaydinv  8/18/06 4:57:10 PM

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"The benefit of working with an existing, powerful technology like UE3 is that our developers are able to spend more time working on core gameplay mechanics and design, which is where we as a company excel."

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Lepidus  8/18/06 5:04:23 PM

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Originally posted by eagle4x4
That has to be one of the most "softball" interviews I have ever seen.

How bout' asking him some tuff questions, like, " What is the future for SWG?"  and "some gamers are just plain turned off by the SOE brand, how do you plan to earn back their trust ?"





Not every interview we do is about SWG and if you check back to our CES coverage, he already answered questions on games like SWG for us.
 
Bissrok  8/18/06 5:40:58 PM

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Why do people still bother with interviewing those guys? Does anybody out there still believe what these a**holes say?

Aetius73  8/18/06 6:36:25 PM

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Originally posted by Bissrok

Why do people still bother with interviewing those guys? Does anybody out there still believe what these a**holes say?



Yeah really.

Question: How does it feel to have the worst image and reputation among players of online games and what are the folks at SOE doing to earn back the consumers trust that was squandered through your miscalculations?

This would be a good start it would make them finally admit they did something wrong.  

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freethinker  8/18/06 6:48:38 PM

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pretend this is a grain of salt --->   .

                                                                           
                                                                            
Here's the piece needed for anything SOE says --->   
                                                                          

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Salvatoris  8/18/06 7:53:36 PM

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Originally posted by eagle4x4
That has to be one of the most "softball" interviews I have ever seen.

How bout' asking him some tuff questions, like, " What is the future for SWG?"  and "some gamers are just plain turned off by the SOE brand, how do you plan to earn back their trust ?"





Coach-pitch softball even... every question was right down the plate.  I had the picture of Colbert doing this interview... "SOE, great company, or GREATEST company?"

Warlord711  8/18/06 9:31:51 PM

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No one at SOE or any other big game company like EA ect. gives a damn f*** about our opinions.
They dont need to, because everyone buys the crap they throw on market. Look at the yearly "new" and "innovative" Fifa/NBA/Maddens ect..

And for MMORPGs, hey they have Star Wars, it MUST BE good !!!
Next one is Warhammer. EA own's it, i bet my a**, EA cut down the budget to minimum and release it for X-Mas, if its still beta or alpha. And we all have to wait 6 month and a bunch of patches and hotfixes to get it work like a 20 years old car. And i dont mean a german car ^^

But hey , you know, you buy it, you pay them for crappy software and hours and hours of frustation.



 
Neptus  8/18/06 9:49:29 PM