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9/19/09 12:33:52 PM#41
The one thing that irks me about NC Soft is their quickness to kill games. As a consumer, that bothers me. Not to mention their quickness to use the "ban stick". For example, I was banned from Aion because amazon.com screwed up and reported that I, along with others cancelled their pre-orders. If it were true (which it's not, my order will arrive on the 22nd) I still find it bad practice to punish someone for cancelling their order. Sure, they sorted it out for me - but still... it keeps NC Soft as one of the publishers I just don't trust. Which sucks, but I guess if I want to play Aion and GW2 I have to put up with it.
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9/19/09 12:34:53 PM#42
This is possibly the stupidest question I have seen asked on here in some time :p (and that in itself says something :p) Aion is one of the most successful online games in the world already, even before it launches in Europe and the US, so it isn't in danger of being canned anytime soon. Sometimes it amazes me that people have so little knowledge of the rest of the world. Even if they only were to get 50k subs out of the west it would still be worth it for NCSoft to keep it running here since Korea keeps it in cash anyway, the western market is just gravy to NCSoft in regards of Aion. |
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9/19/09 12:35:09 PM#43
>.> no it wont
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9/19/09 12:48:13 PM#44
Originally posted by ANDRIOD
NO, NC SOFT will not axe AION... |
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9/19/09 12:56:42 PM#45
Maybe in 15 years they will remove it. |
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9/19/09 1:01:38 PM#46
I don't see Aion getting axed as did Tabula Rasa.
First off, we all know what Lord British did with Tabula Rasa.
Garriot had over 5+ years to finalize a product, which 1. didn't meet any of the standards he set out to establish... 2. was bug ridden even after release, and was never patched properly... 3. Garriot had become an old man only interested in running away with money...
Richard Garriot had over 100s of millions of dollars at his disposal to create Tabula Rasa, and the final product was a shame and pity considering the money invested. Not to mention his sly act to sue NCsoft for their decision to lay him off was a note out to all developer companies to not hire RIchard Garriot in any MMO market. That's the kind of person Garriot ended up to be, and thus the reason why a product in the image of such a lowly man "Tabula Rasa" was axed. Obviously, Garriot is never going to work for any major MMO company ever again, unless that is he decides to create his own company. It wouldn't have been any better with a company like Blizzard. They would have axed Garriot and Tabula Rasa, which by the way took more money to keep the servers running than actual profits.
Now...Auto Assault, I wouldn't know the whole deal with that, since I never really paid any attention to it, nor did I have any interest in that game. GRIND sucks? You wanna be max level in a month? |
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9/19/09 1:03:53 PM#47
Given the history of NCsoft, i think theres a better chance of aion getting the axe in the future over AoC getting the axe. Just based on company histories. However do i think that the game will get the axe....no too big of a hit in asia. They may allow it to turn into a gold farmer paradise later on in its life though. Who knows, the endgame might be a huge hit in NA/EU. Still too much unknown. I dont think it will compete with GW2 in any way either. Oh and i know every game under the sun gets 1mil+ subscriptions in asia, you buy a time card once there and they count you as an active player for life, they do this for every game. Just like AoC, and Warhammer, due to its large release sales it will have the money to patch itself crazy and add more content, It will be around for a while with the money they made off launch, despite what subscriptions number may look 6months to a year after launch. |
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9/19/09 1:35:53 PM#48
Originally posted by ronan32
this site definitely has its fair share of pathetic fools. You have to literally sift through piles of BS just to get to meaningful discussion. I blame the mods, they let this persisit. As a result this group of clowns dictate a fairly large discussion on the message boards. 
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9/19/09 1:38:14 PM#49
Originally posted by nuififun You seem upset.. actually I think its a perfectly reasonable thing to ask.... but I dont think its possible to answer the question as it has been phrased anyway. In light of the realtive success of the game in the East you still have the nads to say that ? Also, consider Lineage and Lineage 2 are still kicking with under 100k subs in the west, combined from both games -- riding on the back of the respective liscenses in the East -- you are a fool. Plain and simple.
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9/19/09 1:41:36 PM#50
Originally posted by Perfection66 You seem upset.. actually I think its a perfectly reasonable thing to ask.... but I dont think its possible to answer the question as it has been phrased anyway.
I guess asking if they would axe their biggest current revenue earner would seem reasonable. Good business move right there I sometimes wonder if some people on this forum actually think before they post. people like this are so desperate to stir the pot, they will do so at the expense of common sense, logic, or even the facts. They are jokes. Just like the republican party, they will say ANYTHING in the hopes that the masses are dumb enough to believe their lies. unfortunately for them, plenty of us are not that stupid.
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9/19/09 1:43:55 PM#51
Originally posted by LynxJSA
I guess asking if they would axe their biggest current revenue earner would seem reasonable. Good business move right there I sometimes wonder if some people on this forum actually think before they post.
You'll find that many Americans are very much under the impression that anything that occurs outside the US borders is irrelevant and has absolutely no bearing on reality. IMO, only the ignorant ones.
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9/19/09 3:03:55 PM#52
I think the strong success of this game in Korea shows that it will have at the very least a stable player base over here. As for Tabula Rasa, it had several flaws at release:
While people say, "It's just another Asian grinder" how is any other popular MMO not a grinder at some point? In MMO's you either grind it out by yourself (which some people actually find relaxing, like playing solitaire), or you find a group of people you enjoy playing with to help fill the gaps in action. WoW is a grind, EvE is a grind, City of Heroes/Villains is a grind, WAR is a grind, but by being multifacited, that is having a good trade system in place, crafting, PvP, missions, etc, these games had upsides that made them work. Aion appears to have things under control thus far, so I imagine NCSoft will not be forced to drop it. Pre-BC WoW was great, now it sucks. Live with it. |
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9/19/09 3:07:23 PM#53
korean play good game longer then us i think check l2 we dont ear about it here but there they still get their l2 fix |
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