Originally posted by sh4dowst4lkr

 

 

Hey also is the so say we all a stargate ori refference?

It's from Battlestar Galactica (the new series)

The simple thing here is to look at corporate interests.  LA want their Star Wars brand online and loved.  SW:G in SOE's hands is simply never going to achieve that again, they blew it.  The Force is not with them.

If you had the money and franchise IP that LA holds, who would you go with for a new MMO?  Obvious answer: Blizzard.   SoE has always dreamed of taking on Blizzard, but at the end of the day they have a tarnished reputation and a very poor track record.  From an IP licensing perspective, you want to team up with the best - which based on subscription numbers is well, Blizzard.

So sure, yet another rumor about pre-CU servers etc etc.  But long term, it simply makes commercial sense that SW:G will be toast sooner or later so that it does not dilute LA's online brand when they try again in the MMO market.  And try again they will, after all WoW is printing money, they will still want a slice of the pie.

The basic point is that the Star Wars franchise has always been about merchandising, and money.  There is no way they can be making anything out of SW:G now given the empty servers.  It's simple logic - if someone makes a toy that doesn't sell, get someone else to make a better toy and sell it.  They will, and SW:G will either limp along forgotten or, more likely, have its IP license withdrawn - they would have included performance clauses and warranties in there for sure, or a flat time-frame (e.g. 5 years).

Sooner or later time will definitely be up for SW:G.

Originally posted by MuppetHero

they just announced the 56 month vetrean rewards. Why would the cancle it and make those kind of annoucments.

For the fact that SOE is notorious for misleading its customers.  It launched an expansion 2 days before the release of the NGE knowing good and well that the expansion was not compatible with the NGE.   They had to back peddle really fast and offer refunds because the threat of a lawsuit loomed over their heads in a California Court for pulling such a move on its customers.

Would SOE offer rewards and then pull the plug?  In a heart beat!

Is it dead yet?

  They'll likely transfer all that crap over to the PS3 then pull the plug.  Afterall, we wouldn't want the diehard console players to feel left out, would we? 

  No damn way!  ...Costly, mystifying anguish for each and all!

 YES! ..Grab your ankles and prepare to be boarded consolers! 

 Sailors of the steam ship 'USS SOE' want you!    GL!  

  ..Cigaretten?  FFS, SWG needs to die.

Originally posted by phosphoros

EQ is still a cash cow for SOE. It's silly to think they;d can the game honestly.

Where did the OP say they were shutting down EQ?

6:50pm EST....still nothing...i think all you need to kick your "sources" out of your forum/blogs...though there is still 5+ hours left.

never beleive anything but actual press releases

Originally posted by Sonno

Originally posted by firefly2003

I read on another forum site this guy heard from a source that the actual sub number was around 8k and since the problems with the server populations in SWG that LEC isnt to happy with the numbers and demanded that the Pre-CU system be put back in the game,. in which $OE's response it cant be done  so LA is supposedly this week a announcement will be made that SWG is going to be shut down, along with Planetside, Matrix Online, and EQ1 in the next 3 months. This is just a rumor I believe but knowing $OE it oculd be very well true..

Linky to this other site?

the person thought he was slick by editing it out when he realized his "source" was full of sh*t

If this game went back to how it was day 1 bring back advertiseing the game is born anew it would be once again an amazeing game.

Originally posted by Teala

 

Originally posted by MuppetHero

they just announced the 56 month vetrean rewards. Why would the cancle it and make those kind of annoucments.

For the fact that SOE is notorious for misleading its customers.  It launched an expansion 2 days before the release of the NGE knowing good and well that the expansion was not compatible with the NGE.   They had to back peddle really fast and offer refunds because the threat of a lawsuit loomed over their heads in a California Court for pulling such a move on its customers.

 

Would SOE offer rewards and then pull the plug?  In a heart beat!

Oh yes they will for sure.

Although I cancelled all my accounts as soon as I saw the NGE horror, I never demanded a refund for the ToOW preorder for some reason. SOE will count on fools like myself to actually never do the ultimate thing and "call the bluff", sort of saying. Although it was a minor sum of money for me, I still think back at it and blame myself for being such a fool!

Don't ever trust SOE!

It's dead Jim.

As unbelievable as this sounds, with the current status of SOE moving to a different department, this very well could be true.

Japanese don't take shit, if it's not good it's axed and I can defiantly see LEC wanting to pull the plug on SWG if it isn't changed, there name is stuck in it they will have this bad reputation associated with SWG forever and the quicker they get rid of it the quicker everyone will forget about it.

Now as far as EQ1 goes, it's far to usable I dunno about that, sure Matrix I can see and maybe Warner Bros contract is up with SOE and it will dive under as well. Anything is possible with this new merge that is sure, it's ran under a whole different scheme,, business is business and money is money.

I wouldn't be all that shocked to tell you the truth.

And if you guys haven't seen this today Planet Side good very well be going to: http://reviewstash.com/viewtopic.php?id=154

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Originally posted by firefly2003

I read on another forum site this guy heard from a source that ...

Edit:  I just saw the post from Zorvan saying almost the exact same thing.  That's too funny.  Great minds...