http://mmorpg.qj.net/Rumors/cid/338

All these rumors flying around has made me think it will come down to this

• SoE will port SWG for PS3 and drop all other interfaces when the console is launched. So in a way they still has the license and in the same time they "lost" it
• LEC has made a deal with another developer (BioWare?) to make a SW MMO for PC

This might be the case why SoE state it's "impossible" to reintroduce pre-CU system as it would not play well on console and it might even be so that the code has been "shipped" to the next developer for PC to look at

This is just wild speculations anyway

Stcking a red hot poker up my bum would be more fun then that POS game.

In the words of George Carlin:

(Things you just never hear ppl say)

Just as soon as I am done sticking this hot poker up my *** I am gonna take this knife out and lop my **** off!!!

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Originally posted by ebenholt

All these rumors flying around has made me think it will come down to this

• SoE will port SWG for PS3 and drop all other interfaces when the console is launched. So in a way they still has the license and in the same time they "lost" it
• LEC has made a deal with another developer (BioWare?) to make a SW MMO for PC

This might be the case why SoE state it's "impossible" to reintroduce pre-CU system as it would not play well on console and it might even be so that the code has been "shipped" to the next developer for PC to look at

This is just wild speculations anyway

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As with any rumor, seeing is believing.

And whose to say that the SOE "defectors" going over to Bioware are not the ones who pushed for the CU idea in the first place.  They might have been fired or left after it fell on its face (meaning the mass exodus of players).  These "defectors" could just be creating a whole new monster that is even worse than the SWG in existance right now!

But like any rumor, who knows...

Edit: typos

OK, folks, this is a no-brainer.  I would assume Star Wars to be of equal popularity to World of Warcraft.  WOW has 6 million suscribers!  What is SWG down to now?

Read this posted on Lucas Arts jobs page:

Sr. Director of Online Gaming Business Unit

Department: Marketing

Reports To: Online Gaming Business Unit

Job Status: Full-time

Job Purpose:
To lead the Online Gaming Business Unit including managing the Star Wars Galaxies service and establishing new Online Games consistent with publishing goals.

Major Responsibilities:

• Leads strategic plan for online business
• Manages P&L for online business.
• Responsible for management of all aspects of both the Star Wars Galaxies Live Service and future expansions to ensure continued commercial success and encourage subscriber growth and increased customer retention.

There's more to this description if you want to visit the site:  http://www.lucasarts.com/jobs/descriptions/?ID=20060213_dironline

Hope this gives new hope to those disenfranchised gamers.  Maybe the new SWG will be worth trying.

Didn't that job go to Nancy McIntyre?  I thoguht she was the Senior Marketing person at Lucas Arts now?  I do think it is going to be that way that SOE will continue with SWG on the console and that Bioware will be making the PC version.  SOE is using this NGE version to test the console and fine tune it then like it says above cut off all other platforms and just have console while Bioware makes the PC version which I hope will be like the Pre-CU.  It sounds good to me and I have a strange feeling that is what is going on.  I mean why else would Bioware set up in Austin? 

I hope if they do this that Bioware will port over the db and all characters and items, etc so that way the veterans who quit in the first place won't feel aliented like they did when SOE destroyed the game. 

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Originally posted by PepiDeto

1) I do think it is going to be that way that SOE will continue with SWG on the console and that Bioware will be making the PC version.  2) SOE is using this NGE version to test the console and fine tune it then like it says above cut off all other platforms and just have console while Bioware makes the PC version which I hope will be like the Pre-CU.  It sounds good to me and I have a strange feeling that is what is going on.  3) I mean why else would Bioware set up in Austin? 

4) I hope if they do this that Bioware will port over the db and all characters and items, etc so that way the veterans who quit in the first place won't feel aliented like they did when SOE destroyed the game. 

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1) Wrong.

2) Wrong.

3)  OOH!  YES!  That has to be it!  Because yet ANOTHER development studio opened up in Austin, they HAVE to be taking over SW:G!  OOOH AND DONT FORGET THEY HIRED TO FORMER EMPLOYEES OF SOE!!!! That's definately it, because you just know they wouldn't EVER work in the MMO business again, and ESPECIALLY not on anything SWG related!  I mean, come on APPLE is in Austin, so they HAVE to be taking over SW:G!  Wait.  NCSoft has an office there!!! SWEET!!! ITS NCSOFT!! They have two former devs from SOE also!!! woOT!!!  Er.  Wait a minute....TURBINE IS IN AUSTIN!!! THEY ARE TAKING OVER SW:G!!!! Tiggs works there!!! YAY!! Tiggs is back working for SWG!!!! Hang on.  Um.  Wolfpack Studios is in Austin, too!!! So is UbiSoft!!!! And IBM!!! And DELL!!!! COOL!!! DELL WILL GIVE US FREE COMPUTERS TO PLAY SWG!!!  WOOOOHOOO!!!!  And Motorola will be doing it all wireless!!! JUST FOR SW:G!!! I mean, really, why else would they be in Austin?!?!  Wait...Brandon Reinhart (GreenMarine) and Gary Gattis (JustG) work for Spacetime Studios!!!  They used to work for SW:G preCU!!! SO COOL!!! SPACETIME STUDIOS (which is in partnership with NCSoft, btw) WILL BE TAKING OVER SW:G AND MAKING IT PRECU!!!   ALL BECAUSE THEY ARE IN AUSTIN!!! YIPPEEEE!!!!

In other words, WRONG.

4)  Sure, that will happen. 

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Originally posted by LadyChaos

OK, folks, this is a no-brainer.  I would assume Star Wars to be of equal popularity to World of Warcraft.  WOW has 6 million suscribers!  What is SWG down to now?

Read this posted on Lucas Arts jobs page:

Sr. Director of Online Gaming Business Unit

Department: Marketing

Reports To: Online Gaming Business Unit

Job Status: Full-time

Job Purpose:
To lead the Online Gaming Business Unit including managing the Star Wars Galaxies service and establishing new Online Games consistent with publishing goals.

Major Responsibilities:

• Leads strategic plan for online business
• Manages P&L for online business.
• Responsible for management of all aspects of both the Star Wars Galaxies Live Service and future expansions to ensure continued commercial success and encourage subscriber growth and increased customer retention.

There's more to this description if you want to visit the site:  http://www.lucasarts.com/jobs/descriptions/?ID=20060213_dironline

Hope this gives new hope to those disenfranchised gamers.  Maybe the new SWG will be worth trying.

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This means absolutely, positively....

Nothing.

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Originally posted by Ransom73

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Originally posted by PepiDeto

1) I do think it is going to be that way that SOE will continue with SWG on the console and that Bioware will be making the PC version.  2) SOE is using this NGE version to test the console and fine tune it then like it says above cut off all other platforms and just have console while Bioware makes the PC version which I hope will be like the Pre-CU.  It sounds good to me and I have a strange feeling that is what is going on.  3) I mean why else would Bioware set up in Austin? 

4) I hope if they do this that Bioware will port over the db and all characters and items, etc so that way the veterans who quit in the first place won't feel aliented like they did when SOE destroyed the game. 

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1) Wrong.

2) Wrong.

3)  OOH!  YES!  That has to be it!  Because yet ANOTHER development studio opened up in Austin, they HAVE to be taking over SW:G!  OOOH AND DONT FORGET THEY HIRED TO FORMER EMPLOYEES OF SOE!!!! That's definately it, because you just know they wouldn't EVER work in the MMO business again, and ESPECIALLY not on anything SWG related!  I mean, come on APPLE is in Austin, so they HAVE to be taking over SW:G!  Wait.  NCSoft has an office there!!! SWEET!!! ITS NCSOFT!! They have two former devs from SOE also!!! woOT!!!  Er.  Wait a minute....TURBINE IS IN AUSTIN!!! THEY ARE TAKING OVER SW:G!!!! Tiggs works there!!! YAY!! Tiggs is back working for SWG!!!! Hang on.  Um.  Wolfpack Studios is in Austin, too!!! So is UbiSoft!!!! And IBM!!! And DELL!!!! COOL!!! DELL WILL GIVE US FREE COMPUTERS TO PLAY SWG!!!  WOOOOHOOO!!!!  And Motorola will be doing it all wireless!!! JUST FOR SW:G!!! I mean, really, why else would they be in Austin?!?!  Wait...Brandon Reinhart (GreenMarine) and Gary Gattis (JustG) work for Spacetime Studios!!!  They used to work for SW:G preCU!!! SO COOL!!! SPACETIME STUDIOS (which is in partnership with NCSoft, btw) WILL BE TAKING OVER SW:G AND MAKING IT PRECU!!!   ALL BECAUSE THEY ARE IN AUSTIN!!! YIPPEEEE!!!!

In other words, WRONG.

4)  Sure, that will happen. 

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Good luck with that.

First, lets speak an a COMPLETELY hypothetical sense:  If SW:G was being taken over by another company, the number of people that know this are so high up on the food chain, that they KNOW not to say anything.  And the lawyers that are doing the paperwork part of it will never say a word (confidentiality, and all that).  Noone outside the top echelon of management would know.  Noone.

Second, Austin is home to HUNDREDS of development studios.  Its been that way since the dotcom explosion in the early 90's.