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• • Does viral marketting really exist?

  • Well, like someone already said, actually I think it was you, SOE isn't the only company to do this and it's been around for ages.

    In fact, 99% of infomercials are viral marketing and I see enough of those every day to make me puke. If this thread was advertised for $19.95, I'd question whether or not it was a viral marketing attempt.

  • Posted: 7/26/08 1:20 AM
    Star Wars Galaxies
• • Does viral marketting really exist?

  • Originally posted by ArcAngel3
    

    Originally posted by Rhoklaw
    

    I agree, but theres a lot wrong with our world that will never get fixed or ever go away. Remember how people joked about nice guys always finishing last? Guess what, they do.

    
     

    I'm sure you believe that, and I bet Smed does too.  Ironically, one of the things that makes WoW so successful is how "nice" they are to their customers. 

    
     

    How exactly is WoW nice to their customers? I mean ya, they delivered a great product and what not, but so has SOE. Blizzard is sitting on a cash cow, just like EQ back in the day. So I'm sure Blizzard doesn't have to resort to such stupid things as viral marketing to offset losses.

  • Posted: 7/26/08 1:11 AM
    Star Wars Galaxies
• • Does viral marketting really exist?

  • I'm not really defending viral marketing, just saying theres a bigger picture involved with this discussion. We don't live in a perfect world, so all I'm saying is, I don't see a whole lot of discussion of ANTI gold selling / powerleveling / item selling businesses, so why pick on SOE?

    SOE is a bad boy, I agree.

    Theres just more to it than what your thread discusses.

  • Posted: 7/26/08 1:08 AM
    Star Wars Galaxies
• • Does viral marketting really exist?

  • I agree, but theres a lot wrong with our world that will never get fixed or ever go away. Remember how people joked about nice guys always finishing last? Guess what, they do.

  • Posted: 7/26/08 12:58 AM
    Star Wars Galaxies
• • Does viral marketting really exist?

  • Uhm, this is just the tip of the iceberg for MMO issues. We got gold farming, exploiters, hackers, cheaters, item selling and a multitude of player run businesses that make a profit off these companies hard work. So, while SOE may seem a bit criminal here, lets face it, so is 90% of China then.

    If big companies like SOE can't buckle down and stop gold and item selling. Prevent their games from being hacked and exploited, why shouldn't they just fight fire with fire?

    I dislike SOE just as much as the next guy, but I really don't like people poking sticks in someones eye when they know other people have logs stuck up their arses.

  • Posted: 7/26/08 12:51 AM
    Star Wars Galaxies