Remember, NCSoft is mostly based in Seoul, Korea. Why wouldn't they market their games there, if it's their target audience?
Also, ArenaNet, makers of Guild Wars, are based in Bellevue, Washington, so your argument about them ignoring games made in the Americas is invalid. And saying that their games closed? Auto Assault, Dungeon Runners, and Tabula Rasa is not indicative of the mainstream titles that have kept them running. Tabula Rasa was promoted the hell out of, and it failed. Maybe because it was using Richard Garriott's name as the only real promotional material, but it wasn't that good. Auto Assault wasn't marketed at all. Dungeon Runners I only found out about since I was sent a beta invitation back before it failed...
At least NCSoft has more sense than Sony Online Entertainment, and actually close games when they are failing. SWG is still running, somehow, and it's really, really bad. I remember the days when it was good and not everyone was a jedi. It was fun before they added such things as 'levels', and then it died when it became a clickfest.
Another issue about GR news not being here on the forums is Twitter. Seems the devs post there instead of on the forums.
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I think Major Deej is spot on, at Herocon last year it was mentioned by more than one dev that CoX isn't just CoH/CoV but a line, and that other games were in the works.
I'm not going to name names, but one of the devs mentioned how frustrating it was that they were limited to creating things that matched the original graphics - basically having to 'crap up' their cool designs because it would look to good compared to the originals. CoX Next Gen ( or whatever it will be called ) should fix that. |
It's possible that someone talking about CoH being a "line" is meant to convey the idea that devs keep working on it, as opposed to starting the game up and moving on.
If that's the case, we may continue to see new developments, but not necessarily revisions or replacements.
GR is still thier main focus right now - but for sure they're working on something else exciting for after GR comes out - something to be revealed around the time DCUO starts to ramp up its pre-launch hype 
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GR is still thier main focus right now - but for sure they're working on something else exciting for after GR comes out - something to be revealed around the time DCUO starts to ramp up its pre-launch hype
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I don't much care about the first one, and I won't ask for your sources for the second one... just curious, m'kay ?...
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Speculations, or you know something we don't ?
I don't much care about the first one, and I won't ask for your sources for the second one... just curious, m'kay ?... |
Plus, the fact that they did a lot of stuff around the CO beta and launch, so it seems likely they'll repeat that with the launch of another superhero MMO.
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http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=206508
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In regards to Going Rogue, we know you are all chomping at the bit for some new information. Please know that regular status updates are a top priority for us and youll be hearing more about the expansion in upcoming weeks.
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Which, given the highly dubious "success" of AE/MA, should give one pause.
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Anyone else read that as "GR is so ***** that Pos has to dump his job on someone else so he can go in and fix it?"
Which, given the highly dubious "success" of AE/MA, should give one pause. |
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just because a game is dated does not mean it is failing WoW came out the same year as COH and nobody talks about weather or not it is failing, i think as fans of this game if the devs are not going to do any kind of advertising then why don't we do it for them make videos for youtube post screens anywhere you can and get those friends signed up boost the numbers ourselves then we will be on firm ground to demand things from the devs...
sorry went a bit too far there
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I looked and looked. I still found -ZERO- actual game information about Going Rogue. Is there a secret decoder ring?|
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The team update was cool, but putting Going Rogue in the title was just a used-car-salesman-bait-and-switch tactic.
We're getting news about Going Rogue Soon. It's better than getting no news at all, in some terms. War Witch worked on the world design before the new Lead Designer position, so that could mean that the main work on the zones are done, and that it just needs some content in the zones for players to do. Who knows? We'll know more, Soon.
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I understand the target audience thing, which is why I lumped GW2 into the mix. It has the look of an Eastern-developed game. My main point is that other successful games are promoted using actual footage of the game.|
Originally Posted by IAmTheRad
Remember, NCSoft is mostly based in Seoul, Korea. Why wouldn't they market their games there, if it's their target audience?
Also, ArenaNet, makers of Guild Wars, are based in Bellevue, Washington, so your argument about them ignoring games made in the Americas is invalid. And saying that their games closed? Auto Assault, Dungeon Runners, and Tabula Rasa is not indicative of the mainstream titles that have kept them running. Tabula Rasa was promoted the hell out of, and it failed. Maybe because it was using Richard Garriott's name as the only real promotional material, but it wasn't that good. Auto Assault wasn't marketed at all. Dungeon Runners I only found out about since I was sent a beta invitation back before it failed... At least NCSoft has more sense than Sony Online Entertainment, and actually close games when they are failing. SWG is still running, somehow, and it's really, really bad. I remember the days when it was good and not everyone was a jedi. It was fun before they added such things as 'levels', and then it died when it became a clickfest. Another issue about GR news not being here on the forums is Twitter. Seems the devs post there instead of on the forums. |
It's not like that hasn't been done here before, but the ball is being dropped with Going Rogue.
EDIT: Also, ditto the Twitter comment. That's just strange.
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WoW also has over a million subscribers. Poor choice of comparison as that completely invalidates it as an argument, Blizzard also regularly updates WoW and has since it's released added two expansions ( Not to mention being a statistical anomaly amongst MMO's ). City of Heroes barely sports 124,939 subscribers at last count ( be mindful that count is from 2008 so the chances are that there are actually fewer subscribers now than there were then as I see no actual reason why the subscription numbers wouldn't decline given lack of updates and real reason to stay )
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Originally Posted by Hott_Head
just because a game is dated does not mean it is failing WoW came out the same year as COH and nobody talks about weather or not it is failing, i think as fans of this game if the devs are not going to do any kind of advertising then why don't we do it for them make videos for youtube post screens anywhere you can and get those friends signed up boost the numbers ourselves then we will be on firm ground to demand things from the devs...
sorry went a bit too far there |
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...65#post2554465
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Gah. Rad beat me to it.
ITs not much but with the profile getting up tot he website and the little tease we got there, its something.
*waits for beta impaitently*
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Seems like a lot to me. There is a ton going on in that picture.|
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Gah. Rad beat me to it.
ITs not much but with the profile getting up tot he website and the little tease we got there, its something. *waits for beta impaitently* |
Glowing costumes?
New goggles?
The hair is different and seems to maybe be moving? O_o
The lighting in the Tunnel is amazing and just the tunnel looks, completely different from anything we have.
Thats a pretty serious tease, but its also a very cool view at something we haven't seen. The question now is whether thats a NPC or a PC.
But glowing costumes? WIN!
http://www.cityofheroes.com/goingrog...re_tyrant.html
Two updates in one day?
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http://www.cityofheroes.com/goingrog...re_tyrant.html
Two updates in one day? |
Anyway, this sort of thing tends to incite action in those whom are responsible and intelligent. If they want to keep the subscriber numbers they have, they'd better get on the ball and give the people what they want.
Waitaminute a Inv/ss tanker took over?????? BWAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHa what no psychics to hit him in his weak spot?
okay still funny.....
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Maybe he's double invulnerable. 
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I think Major Deej is spot on, at Herocon last year it was mentioned by more than one dev that CoX isn't just CoH/CoV but a line, and that other games were in the works.
I'm not going to name names, but one of the devs mentioned how frustrating it was that they were limited to creating things that matched the original graphics - basically having to 'crap up' their cool designs because it would look to good compared to the originals.
CoX Next Gen ( or whatever it will be called ) should fix that.
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