Think of the hats ...
SO MANY HATS
ALL OF THE HATS. ALL OF THEM.
I was doing some playthroughs of City of Heroes. Now they will serve as memories of a better time ...
They can't just buy the IP and engine, because Cryptic isn't going to sell the engine to another company. It's not even going to lease the engine for CoH. It would be unnecessary competition for Champions Online.
For a big enough pile of money, yes, they will.
You know who has a big pile of money?
Valve.
@Rien
I am Lord Omi. Now and forever. They can take our City, but they can't take me.
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They may be able to buy the IP and use, or create, a different engine.|
Originally Posted by Mirai
They can't just buy the IP and engine, because Cryptic isn't going to sell the engine to another company. It's not even going to lease the engine for CoH. It would be unnecessary competition for Champions Online.
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But yes, Valve buying it is the best case scenario.
What if Valve just straight up bought the IP and engine? They have a huge pile of money.
Assuming they did...
Think about it.
We'd be on Steam. There would be better support, the entire dev team would probably be re-hired, we'd have all the new players from Steam, and we'd have the backing of one of the least evil game companies out there. We'd eventually get CoH2 out of it (but not CoH3), and we would get a better merch store and more developers. Maybe even a better engine (over time).
City of Heroes was PROFITABLE.
Valve has no reason not to try.
Everyone, email Valve. If you know someone who works there, beg them to ask. If you work there yourself, think of how much you love this game, and how much everyone would love you if you singlehandedly saved the saviors.
We need help, guys.
We need a miracle.
@Rien
I am Lord Omi. Now and forever. They can take our City, but they can't take me.