How Things Could Have Gone in Some Alternate Universe...
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Anti_Proton,
Posted on: 2012-10-07 15:58 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
You would only do something like this if you cared about the development team, the community and the people that played the game for 8 years.
Since NC SOFT does not give a damm about anything other than MAX revenues doing something "right" like this was not even a consideration at the table of decision.
The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.
That's exactly how I've been saying NC Soft should have shut the game down. I'm absolutely certain that playerbase wouldn't have been anywhere near as angry (and the Save COH movement wouldn't have gained the traction they did) if NC Soft had shut the game down more graudally.
Instead, we get the corporate-speak that firing all the devs without warning and leaving I24 (possibly the most hugely-anticipated update of the entire game's history, with features players have been begging for for years finally put into the game) hanging in limbo is somehow "going out on a high note".
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It would cause revenue to fall, there would be a mass exodus of players and the developer would go under. There would be no chance at all of reversing the decision.
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Originally Posted by JohnRobey
Yes, that might have caused revenues and participation to fall
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Yes things could have gone much better
http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/04...y-of-heroes-2/
"Samual_Tow - Be disappointed all you want, people. You just don't appreciate the miracles that are taking place here."
I think the proper way to end CoH would have been revealing that NCSoft is a Nemesis owned entity and we've been funding our own demise all along and according to their Master Plot.
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To me the only "high note" in this is that I feel the Paragon Studios development team was at its creative peak. Each issue I played, from 15-23, the game just kept getting better! (Totally IMO) Oh! I suppose another "high note" might be the way the CoH Community rallied both to help each other with our collective grief and to try various means of Saving CoH (still ongoing.)|
Originally Posted by Thunder Knight
That's exactly how I've been saying NC Soft should have shut the game down. I'm absolutely certain that playerbase wouldn't have been anywhere near as angry (and the Save COH movement wouldn't have gained the traction they did) if NC Soft had shut the game down more graudally.
Instead, we get the corporate-speak that firing all the devs without warning and leaving I24 (possibly the most hugely-anticipated update of the entire game's history, with features players have been begging for for years finally put into the game) hanging in limbo is somehow "going out on a high note". |
Best Wishes to you all and Thank You to everyone who contributed to this thread.
aka @Kristoff von Gelmini, leader of small SG bases (Infinity/Victory/Virtue/Protector), member of The House of Tera (Justice) and various others (Champion/Infinity/Victory/Guardian/Freedom).
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LOL, Cyber!! I still think it's ironic that the publisher NCSoft is the great AV to end all AVs. I still get a kick and a laugh from this icon Captain-Electic uses in his signature line on these forums. Filched and copied without permission:|
Originally Posted by CyberGlitch
I think the proper way to end CoH would have been revealing that NCSoft is a Nemesis owned entity and we've been funding our own demise all along and according to their Master Plot.
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aka @Kristoff von Gelmini, leader of small SG bases (Infinity/Victory/Virtue/Protector), member of The House of Tera (Justice) and various others (Champion/Infinity/Victory/Guardian/Freedom).
My purpose in starting this thread is for venting all the way to constructive feedback (that may or may not ever be seen; but that's a risk I'll take.)
The proper way to sunset a game of this longevity (imo) would be something on the order of an 6-18 month announcement that the game will be ending, that the development team is of course fully in on it and crafting the conclusion to many a plot. Yes, that might have caused revenues and participation to fall OR advertised correctly it might have caused a huge influx into the game by both new and former players to take part in the grand finale of CoH!
It's true, in that alternate universe those players are also faced with losing all their investment (time, creativity, money), but they'd also have a glorious conclusion to a glorious ride.
And of course there's the alternate universe I hope we eventually find ourselves in where NCSoft facilitates sale of the IP to the dev/entreprenuerial team so CoH can continue with fan-driven subscriptions (or F2P if that's the better business model.)
Wishful thinking, of course. Peace.
aka @Kristoff von Gelmini, leader of small SG bases (Infinity/Victory/Virtue/Protector), member of The House of Tera (Justice) and various others (Champion/Infinity/Victory/Guardian/Freedom).