Columbus Nova And Daybreak Games

[fastboy21]

i'll plunk down 50 beans to play it...

[gloine36]

Regardless of what happens with EQ Next, the question is now what about licensing Everquest products? I can easily see licensing private servers like this as a revenue stream. The licenses could allow for altering content or anything using the code or even modifying that. Admins of these licensed servers could then charge for their services if they wanted to.

Now before you go off on that, take it to the EQOA community. They've wanted the ability to do that for a long time. Now move to Vanguard. It could be done there too. Same for EQ2. Sorry for the Stars Wars folks, but that cannot happen due to issues with Disney.

I doubt this would be a serious revenue stream, but it would be money going against losses. Let's look at why Columbus bought SOE. They had to have a reason to pour money into the purchase. What do they expect in return? Are they banking on EQN or the zombie game? What if they fail? Do they then sell off the pieces? This is going to have an effect on the emulator community at some point down the road. It could be very, very positive.

[Swish]

The average online gamer isnt necessarily a "nerd" anymore - tons of people play CoD and games designed to get people angry rather than to chill out.

Based on that, H1Z1 has a wider appeal than EQ Next ever will. If they picked one and went running with it I think the zombie game would win every time, especially if they keep it F2P.

[Karkona]

They dropped Storybricks so that won't be coming in landmark/eqn. And with Dave Georgeson and other people that got laid off, I don't see any of this in a positive light. I was really hoping EQ would rise to the top again one day, but it isn't looking good.

[Deadlyfury]

Game mechanics and other contributions always get changed before even beta, to me it's just them using a normal process, I think the game is doing fine, why all the negative thoughts, is there any history of daybreak buying game companies and shutting them down?It's not like this was a competitive game type for them.

If blizzard bought them I would say sure they are closing it down, but why would they be bought by someone (oor sold) if they were going to shut it down...

Where does all this negativity come from?

[Karkona]

Originally Posted by Deadlyfury [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Game mechanics and other contributions always get changed before even beta, to me it's just them using a normal process, I think the game is doing fine, why all the negative thoughts, is there any history of daybreak buying game companies and shutting them down?It's not like this was a competitive game type for them.

If blizzard bought them I would say sure they are closing it down, but why would they be bought by someone (oor sold) if they were going to shut it down...

Where does all this negativity come from?

Thats the problem isn't it, we don't know anything about this new company—how do we know they aren't already poised on slowing down the development of eqn/landmark until it hits a crawl and it costs them pennies to sustain while they pull in the hype money and finally let it die a slow death on its own?

Meanwhile I'm sure H1z1 will be fine because people are crazy about zombie survival games, they'll likely put forth plenty of continuous development on it.

[Deadlyfury]

Originally Posted by Karkona [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thats the problem isn't it, we don't know anything about this new company—how do we know they aren't already poised on slowing down the development of eqn/landmark until it hits a crawl and it costs them pennies to sustain while they pull in the hype money and finally let it die a slow death on its own?

Meanwhile I'm sure H1z1 will be fine because people are crazy about zombie survival games, they'll likely put forth plenty of continuous development on it.

because it's not in their best interest, a successful company like this running a potentially massive game into the ground? They didn't get to where they are by doing that... this is shear stupidity

[Deadlyfury]

Originally Posted by AceDSilva [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You must be unfamiliar with how SOE operates as a business. EQ peaked and never recovered, because they ran it into the ground. EQ2 peaked and never recovered, because they ran it into the ground. It's a good thing they haven't done that with... every other game...

Oh wait.

All I'm saying is why won't anyone give them a chance? They have broken away from Sony and this should be seen as a good thing...

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by Deadlyfury [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All I'm saying is why won't anyone give them a chance? They have broken away from Sony and this should be seen as a good thing...

It is... for Sony. SoE has never well represented its parent company. After Brad & Co. Left thy promptly set about offsetting the revenue stream instigated by EQ's early years. They worked long and hard to remove the aspects of the game that most appealed to their original fanbase while trying earnestly (and failing utterly) to attract an entirely new player type. I say good for Sony for cleansing itself of the festering sore that is/was SoE ^^

[Potus]

Praise the job creators in Private Investment companies creating all these great jobs.