hmm interesting, could it have been possible that due to these things being thrown around in the government that ncsoft may have shut down coh due that?
while the shutting down was still a bad move for them instead of trying to sell, i think this might have been what prompted the sudden shutdown notice
so thinking about it a minute:
1. ncsoft sees that stuff against the gaming industry is up in government
2. ncsoft predicts that this will cause a loss for all games so it wants to chop off "dead weight"
3. ncsoft knee jerkingly chooses coh to shut down
4. coh shutdown prompts massive public backlash
5. ncsoft continually responds to community questioning with lies and incompetence
this could eventually lead to ncsoft selling off the IP to get us off their back while they try to fight this stuff in their government and not lose any more face than they already have, especially with the continual stock drops they have been having
since this is all speculation, still having "wait and see" attitude for the time being
The Korean government is the one imposing the bans and curfews, thus out of all of NCSoft's games CoH would be the least effected since it is not sold in Korea and all available information suggests there were no plans to do so.
1. ncsoft sees that stuff against the gaming industry is up in THE KOREAN government
2. ncsoft predicts that this will cause a loss for all games EXCEPT COH.
2a. NCSOFT EXECS PANIC AND GO ON A MASSIVE DRINKING AND DRUG BINGE. This leads them to make bad decisions the following morning when...
3. ncsoft knee jerkingly chooses coh to shut down
4. coh shutdown prompts massive public backlash
5. ncsoft continually responds to community questioning with lies and incompetence