more blog attention for CoH

[Golden Girl]

When business becomes too big, it becomes bad.

[Ironwolf]

Wow GG you really don't know how business works.

Large Corps actually in most cases drive prices DOWN, they also are often more open and accountable as they don't get as emotional about things as the customers do. This leads to yes some issues when it is entertainment and they make a game designed to hook you and pull you in - then cut it like NCSoft did. However in spite of how we feel really it was very unlikely closing this was done out of spite.

However on the corporate side of things DRM is useful as they see their brand new game hit the wide and within 24 hours it is hacked and available for free! This is after an investment of millions of dollars. I see their point but they are alienating the fan base of the games. I just truly believe that all games need to have a sunset plan in effect prior to release. Almost all games end - but it should be according to a clear plan.

[dwturducken]

I think she's a victim of the few bad eggs ruining it for the rest of us. The problem in refuting her position is that we're seeing more and more bad eggs. Even Google, whose motto is "Don't be evil," is being seen as another Microsoft, and Microsoft is actually starting to soften its public image, almost in spite of Ballmer.

[Illusionss]

Yes, its not exactly like big business has went out of their way to endear themselves to the customer for the last few years. If they have a PR problem, its their own fault.

A recent example is many businesses cutting hours to below 30 hrs/week in order to duck out of paying health benefits. Really, its like Snidely Whiplash, or Boris from Bullwinkle, is running many of these big corporations.

Not to derail the thread with political talk, but you really could NOT make this stuff up. Then they wonder why the public is less than enchanted with their maneuvers/views them as villains.

However on the corporate side of things DRM is useful as they see their brand new game hit the wide and within 24 hours it is hacked and available for free!

You know that saying about how locks only keep honest people out? Same thing here. Good luck putting this genie back in the bottle, gaming companies. In fact, you done went and annoyed a whole bunch of very tech-savvy people. I know that will work out well....!

[MaidMercury]

Wow GG you really don't know how business works.

Large Corps actually in most cases drive prices DOWN, they also are often more open and accountable as they don't get as emotional about things as the customers do. This leads to yes some issues when it is entertainment and they make a game designed to hook you and pull you in - then cut it like NCSoft did. However in spite of how we feel really it was very unlikely closing this was done out of spite.

Not all large corporations are the same. Microsoft did not deliberately keep fans playing 'Crimson Skies' after they stopped running a server and supporting it. They even allowed other Fans to run servers and continue enjoying it, albeit it's old tech today. I've played Star Trek Voyager Elite force on private servers.It's old, who cares?

NCsoft did something I have never seen before and that's purposely kill a game and keep it from having a second life via refusing to sell the second hand product to any would be buyers. It's beyond greed.
It's despicable to the Nth Degree.

[TonyV]

Okay guys, I just blew away a bunch of messages.  If you want to rant about politics, there's a place specifically for that.

[JaguarX]

Okay guys, I just blew away a bunch of messages.  If you want to rant about politics, there's a place specifically for that.

I thought Facebook was only for talk about what people ate last night, memes about the opposite sex, religion spam and ducklip pics?

[TimtheEnchanter]

I thought Facebook was only for talk about what people ate last night, memes about the opposite sex, religion spam and ducklip pics?

Yep. Everyone knows that Yahoo News is the place to rant about politics.

There's still a difference though. We typically don't label and bite each other's heads off when we debate it here.

[Optimus Dex]

Posted by Illusionss-I really had no idea CoX was going to be shut down like it was. I foresaw us eventually being told, "We are going to keep the game up and running, but this isnt the cash-cow it ought to be, so we are ceasing all new development. But we appreciate your business so we are going to host this for you, our loyal customers. Have fun and its been a great ride. BTW come check out our new MMO over here." I could have stood that; after all, we had the MA system in place - and I'd been running stuff like Seer Marino's "Wretch" arc for literally years.

But them yanking the game away like Lucy yanking away Charlie Brown's football every autumn..... that was just.... egregious....


My thoughts exactly - if NCSoft had kept the game in maintanence mode I would have kept paying to play and would have looked at buying other of NCSofts games.  I have never experienced all the content in the 8 years I played also I never leveled a Defender or a Controller to 50 and was working on both when they pulled my world away.