Unfortunately, GW2 is still growing. Sales were so high that they had to temporary disable sales so they could get their servers improved to be able to handle the massive influx of players. It's over 2 million units sold and counting.
It doesn't matter. As I said before - we can't stop them from making money off of Arenanet. We can't hurt them there. It's a non-issue.
I'm not even sure the #NCSoftMMOKiller Meme will have an effect on whether Wildstar will get released or not. I think we might have some impact - based on how far out their release date would be (they haven't even started Alpha Testing yet as far as I know, so it may be more than a year away from even Beta).
Best case scenario in my mind is that Carbine negotiates a buy-out deal with some other company and leverages it's way out of the clutches of NCSoft before they finish development of the game. Considering NCSoft appears (via those reports in the Glass Door papers) to want out of the western market and are on the verge of closing NCWest entirely, that may make the most sense for both NCSoft and Carbine in the long run. But that's pure speculation on my part.
As an aside - who even knows the logic behind NCSoft's decision-making any more? They don't appear to be acting with any kind of business logic at all that makes any sense.
I have a personal theory - and it is ONLY a theory, so keep that caveat in mind!
The theory is that what we're seeing is a company in the throes of an internal power struggle. One faction liked the western market and wanted to develop and support it and the other... doesn't. And the faction that wants to concentrate on the S.K. market is in ascendancy at the moment, but not fully in control either. Thus the schizophrenic nature of the moves this company is making.
But back to the topic at hand.
What is the #NCsoftMMOKiller meme good for then, if it doesn't help save City of Heroes?
It's simple - we take it as our goal to inform every gamer and potential game studio out there as often as possible about NCSoft and their practices. It is our DUTY to educate people so that this NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
It's not just vindictiveness for it's own sake. If we are truly heroes, then that implies SERVICE to the wider gaming community, not just our own. And the service in this case is to keep spreading our story. To let people know of what an injustice has been done - both to our game and our world and to the 80+ employees of Paragon Studios who were done wrong.
Ultimately it won't just be gamers who commonly know about it. It will be artists and programmers and developers and writers in the industry. Those game studios will know better than to get into a deal with NCSoft. In fact I'd wager that many in the industry are already WELL AWARE of the situation and making or modifying plans accordingly.
I don't want any other gaming community to suffer what we have. And they don't have to if they are educated. That's our job from here on out.
I recall recently seeing a tweet from Positron after the Unity rally that - if nothing else is accomplished, that one thing is certain, no other MMO will ever be shutdown in this way ever again.
And Vulpy - you're wrong. We're not forcing a meme to come into existence.
The perception of NCSoft as the MMO killer is already there. It's out there RIGHT NOW in the wider gaming community. There's no need whatsoever to "force it". NCSoft is doing a wonderful job of screwing themselves in that regard.
We're just taking note of the meme and giving it a NAME.
You're behind the curve -
To quote G'Kar - "When the avalanche has started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote."
