I heard a rumor that Titan Network was interested in seeing if they could obtain a "license" from NCsoft to run their own server(s) of the content from the Beta server of CoH, purely in "maintenance mode." I've tried searching the forums, but I can't find anything about that possibility. Has anyone checked into it? Perhaps if NCsoft kept complete control over their beloved intellectual property (in case it somehow ends up making them more money), they would be willing to sell "licenses," for Titan Network (or anyone else) just to run their own servers of the game we all love...?
That would be awesome if it was true, but nothing has been publicly stated about that here anyway. I'd be glad to know *something* concrete was actually going on, though, especially in light of NCSoft's Korea Times comment about not knowing what will happen with the CoH IP. It would be kind of humiliating, and I'd imagine it would be quite a joke around NCKorea's offices at our expense, if NCSoft has briefly changed their stance about wanting to sell,
but no one wants to buy it! Supposedly all the ties have been cut for weeks now and the price of the IP plummeted into reasonable territory weeks ago now too, at least as far as Fansy (the former longtime EQ1 PvP newbie griefer) claimed, anyway, and everyone said he knew what he was talking about.
It's kind of looking like no one in the industry with the money to rez it is willing to do so these days, though. I mean, all the negative press about the way NCSoft closed CoH alone was honestly enough to alert industry professionals far and wide that it was closing and that there was a potential business opportunity there. Lots of MMOs have been rezzed over the years; it's not a new concept.
And after that, getting ahold of PS heads via LinkedIn to try and get the ball rolling isn't too difficult. And any serious inquirers would be much more interested in actual subscriber and cash shop numbers for the last couple years than in forum members, no matter how wonderful we all are, and no offense meant to any of us and all of our efforts to make noise.
But we've already alerted the world: CoH was shut down by NCSoft and in a nasty fashion. Everyone knows. After coming forward and talking with PS/NC, it would mainly be a matter of the size of their company or group of investors and how they view CoH's more recent income levels versus what they'd have to pay to get CoH.
I hope I'm making sense here and that no one is offended.
