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09-01-2012, 12:12 PM
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Platinum Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Farewell, from all of us at Paragon Studios
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09-01-2012, 03:56 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Sad stuff. Especially since City of Heroes was still in the black, pulling in profits. It had one of the best communities around.
Real sudden move too: The developers had a new issue about to come out and plans for another year's worth of additions. It was a surprise 11th hour execution.
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09-01-2012, 04:35 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: May 2006
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Darn, I hate to see this. I played City of Heroes when it first came out.
It had plenty of flaws, but a lot of fun also.
I'd like to see MMO companies find better ways to keep MMO's online in a low-cost mode where they just run to be available for the few who want to play.
People spend years making chars.
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09-01-2012, 06:08 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA
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If they are just throwing in the towel, it would have been nice to see if there was a buyer. The game still seemed to have a good following.
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09-01-2012, 07:21 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
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The cycle continues.
Oh well...
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09-01-2012, 08:57 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
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Aww, geez - still have the CoV collector's edition in my closet, on my "some day..." list.
Best character creator I've used in any MMO before or since.
Big Bummer.
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09-01-2012, 09:26 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Earth
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09-02-2012, 03:46 AM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Newbian
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lol@shadowbane
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09-02-2012, 07:47 AM
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Golden Member
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: NB, Canada
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09-03-2012, 08:36 AM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Too many game companies out there making mediocre games. Can't expect them to survive doing that.
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09-03-2012, 09:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skott
Too many game companies out there making mediocre games. Can't expect them to survive doing that.
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My point exactly. CoH and CoV were crappy games. No one in their right mind would pay monthly fees for this junk unless they had money to burn. There was no good reason to play a 6/10 mmo when you could play a 8/10 or 9/10 unless you are one of those "because I can" people with spare money.
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09-03-2012, 10:09 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2001
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It's NCSoft. NCSoft has a habit of pulling the plug on games that tend to be popular and profitable if they're not making an acceptable minimum level of profitability for the company.
I'm not surprised with this one bit, given the relatively stable community CoX had.
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09-03-2012, 10:13 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SunnyD
It's NCSoft. NCSoft has a habit of pulling the plug on games that tend to be popular and profitable if they're not making an acceptable minimum level of profitability for the company.
I'm not surprised with this one bit, given the relatively stable community CoX had.
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ive never quite understood how you can have something that's "not profitable enough"
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09-03-2012, 10:50 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenixgoon
ive never quite understood how you can have something that's "not profitable enough"
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NCSoft is a Korean company... that should explain a lot in terms of their mentality and profit motives.
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09-03-2012, 11:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenixgoon
ive never quite understood how you can have something that's "not profitable enough"
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It's all about growth and investor expectations, and where management focuses its time and effort. Just because something isn't losing money doesn't mean that it is helping the company execute its plan and get where it wants to be.
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