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Posted: Dec 11th 2008 4:04PM Mr Angry said
To be honest my interest is at an all time low with SOE games, despite in the past being propped up by at least one title at a time. The All Access pass used to be great value, now it's just a sad reminder for all the wasted potential at SOE.
Right now looking at the future, DC Universe is competing in what I believe to be a fairly well catered for genre, which overall is less accessible than both Sci-Fi and Fantasy, and the Agency just appears to be purely judged, like making a spy game because no one else does, I can't see the hybrid multiplayer/faux MMO genre really gripping any type of player because it falls between two established and effective models.
As for Free Realms, that's pretty much for the kiddies, it might be great, but I feel the RMT system in this game is divisive as they know children are more prone to impulsive decisions regarding virtual property, they don't have a real concept of value. They know how to work this audience, and I fail to see how this is for the good of the customer.
Looking forward to the day when SOE clean shop, get back to what they used to do best, create games that people want to play, and as a result see numbers go up, not to fleece people at every given opportunity to maximize unit profitability.