Comments on: Marvel Universe MMO Lives Again

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:46:24 +0000

Plus, we’re in a global recession. Not to get all aggro-face or anything, but if there’s any time to NOT develop games with monthly fees, it’s right now. People get very sharp about value for their money when times are lean.

By: Skwizzal

Skwizzal — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:14:33 +0000

@Bobsy:
To be honest, I’m suprised people haven’t looked at Tabula and realised that the MMO rush is damaging more then good for the industry.

It’s like inflation, flood the market with too much of them, and their value plummets expedentially.

And in that climate, only those with a strong foothold in the market; WoW, Runescape, Everquest etc will survive with little damage.

Still, something with as wide appeal as DC/Marvel might break this trend, have a boom like some of the bigger MMOs did (ie warhammer) then settle back down to workable (hopefully) numbers.

Whatever happens, companies need to avoid another TR crisis. That game held more promise then people commonly atrributed to it in my opinion.

Man, that got a bit long eh.

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:23:46 +0000

Sigh. Hasn’t the MMO bubble burst yet? I think it has. All I see is a panic-stricken U-turn by Marvel on their realisation that the DCU MMO may actually sell some copies.

By: Lord Skwizzal

Lord Skwizzal — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:11:24 +0000

I’m interested…
So interested I’m wishing the hole in the center of discs was just slightly bigger…..

By: PC Monster

PC Monster — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:32:43 +0000

Shortest comment thread…ever. Guess no-one’s interested in a Marvel MMO, Gazillion. Save your money.

By: ChaosSmurf

ChaosSmurf — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:23:16 +0000

Marvel Zombies MMO/Quest line or GTFO.

By: Lu-Tze

Lu-Tze — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:03:48 +0000

The moment before they release it and it’s dire? I don’t think that the Marvel Universe really fits with a traditional MMO style. Rather something more in the ideal that APB professes, with very PvP centric missions, lots of small instances of the game world, far more action focused, and more than that not overly concerned with exp grind progression.

And, obviously, ridiculous customisation.

By: Skwizzal

Skwizzal — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:52:56 +0000

I think I’m crying golden tears of super happy joy.
Somebody hold me.
I don’t want this moment to end.