Comments on: Microsoft Destroyer of MMOs: How Do They Do It

By: Gigarayzor

Gigarayzor — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:16:18 +0000

Marvel Universe Online? Hell, never even heard of that one. To be fair though, SOE also did it’s fair share of ruining Vanguard, and surprisingly neither company completely ruined it, and it’s actually slowly getting better. Of course, that’s not to say AoC or WAR won’t crush it.

By: Evismang

Evismang — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:24:32 +0000

Microsoft kills MMOs before release and minimizes expenses. SOE kills MMOs after release, after hyping it up a LOT. Case in point: Vanguard (Yes, Vanguard is an SOE game.) They killed Planetside too, which they didn’t even develop or publish, but simply bought after it came out. Maybe I just dislike SOE more because I’ve never actually played a Microsoft MMO, but it seems to me like there’s been a lot of anticipation of Microsoft MMOs and not a lot of criticism, while there’s been a lot of both for SOE games. Although the anticipation and criticism are directly opposite, and upon release anticipation plummets while criticism spikes.

By: nanio0300

nanio0300 — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:18:59 +0000

Microsoft didn’t make Halo Bungie did get your facts straight.

By: erathoniel

erathoniel — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:25:07 +0000

Microsoft has ruined every game they’ve made, save Halo, which I think is crap but people seem to eat up like it were made of gold.