The MMO Game

[BaDDaSS]

Is the MMO market in being run by two major companies?

The US market is growing and growing, will the Korean/Asian MMOs *cough - clones* become a thing of the past?

Sony Online Entertainment now has The Matrix Online, Star Wars Galaxies, EverQuest 1/2 and Planetside - plus the licenses to create a comic-book MMO.

NCSoft has Lineage 1/2, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Tabula Rasa, Guild Wars and soon Auto Assault.

Read the full story here (http://www.so-pro.co.uk/rpgs/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8&mode=&order=0&thold=0)

[Jesterthegreat]

you just noticed this? word is SOE only bought matrix online to get the rights on a DC super hero game... though its just a rumer and none of us have seen the contract they made for MxO.

:edit: posted before readin the thread... it says about the DC comics in there... damn :p

[Asurmen Spec Op]

SOE may have many main stream games

but all the good games are done by smaller companies
not big companies who can screw the who game over and not care *cough SOE sucks*

[Toxen]

Wonder what KK would do if SoE made an offer on NC2

Oh and there was a press release about SoE buying up MxO on friday keep up people :)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050617/laf015.html?.v=12

[Jesterthegreat]

heh things like DAoC, AO and WoW have made alot of money for their dev's... so at least a few games won't be joining the coalitions :p

[Vid Gamer]

you just noticed this? word is SOE only bought matrix online to get the rights on a DC super hero game... though its just a rumer and none of us have seen the contract they made for MxO.

Not true. SOE tried to get MxO 2 or 3 times before they finally did and it became official. While I am sure the DC Comics was the main buying point, MxO would be icing on the cake.