Sony Online Entertainment has spouted a fountain of news. First and foremost, it's closing a quartet of old MMOs: Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, Wizardry Online, Free Realms and Clone Wars Adventures.
Not enough people play to justify the upkeep, broadly speaking. Apparently Vanguard had been running at a loss for "a long time" but SOE didn't have the heart to tell players. That's what company president John Smedley told people on Reddit (via VG247).
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So the hype is on for sure. But will the game live up to all the hype?
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Tony Polanco from The Koalition writes:
"For this week’s featured topic, we discuss Sony selling off Sony Online Entertainment. Though it was sold due to it not being as profitable as Sony would have liked, it was still something that distinguished Sony from its competitors. We discuss what this all means for Sony and how Microsoft stands to benefit from this."
Other gaming topics covered: Nintendo's YouTube Policy, Sega shifting to Mobile/PC, 4k ready next-gen consoles.
It was a pleasure to finally be on this show. It was fun, and Brett's rants were classic.
Very glad to see you went with the Sony Offline Entertainment title lol Sony and Microsoft need to get their online issues resolved as I'm paying too much a year to put up with this nonsense.
Hopefully in the future they can bring it back!
I tried to enjoy Free Realms, but it was so annoying for two reasons
1 I had a gig+ update everytime I started it
2 Everytime you moved more than 5 feet you had to pay for something to go any further.
The Agency?
Funny, I just recently deleted Free Realms from my PS3 to make room for DmC or something. I only played it like once to try it out, about 3 years ago or so.
PS all-star mmo? That would be Rock!