Is SOE Going Indie Mean Anything?
The online gaming world was stunned when it was announced that Sony Online Entertainment had been sold to an investment company and was now considered an independent studio by the name of Daybreak Game Company. To say that this news came as a shock to mmorpg gamers is a huge understatement. Normally such events would have been heralded for months as talks of one major company buying an entire division from another corporation would be discussed and analyzed endlessly as the negotiations proceeded. This wasn't the case as the news exploded like a bombshell, catching everyone by surprise. How does this change impact the large number of online games that lie under the SOE umbrella? Is SOE going indie mean anything?
