GC 2008: Sony's PS3 MMOs

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) announced today that SCEE has joined forces with Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) – developer of groundbreaking online Massive Multiplayer Online (MMOs) games including the wildly popular EverQuest® -- in an arrangement that will bring a whole new dimension to PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3) gaming.

Under the new agreement, SCEE will publish and distribute three MMOs developed by SOE for PS3 throughout the PAL territories. In addition, SCEE will also publish the PC versions of DC Universe and The Agency on behalf of SOE in the PAL territories. The new arrangement allows SCEE to benefit from SOE's experience in a different area of video gaming publishing, one which opens up a whole host of possibilities for PS3.

[Breakfast]

...This is why Sony is not on top of the world right now.

MS is out making deals with Square, Netflix, Konami....
....and Sony is making deals, with Sony.

:)

[PoSTedUP]

"This is why Sony is not on top of the world right now."

i know, but this is why this is the year of the playstation3 ; ) ya know.

[RonDeMuerte]

Sony has made deals with all of those third party developers...before Microsoft even jumped into the gaming business......hahahahaha oh and Sony has been making deals with Sony lately because Sony has the best developers....it would only make sense.....why go out for burgers when you can have your steaks at home......hahaha.....and Netflix...who gives a sh!t about that....it's not even high def.....why waste hours on watching low quality movies....hahahahaha

[redrum777]

mmmm...mmo's, tasty

[PoSTedUP]

free realms will be great for the kids.

DC universe will be great for the fans.

MAG will be great for the.... ME! : ) XD

[Hawkeyes315]

This means Sony is uniting to lay the smack down on Microsoft.

[Hububla]

Sony is making deals with sony to make games that the xbox will never have a chance of ever getting while microsoft is making deals with square and konami to get games that the PS3 already has... wich is why sony is da bomb diggity.. and ur just a ignorant fanboy... but thats ok you just keep on with all ur fanboy drivel it will just make it all the more sweet when sony beats the 360 back to the stone age

[Aclay]

@ Breakfast

Yeah, Microsoft is doing what they do best and paying for timed exclusivity and opening up the checkbook for a bunch of third party games that aren't even theirs while Sony is actually making their own games.

And if I recall the Xbox 360 isn't on the top of the world either.

[killax3563]

@hawkeye:

Sony is coming together like Voltron to slay another RoBeast (the Xbox 360).

[10YearFlop]

I'll buy all of them once they're available for sale

[zo6_lover27]

Looks like some pretty good stuff

I hope they have cross platform play

EDIT

Wait, they're coming out in non PAL territories right?

[Cajun Chicken]

"...SCEE will publish."

I think all the other areas in the world will get them off of their respective Sony Computer publisher in the region.
Don't worry, I don't think this means ONLY PAL territories and very much doubt it.

[Cajun Chicken]

The Agency, DC Universe and Free Realms appeal to me very much!

I'm not really a MMO player, tbh, but those all sound very, very cool if they stay free on PSN (I doubt it, MMOs usually need income) or have a smallish subscription fee.

Brilliant for Pal areas, especially the UK.

Hold on, Free Realms is free, isn't it? AWWWEEESOME.

[season007]

they still get the multiplats and they develope their own REAL exclusives that can never be stolen

and that's why this is the year of the PS3 and it will never be stopped

[Silogon]

The MMO is replacing the RPG.

Deal in officals.

[redrum777]

What about the mmojrpg?

[AIi_The_Brit]

Free Realms- Seriously this is free!? and home is free!? and PSN IS FREE!? I LOVE YOU SONY!

The Agency- wow! im almost deffinately going to be picking this up

DC Universe- Not for me but for any true DC comic fan this will be fantastic

i hope we see more of SOE!

[Cajun Chicken]

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

Sounds free to me!
Also just sounds like plain mess about turn on, drop in gameplay!

EDIT: Just scan read it again. Micro transactions for some stuff in the game, still not bad;

"Free Realms is, of course, a slightly disingenuous name. Mostly Free Realms Plus Some Cheap Ones would be more accurate. Although it covers just about every business model going - including advertising when launching from its website, and some microtransaction options tying into items and its in-built card game - the main way Free Realms will make money is through an optional five-dollars-a-month subscription charge. This will grant access to large chunks of members-only content - around 40 per cent of the game, says lead designer Laralyn McWilliams - as well as a few other benefits, like three character slots as opposed to the free game's one."

Sounds quite reasonable to me.

[lodossrage]

They said they'd show off (or announce) some of their ps3 games toward the end of the year I believe

[d3l33t]

What I've been waiting for XD

[LoVeRSaMa]

Same, I am a Semi fan of NCSoft, due to Lineage 2 and Aion, so I cannot see what they have to offer for PlayStation =]

[tigerranger]

"I'm not really a MMO player, tbh, but those all sound very, very cool if they stay free on PSN (I doubt it, MMOs usually need income) or have a smallish subscription fee."

Well if they do then we could expect something along the lines of quore. Then they could also have a thirty day trial like WOW

[Cajun Chicken]

I'm sorry, you're quoting me and I'm not really that sure why.

[Reshun]

Hopefully they offer better service by taking some good example off of several other MMORPGs out there. I remember EQOA providing one of the worst services to the players.

[Rob Hornecker]

I guess this may put the PS3 a notch above the other big 2,but I saw nothing about MAG. The only info I have seen has been from this years E3 and that info is becoming a bit dated. After seeing MAG previewed at this years E3 the showing , MAG was the main reason I bought a PS3.

[XXXCouture]

is more of a casual market, hence all the Singstar, EyePet and VidZone announcements at Leipzig. Expect to see MAG at next years E3, and you will see quite alot of it, i believe