SOE acquires Vanguard dev Sigil Games

YAY! Im going to go crack open the champagne...what? Sigil games? Who the....? Okay, thought it was something exciting, my bad :)

first console MMO? ;)

Sony still has money to go and buy other company??? *sighs*, I'd much rather they just go and get Take2 or Enix

Sony as a complete entity makes money, even though their Gaming division posted a huge loss.

And, I doubt SquareEnix would be willing to be exclusive with all the FF love they've been showing the DS lately.

My sincere sympathies go out to the players of Vanguard. As a two year veteran of Star Wars Galaxies, I know firsthand how devious and underhanded SOE really is.

#2: Erm, ever played Final Fantasy XI? EverQuest Online Adventures? Heard about Age of Conan? I don't know what that "first console MMO" ramble it is you're excercising, but I'm afraid that one has long before been realized.

Anyways, I heard McQuaid has pretty much abandoned Sigil Games. Sure, he's the CEO, but he hasn't been in his office for the last half a year or so. Supposedly, he's visited the office a few times since then, but he doesn't really work there anymore.

http://grouchygamer.blogspot.com/2007/05/brad-mcquaid-abandoned-vanguard-sigil.html

Hence I said.. Sony should just go and buy Enix.

Funny, I had thought NGE was the New Game Experience. I could be wrong, of course; in my house, it's known as The Reason I Quit SWG.

Sony can't just go and buy Enix. If they could, they would've, don't you think?

As a SWG vet and a current VG player, I am prepared to $ony to destroy this great game. I refused to play another game by $ony after the NGE, but friends lured me in since $ony was the publisher and it ws Sigils game. The one bright spot is a real forum to complain on.

You guys DO realize the fault of the NGE belongs entirely on Lucas arts right? Sony just did the developing as behest of Lucasarts, LA handled everything that went into the game and greenlighted everything that happened.

So most of the blame squarely falls on LA, as of right now though Most of the MMOs SOE has done have been very good. For the most part.

John Smedley was in charge of the NGE, and at last check he is President of SOE. It had little to do with Lucasarts, and more to do with losing subscription numbers and $ony's profit margin.

Yes EQII was an ok game, but PvP weak.

Yes he was buck, BUT everything that happened in the game or ideas that went into the game either came from LA or had to be approved by them (it is afterall their IP).

So place all the blame squarely on Smed or SOE, is faulty, its like blaming Epic because Microsoft demanded they change something in the game and no one likes the change.

SOE may have developed SWG and progammed all that went into it, but the last word was LAs

It's like blaming an actor when the show's writer changes the actor's character's dialogue.

I doubt LucasArts told them they had to develop the NGE as they did. Stating it (and laying the blame) as such is far too speculative.

Pyronite it may be speculative, but LA had FULL control of that game, Sony couldnt change one blessed thing in it without going through LA first.

So if you DO blame SOE, you have to lay as much blame on LA for allowing it in the first place.

Rogue Jedi had the perfect analogy for it

I am so sorry for Vanguard players. It looked like a decent game. Now that SOE completely owns it, its only a matter of time until it is run into the ground.