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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 6:37PM JonahFalcon said

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In other words, Cryptic had enough with CoH and wants to do something new, and gave it to the publisher (NC Soft).
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 6:48PM mr nimblewick said

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Theirs is better becauses it uses the phrase "sale of two cities."
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 6:57PM RPGJock said

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AWESOME, COH/COV 2 TO THE PS3. It could be an action brawler with MMO trappings. I always felt the game didn't belong on the PC and it should have been a console title and now it has the chance to be.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 6:59PM mr nimblewick said

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My god! You found the way to get a niche product out to a niche audience, completely destroying any attempt at profit!

I love it!
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 7:08PM RPGJock said

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You are right, putting an established MMO onto s consoles never works out. "looks at Final Fantasy XI, Everquest Adventures, Phantasy Star Online"

And of course no one would be interested in a superhero MMO. "looks at Marvel and DC MMO development"

Silly me....
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 7:28PM mr nimblewick said

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Ahem, FF and PS were never "established MMO"s. They were single player only until they had their MMO versions on consoles.

EA... I don't know anything about. Is it even an MMO?

Don't get me wrong, I loved City of Heroes when I played the beta. I just think that putting this aging game on the PS3 with its limited user-base will not work out.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 10:31PM SoCoolCurt said

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i thought the same thing when i saw this. we probably will see City of Heros/Villians, in some form, on the PS3 sometime in the future. maybe with updated graphics and all the expansions (if it had any).

how successful it will be is a whole horse of a different color since it does play towards a niche audience like nimblewick pointed out. i have actually never played a console MMO now that i think about it, well unless you count Animal Crossing which is a pseudo offline MMO (if that makes any sense whatsoever lol). so who knows. mouse and keyboard support could make it comparable to PC, if that's the difference maker.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 7:05PM Gorehorn said

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Probably has to do with the fact that Cryptic is developing one of the two "official" superhero MMOs (Marvel one, if i recall correctly). This way, there won't be any conflicting interests between the two products.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 7:21PM (Unverified) said

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And with the new skeleton crew established, City of Heroes begins the winter of its life.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 7:32PM drhazard said

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They've been operating under a skeleton crew for a looong time. Hell, for the longest time, they only had one animator! If more people are able to get behind this, it can only be good things for the game.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 7:32PM (Unverified) said

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Like anybody on the PS3 would want to play in generic superhero world with generic superheroes when they can be in Metropolis fighting alongside Superman and Batman.

Like wise with 360, New York, Spider-man nad Wolverine.

Also, you know your arguement is in trouble when you have to reference Everquest Online Adventures as a success.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 7:35PM (Unverified) said

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Like anybody on the PS3 would want to be in a generic city with generic superheroes when they could be in Metropolis fighting along side Superman and Batman.

Likewise for the 360, New York, Spider-man and Wolverine.

Also, you know your case is in trouble when you have to reference EQOA as a "success."
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Posted: Nov 6th 2007 7:43PM (Unverified) said

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cov was a fun game for about 5 months

whenever they make cov2 i'll get it
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Posted: Nov 7th 2007 10:03AM Harlo said

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"Sale of two cities" was terrible. And by terrible I somehow mean awesomely brilliant.
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