Shane Kim: Microsoft feels 'bad' about MMO failings

I would think a big problem would also be subscription fees, I can't imagine most console owners want to deal with that on top of Xbox Live and the game itself.

aww, don't feel bad.

We don't even give a crap about MMOs.

If you are talking about a Microsoft Game Studios (MGO) MMORPG, than yeah, they didn't deliver when they had an interesting thing goin on (True Fantasy Online by Jap dev Level 5.
But you can (if you want to) find 2 MMORPG's on x360: Final Fantasy XI by Square and Phantasy Star Universe by Sega.
Think MS (or Sony) dont like it when you get hooked (addicted) on playing MMORPG's on their console, so you don't buy/play other games thus dont generate money for them

I would give a testicle for a Marvel Universe Online.

man, a Marvel MMO for PC would've been sweet! the characters are just much more diverse than the DC universe. (tho Gotham City sports DC's more creative heroes and villains).

too bad it won't be made for 360. i mean on top of internet pay, xbox live pay, you'd have to pay 10-15 bucks a month also.

but i don't really understand why a Marvel MMO couldn't be made for just PC.

Don't forget Mythica (for the PC).

I was surprised MS didn't buy Turbine back when they published Asheron's Call...

I thought the entire thing was vaporware.

I'd be interested in a real-world zombie apocalypse MMO maybe..but that'd be it. Actually..let's just bring on the real zombie apocalypse.

Am I the only one who finds its rediculous that on top of paying for internet, we're paying for a service thats still not impervious to outages and cant even run a successful MMO? I mean the devs themselves dont like making games for our service... maybe its time to grab a ps3...

aww, boo hoo go cry to your avatar.

people constantly state in their arguements against xbox live being free that psn cant possible stay free in its offer of online gaming. I never understood this. Pc online gaming is free and remained free for the player for years. It survives through sponsors on dedicated servers..as its a consistant and great means of advertising. Given the ps3's ever growing market then you would think the same would always apply there too...and be an even more attraction to get advertising through a console than through pc gaming. Theres no reason why the exact same couldnt of applied for the 360.. infact advertises would be falling over themselves to supply dedicated servers for games like halo 3 and gta4. We're already seeing dedicated servers on the 360..frontlines, and unreal tournament 3 being the latest examples.. so its nothing to do with the fact that xbox live is a closed network thats making this not possible...its simply the fact that Microsoft like your money..its as clean cut as that. And all business's have to make money.

So then we get to the problem of mmo's..as this greed on microsofts part has surely, and will surely, put people off from placing another additional charge on themselves in order to enjoy a game. Ofcourse Microsoft say that only a silver membership would be required..which is ofcourse a useless throw away comment that is of no risk to their own earnings as they know most of us are locked in yearly subsciptions..and wont give up the only option of enjoying the games liberary we've already built up.

So the potiential for mmo's is all Sonys..now and for the future. And this is easily where sony could make its money by being the platform that delivers mmo's to the console market..especially if they take a cut of those subsciptions. The reason why pc gaming hasnt died is souly placed on MMO's.. so you bring the next WOW exclusively to the ps3 and you're looking at interest from those 9million customer base alone.

The future of gaming is MMO.. its the newest genre, and not only is it already the most popular one..its also ever growing.