Though NCSoft's winged MMO Aion doesn't go live until tomorrow (or Friday for Europeans), the developer is already promising additional content for the title. Speaking to VG247, NCSoft's Christian-Peter Heimbach explained, "there will be at least one major update a year," and later added "there will be free content updates for all players, and we're looking then at how big the major updates will be."
It's awfully presumptive for an MMO developer to assume its game will still be alive and kicking one year after its launch date -- however, with a strong base of 400,000 pre-orderers, it seems unlikely that Aion will hastily go the way of Auto Assault.
Reader Comments (14)
Posted: Sep 21st 2009 6:41PM Anthology said
Maybe they should add more servers so I can actually play the early access I pre-ordered for.
Posted: Sep 21st 2009 6:47PM (Unverified) said
The way of Auto Assault? Or what of Tabula Rasa? Or now Dungeon Runners?
Thats three major failures in two years, two of them being run around one year. NCSoft's track record isn't that good.
Thats three major failures in two years, two of them being run around one year. NCSoft's track record isn't that good.
Posted: Sep 21st 2009 6:52PM MowDownJoe said
They're going "We still have City of Heroes and Guild Wars!"
And I did re-up with a time card for I16. Won't buy another after this one expires, but that's more for financial reasons.
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And I did re-up with a time card for I16. Won't buy another after this one expires, but that's more for financial reasons.
Posted: Sep 21st 2009 6:58PM No Kill Tayler said
I'll buy this once I rig up my system to run it.
Posted: Sep 21st 2009 7:06PM Sleeping Lesson said
I'm not particularly engaged with the MMo community, but is anything all that impressive about one major update per year?
Posted: Sep 21st 2009 7:28PM RedCricketChase said
When they say "one MAJOR update per year", they're sort of implying there will be more than one less-major update per year.... hopefully.
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Posted: Sep 21st 2009 7:51PM (Unverified) said
One does seem rather a small amount tbh. I'm sure at some point in the past Warcraft saw three major patches. I know for sure it's seen two this year. Not sure on the other MMOs but I'm sure Conans seen a few too.
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Posted: Sep 21st 2009 8:51PM ch3burashka said
Did I completely miss the Aion hype train? I heard the name being said here and there, but I didn't think there was THIS much interest. What's so cool about it?
Posted: Sep 21st 2009 9:36PM The Habbler said
You can fly. No seriously, that's what all the hype is about.
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Posted: Sep 22nd 2009 9:22PM RedCricketChase said
The graphics seem pretty eyeball-melting, plus, yeah, you can fly as one of the classes.
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Posted: Sep 21st 2009 11:59PM mocax said
i ordered it so i can show off my wings in guild wars.... >.>
rather expensive set of wings, i might say....
rather expensive set of wings, i might say....
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