SOE folded into SCE, Landau exits

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SWG never had billions or even millions of people playing it. Saying it had 10s of k's of people would be a strech. Hopefully KOTOR can do better, but I dont know. MMOs are losing people left and right, they just get to dull too fast and cost too much.

Slayer420 is right. I was also surprised when it said flagship games like Star Wars Galaxies. For instance, that game had "billions" of people playing it, then they "improved" it and now there are "thousands" of people playing it. Well anyways, this might be some good news as they wouldnt be able to screw up MMORPGs without the consent of Sony.

Did they just mention "Flagship" and Star Wars Galaxies in the same sentence? SWG has become the glaring example of what NOT to do in terms of MMOs. Let us all take a moment and realize that SOE found a way to fail while using the Star Wars name right in the title of the game.. I would hardly see this as a highly positive piece of news.

interesting changes happening all over Sony. Maybe they finally understand that customers own them, not the other way around.

Finally Sony are reordering their buisnesses, I think SOE should be a semi-indie development company, like SOHO or MediaMolecule. Mabye now Sony Pictures will stop selling MGM films on the 360 before the PS3.

I don't know about SOE specifically, but I know that Sony has great first party publishing as a whole. They pump a lot of money into their games, they have great relations with their first party developers, a lot of which they don't even own. And they help them as much as possible. So hopefully, this is for the best. The Agency looks great, and I wouldn't want to see it end up poorly.

does that mean vangaurd might come out on ps3?

Good now maybe SOE can start making good games again. Ever since abandoning EQOA (its still alive but they didn't do anything after Frontiers to keep people coming back or to attract new players) they have made nothing but crap on console.

About time! SoE is a joke, their past is just a catalogue of failures and a couple of luckout successes. The problems only really come down to a few personalities who were given too much free reign to fluff their egos. If it hadn't been for the inexplicable success of Ever Quest this would have happened long ago. It's well past time Sony tightened the leash.

This also mean plenty of additional support for Home.

Avenger 1324 - lol, my head is still spinning too.

Can't wait for The Agency...as long as that game is as good as I'm hoping, then I don't care either way.

everquest still #1.

Sounds like a plan to me! SOE take a lot of flak these days for funding MMOs that haven't quite lived up to expectation (the SWG mistake is in the past... I hated it as well but please let it go now). That said, some of the work they have been doing on EQ Live and EQ2 recently has been quite impressive, I only hope this doesn't change.

lol @ SWG as a flagship title. I hope SCE doesn't really expect anything amazing from that department.

LMAO!!! Avenger1234. Too funny

too... many... acronyms... So SOE, the makers of SWG & EQ2, are to report to the CEO of SCE to make an MMO for the PS3 after SCE signed NCSoft at EEE 07?

lol @ smedley, no planetside mention, and the general failings of SOE as a company. They're getting sent to daddy's room for a scolding now! ha.

very interesting this will open the gate to a better structure when it comes to making MMOG on the PS3, since Mr.Hirai is overseeing both imo.I also believe this move has a lot to do with Home by making the transition better. running SCE ans SOE this way will provide a better online experience this is a smart move by Sony.

This is news?

now it makes more sense.

SOE wants money ? Continue developping the concept of Planetside. It's a concept with an insane ammount of potential. Sad to see it wasted.

Whatever, after what they did to Everquest, Everquest Online Adventures and Star Wars Galaxies, who really cares about them anymore?

It seemed to me that SOE had been treading on thin ice for quite awhile. Untold Legends alone had me questioning the studio- I think this will ultimately be a good thing.

Judging by how SWG got butchered this is definitely not a good thing.Well maybe it doesn't matter, i just felt like saying that.

I predict a lot of sub-par MMOs will coming out.

EverQuest on PS3 is good.

Let's see how much good can come out of this.

As long as The Agency comes out i don't care what kind of sony logo is on the box.

I predict ports of a lot of games to the PS3.

Is this a good idea?

Hm, considering how tangled Sony's corporate structure is, a little streamlining like this is probably a good idea.

Interesting