Sony Online Entertainment focuses on global strategy
Sony Online Entertainment welcomed David Christensen as the company's new VP of... business development and international operations. His plan? Strengthen the firm's global footprint in online gaming... especially in Europe and Asia (no, no... no more gold farming, you crazy kids!). Obviously, Sony feels there's an untapped market in those regions which there is, aside from Blizzard.As a humorous twist (to me it's funny... to others it may appear uninteresting), Christensen was the vice president of business development at MMO in-game item trading firm IGE. In-game item trading firm? Where's the IRS? Geez. MMO's are crazy weird pseudo-economies. He also worked at Vivendi for a bit. Will his knowledge of the world online market bring Sony to a better place? What kind of MMO would you like to see come from Sony? Hmm... God of War RPG? Make your own fake Greek god and destroy one another? King-of-the-hill type gameplay, where everyone constantly fights to take the throne as Zeus, granting... stuff? Nah.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
andres @ Apr 12th 2007 5:42PM
hes going to make the SOE games not suck?
Last I heard EQ2 was a bomb SWG's new makeover made 2/3rds of the population leave. Planetside had to offer a free year to get people to play. Matrix Online....is that still going on?
humpty @ Apr 12th 2007 10:33PM
Somehow SOE is involved in MKII.. its a good hoot online.
Geoff Gibson @ Apr 13th 2007 12:06PM
Whatever SOE touches turns to crap, literally.
I was so shocked and saddened when I found that Gods and Heroes was going to be published by SOE. Fortunately I don't think they have ANY control over that game, thank god.
EQ
EQ2
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MxO
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Vanguard
Theya re all so very bad now. EQ2 would be the best one out of the bunch but even then...there are much better choices.
riggsby @ Apr 13th 2007 12:57PM
Dear. God. No. As an ex-swg'er I wouldn't want SOE anywhere near any MMO I plan to play.