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Microsoft Enters MMOG Deal with Marvel Comics
Chris Gondek writes "Microsoft announced it will enter an exclusive deal with Marvel for to develop a Marvel based MMOG for the Xbox 360." From the article: "Although the games will not be released until 2008, according to news agency Reuters, Marvel worldwide president of Consumer Media Tim Rothwell has indicated that it will be the only such MMO deal the company will make - ensuring that no Marvel MMO can appear on the PlayStation 3 or Revolution." So we're going to have a DC supers MMOG, a Marvel supers MMOG, and CoH. May you live in interesting times, indeed.
...exclusive to any particular system?
As opposed to what they can do now in COH?
To be honest, I don't really have much faith in a console based MMO game. Having played 'the best' of the genre I can say that the keyboard is essential to play these games; I can't even imagine how impossible it would be to find a group using voice communication while dozens of 12 year olds call eachother gay in general chat.
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However, I forget the superhero name of the fat guy in the skintight butterfly suit.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
... Marvel and DC don't do what The Matrix Online and Star Wars: Galaxies did, and create sub-par games while hoping that the fans will be too excited to play in their universes to notice how lousy the game actually is.
And, it'll be great to have more MMO's that are not elf-based fantasy stuff. I enjoy WoW, but sometimes a girl just wants to beat the crap out of things that aren't "Generic Fantasy Creature #180zillion."
Since I can't tell them apart, I treat all ACs as the same person.
Beating a dead horse is for the long-gone socialist world. In the capitalist world, you buy the dead horse.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
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Its Captain Obvious.
A) It wont be better than CoH
B) Its going to be more expensive than CoH
C) Hey look! We paid for real Marvel (TM)(R) characters! Doesn't that make the game TONS better already?
There is truth in humor.
We knew this was coming ever since Marvel sued over COH players (that is, the ones who are wankers) were seen copying Marvel characters. Marvel was obviously hoping they'd sue COH out of existence, leaving a bit gaping hole for them to eventually fill with their own probably inferior product.
Remember the official Marvel Superheroes roleplaying paper-and-dice game? I think that says it all.
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It's great to see that MicroSoft is back on track with that "innovation" thing.
How many hero-centric MMO's can the gaming market support? Certainly at least two good ones, especially if one were to capture some console-only marketshare.
However, Sony could commision a port of COH to the PS3 console (I dunno if that is even possible... I haven't played COH). That would take a big chunk out of Marvel-COH's potential market, expecially since I would expect the PS3-COH implementation to be completed first.
I think it's all good for the world of gaming.
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So Marvel will be last to market, and coming on the heels of their spurious lawsuit against Cryptic over CoH? Well, it will take some superpowers to make that one work.
Assuming Marvel's character creation engine turns out worth a damn, will the COH folks be able to sue Marvel over the ability to creat Marvel-style copies of the copyrighted COH characters?
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So, um, can anyone post a breakdown of which company has which characters? Because I know pretty much nothing about what hero belongs to what company.
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
No really, if theres one thing missing in Xbox live, is rpgs, not just mmorpgs but rpgs in general. Halo 2 is cool, but the medium is ripe for that type of game, mechassault 2 tried and mostly failed. Fable didnt even tried. gauntlet is coming but it focuses on action more than rpging.
Anyway if you consider the other mmorpg for x360 is ff online, that means they've covered the fantasy, anime and comic fans (missign the sci fi fans though) thats quite a big part of the gaming spectrum actually. and they managed to do it without saturating the market. (I wouldnt mind at all if they ported WOW though)
Yeah I know Coh is out there. But there doesnt seem to be any chance for it to be ported to consoles, so for those who dont have a PC or cant use their PC to play mmorpgs, these are great news.
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I read this the other way.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Curses! There go my plans for Captain Amerimagnet and his mighty magnetic shield!
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
You know, X-men? A Marvel franchise?
Don't blame me, I voted for Durga.
Not everyone who calls themself a socialist is one. Hitler for example was a Nationalist, the "socialist" moniker in the party name was just a bait to get more votes. Stalin perverted the ideas of Communism into despotism and went completely against the idea of "power to the people" with his faux democracy. Usually they'll just implement "Socialism" as far as saying "All corporations belong to me and have to obey me!". That's not really Socialism, just as the crusades or inquisition weren't really Christianity (where did Jesus say "kill the heathens!"?) but a perverted version created by the people in power.
Besides, giving money to the poor means they can at least survive without stealing. They're not going to starve quietly in some corner and they're not likely to get out of their misery in any way. If those people were forced to get themselves what they need without money they'll do so, beating up rich looking people to get money for food, stealing what they need when nobody's looking, etc.
Taxes are clearly not a Marxist idea, they existed as far back as ancient Rome and even further. The noble (count, knight, king, etc) says this is his land because he has his army and everyone has to pay him money if they don't want to be killed. In return he might protect the peasants with his army if he feels like it. Without taxes the government could not exist in any form. Would you be willing to rule a country for free? Would it be wise to have the president (or any other elected representative) at the mercy of some employer if he doesn't want to starve on the street? Or do you even want to force him to live on corporate donations? Who's gonna pay for that army? That police? Those firemen? Building roads? Do we demand everyone pay a fee to the police if they want their protection? Or will the policeman rape your daughter as payment for saving your ass?
Sure, it could be privatized but would you feel safer if you knew that e.g. General Motors has a huge army capable of conquering the world? Or that the "judical system" is owned by Microsoft? At that point you'd really have to use your right to self defense and hope your neighbor doesn't think you're a potential threat because to the police saving you isn't profitable.
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.