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SOE Pulls the Plug On The Matrix Online
Yesterday, Sony Online Entertainment representative Daniel Myers announced that The Matrix Online will be shut down on July 31st. The game launched in 2005 after several delays and false starts, and shortly thereafter SOE bought the rights to operate the game from developer Monolith. Now, four years later, the game will join the ranks of closed MMOs. In a forum post, Myers said, "The team will also be whipping up an end-of-the-world event. It won't be quite the same as having over 100 developers in the game as Agents like when we ended beta, but we have 4 years of tricks up our sleeve. It'll be a chance to revisit all the things that make MxO the memorable experience it is. And how could we pull the plug without crushing everyone's RSI just one more time?"
Residual Self-image:
http://matrix.wikia.com/wiki/Residual_self_image
One of the few MMOs where basically everyone was looking for bugs.. cause if you were in the matrix, that's what you'd be doing too :)
I think the most fun I ever had was when our little clan would stand around in the park and run into an area that we weren't allowed in... an agent would show up and we'd all kick the shit out of him, not that we had a chance of defeating him, and then run back into the park.. where he wouldn't follow us. Basically bear baiting. :)
But like all MMOs, it eventually became about the grind.
How we know is more important than what we know.
You didn't miss much. It was over-priced and buggy. The game seems to have fallen victim to the SWG (Star Wars: Galaxies) syndrome, only right out of the gate.
@Mindless Drivel: 100% of Twitter posts ever Tweeted.
It was also recently announced the Shadowbane is being shut down soon as well.
you pay monthly - i would imagine when you purchase the game you get a month or two free which covers the price you paid for the software.
(1.21 gigawatts) / (88 miles per hour) = 30 757 874 newtons
Or have I got the wrong end of the stick ?
Unless they promised that the service would go on forever, there has been no breach of contract.
Everyone knows that businesses and products fail. You have to make the decision of whether to deal with a vendor based on past performance. I won't buy the average Ford vehicle because Ford makes stupid, unnecessary changes to a given motor every couple years, even if they're still using it, that defeat parts interchange. I have a Ford truck because it has an International motor, and I know I can get parts even if I take the truck to another country.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Don't feel too bad, you didn't miss much. It was a failure from the start; that's why it's shutting down.
most MMORG boxes have fine print that the company reserves the right to end the online features with 30 days notice... this is it!
Of course I still see boxes of Tabula Rasa on shelves... nobody's bothered to tell the stores the game's closed!