SOE Becomes Daybreak / Russian shutdown

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Vinyard_sl

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• Jul 22, 2015

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Hopefully he gave the company over to Brad

 

Xaxius

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• Jul 22, 2015

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Based on his track record, this is way overdue.

 

Agraza

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• Jul 22, 2015

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I wonder how long this has been planned. I don't see Smed walking in and saying he's done being CEO, but I doubt they'd spring it on him. I figure they intended to remove him when they did the merger and he was sticking around for the benefit of stability.

 

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rimalz_sl

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• Jul 22, 2015

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Qhue_sl said:

Daybreak Game Companys John Smedley steps down as chief executive officer | GamesBeat | Games | by Jeff Grubb

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if you didn't see that coming, stop wearing your sunglasses inside.

 

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gogojira_sl

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• Jul 22, 2015

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Anyone know anything about Russell Shanks? Been there a while it seems but honestly never heard of him.

 

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Vinyard_sl

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• Jul 22, 2015

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Another setback for EQN I fear. The games he is "going to play the shit out of"....none of them are MMO's.

 

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• Jul 22, 2015

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The word "successful" is used far too often in that article. It does say he might come back in another position, though. Guess someone has to work the break-room Fry-a-lator if you want fresh Mozzarella Sticks on hand.

 

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gogojira_sl

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• Jul 23, 2015

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Vinyard_sl said:

Another setback for EQN I fear. The games he is "going to play the shit out of"....none of them are MMO's.

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Game is pretty much fucking toast. They can't get basic gameplay functions working in their stupid voxel world and ain't no way Columbus is going to keep funneling money into the toilet. I'd say they would start over but that'd be like the 20th time and I'm pretty sure Columbus doesn't like that option either.

 

Quaid

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• Jul 23, 2015

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Smed come post motherfucker

 

pharmakos

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• Jul 23, 2015

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gogojira_sl said:

Game is pretty much fucking toast. They can't get basic gameplay functions working in their stupid voxel world and ain't no way Columbus is going to keep funneling money into the toilet. I'd say they would start over but that'd be like the 20th time and I'm pretty sure Columbus doesn't like that option either.

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or Columbus forces DBG to release it in a horribly unfinished state. Vanguard 2.0.

 

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etchazz

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• Jul 23, 2015

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Didn't they promise us this game would be ready to play like 3 years ago (and I don't mean beta)?

 

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• Jul 23, 2015

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SoE really blew it. They had a dev studio with pretty much hands off interference from their benefactors as long as they made MMOs that were fun and made a profit.

How did they fail this? MMO fans are not that picky. Throw some fun systems together and release games! Now "Daybreak" seems to be crumbling and with it goes EQN which I was looking forward to.

 

popsicledeath

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Felmega_sl said:

...as long as they made MMOs that were fun and made a profit.

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If they managed to do this, as if it were that easy, they'd wouldn't have been sold off in the first place.

I mean, yeah, just throw some fun systems together and release games! Why, it's just that easy!

 

Blitz

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• Jul 23, 2015

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gogojira_sl said:

Guess my post wasn't a reach.

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Winner winner, chicken dinner.

 

Dandai

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• Jul 23, 2015

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etchazz_sl said:

Didn't they promise us this game would be ready to play like 3 years ago (and I don't mean beta)?

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Pretty sure that promise was Landmark.

 

Big Flex

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• Jul 23, 2015

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its been a loooong road since the sand art, gents.

 

Skanda

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gogojira_sl said:

Guess my post wasn't a reach.

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It was pretty much a given once they got bought that he was going to be replaced sooner or later.

 

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dobby_sl

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• Jul 23, 2015

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I agree with skanda

Good post Nostradamus, you sure called that one.

 

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gogojira_sl

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• Jul 23, 2015

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It was reading into a random tweet you dumb fucker, nothing to do with Smed directly. I deleted it because people generally take shit way out of context.