Feldon
By even the most conservative estimate, EverQuest II has been a success for Sony Online Entertainment. How many MMORPGs are still running a decade later? SOE does not publish revenue breakdowns by game, but in the last decade, the EverQuest franchise must have raised some serious bread for SOE. The first two games funded a lengthy gestational development of EverQuest Next/Landmark, the smoothly launched Planetside 2, steady producer DC Universe Online, forthcoming zombie run-and-gun H1Z1, and a couple of valiant but costly efforts including FreeRealms and The Agency. I was initially excited when the “History of EverQuest II – 10th Anniversary...
Day: December 23, 2014
Within any company of Sony Online Entertainment’s size, there will always be technical glitches in their public facing websites, launchpads, etc. that must be resolved. And I’ve been quick to jump to the defense of the overworked Customer Service team. They generally work as hard as they can to answer mountains of angry e-mails, and this time, they are doing so just days before the Christmas break. Yet this year, I am feeling somewhat less generous with my giving of slack. Last week’s Bonus Mystery StationCash promotion clearly required code development by the Web team and/or Platform. Someone had...