Fate of EQNext Decided

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Fate of EQNext Decided

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DBG President announces cancellation of EQNext.

https://www.daybreakgames.com/news/dayb ... -next-2016

I want my Founder's Pack money back.
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That letter is a real load of shit. It wasn't going to be "FUN" enough? How bout they realized the cost to make it fun would exceed their development budgets, even after us Landmarkers designed parts of it.
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Sad news...
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dalalron wrote:That letter is a real load of shit. It wasn't going to be "FUN" enough? How bout they realized the cost to make it fun would exceed their development budgets, even after us Landmarkers designed parts of it.
I generally agree that this was more likely a business decision. You don't hype a game for 2 years, take peoples money for the playground of Landmark that proves your engine, and then drop off the face of the planet for over a year because of a takeover. They shot themselves in the foot there I think.

However, having been in the gaming industry, it's a rough place to bring products to market, especially giant titles like this. If they don't have the money to do so, they don't have it. It takes a lot of money to put out an MMO. The level of transparency here is disappointing though.

I just hope this means more resources for EQ/EQ2. That's probably a pipe dream though.
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Everquest Sunset

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It's only a matter of time before EQ sunsets. How do I know this? Vanguard, Free Realms, EQNext cancelled...what's next?

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There is actually some good reasons why it was cancelled. At the moment, what they were trying to do is just not feasible, it would take too much bandwidth. 10 years down the road when everyone has gigabit plus internet connections maybe.
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