Comments on: Guild Wars 2 – Ripples from Friday

By: Sente

Sente — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:55:50 +0000

Aion will be NCSoft’s big game for the Eastern market and GW2 the big one for the Western market.

Aion will be released here, but I think they will probably keep it much on a grassroots marketing level. I have my doubts that Aion will do well here if it is a subscription-based game, but I think may do a bit better than L2.

By: Ravious

Ravious — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:01:34 +0000

@Crimson Starfire: Exactly, I hope NCSoft isn’t spending too much money bringing Aion over. I guess it will probably get the usual WoW tourists, but I can’t see it doing any better than L2 has in the west.

By: Yeebo

Yeebo — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:35:47 +0000

Not much to add but agreement. They cranked out expansions faster than seemed sane. Given the price structure, it seems they had little choice. However, what astounded me was how hard they nailed every expansion. Save for the most recent, each expansion improved the game in ways that were obvious and hard to dispute.

Many MMOs that suck down sub fees every month haven’t been as consistently on target with paid expansions as the GW devs were with their “charge only for the box” MMO. At least until they went to the moon and started making socks…or whatever they are doing up there.

By: coppertopper

coppertopper — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:41:13 +0000

GW2 is the only game I really have any excitement for.

By: Crimson Starfire

Crimson Starfire — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:29:25 +0000

What I found interesting about the open letter was the statement:

“Our team continues to grow, and has the strong support and financial backing we need to achieve our goal of making Guild Wars 2 the best online role-playing game ever created”

So where does that leave Aion?