tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post5425761657962776254..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Better The Devil You Don't Know Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-4451719937831417152018-10-30T04:21:15.497+00:002018-10-30T04:21:15.497+00:00I had the same happen to me with this event. I tho...I had the same happen to me with this event. I thought I was going to write something really quick, then I go down the rabbit hole.NoizyGamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-1451120466585762242018-10-29T21:42:28.776+00:002018-10-29T21:42:28.776+00:00I find the lack of reporting by the MMO/Gaming pre...I find the lack of reporting by the MMO/Gaming presson the parlous state of Trion's finances very odd. Even after Nosy posted about it, giving all the relevant links to the legal documents, no-one seemed interested in following it up. It does seem to me to make a VERY material difference to the sale as far as players are concerned.<br /><br />Today's revelation that Trion apparently has no employees left at all is interesting too. As Wilhelm says, it's getting to the point where you wonder if anyone will be left who knows how to keep the servers up, even assuming Gamigo want to. Which, of course, they so. After all, even if they got Trion on the cheap, there can't surely be any other reason they bought it except to run the games on. The IPs they've acquired (which would presumably only be Trove and Rift) are worthless otherwise and there won't be much else in the way of assets, I bet.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-44151783695639050942018-10-29T21:35:40.858+00:002018-10-29T21:35:40.858+00:00Sometimes - well, quite often really - I wish I co...Sometimes - well, quite often really - I wish I could just sit down and bash out a post without all the connections firing up in my mind as I type. I was planning on this one taking me about half an hour but it took mnost of the morning because I ended up on all sorts of websites reading background material and doing fact checking. I found out some stuff about DBG I didn't know (even though it's right there on the main website) like that they have a Studio in Boston. I also found a business website with a discussion from 2015 (at the time of the sale) that clearly named Jason Epstein as the new owner and discussed whether he could do the same for the EQ franchise that he'd done for Harmonix, so someone knew what was going on back then...<br /><br />Looking forward to your post on MADE. I was under the impression it was an unalloyed good but I wait to be informed otherwise!Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-89951215622757394642018-10-29T20:38:52.677+00:002018-10-29T20:38:52.677+00:00I think the huge lay-offs play a big part in the p...I think the huge lay-offs play a big part in the pessimism. It's hard to imagine a MMO continuing business as usual with only a quarter of its staff. And going from full development to maintenance mode has got to be a downer for many active players.<br /><br />That and, as you say, the fact that Trion was about to go bankrupt hasn't really been highlighted all that much, so I guess some people may not even be aware that their games only barely avoided a complete shutdown.<br /><br />I do love the term MOPpets; I'll have to remember that.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-6110074202119671442018-10-29T18:19:56.389+00:002018-10-29T18:19:56.389+00:00I appreciate the effort it can take to weave a nar...I appreciate the effort it can take to weave a narrative that has points for all of the links you want to work in. I just get lazy and link them all at the end most days.<br /><br />Trion... Trion's looks to have gone from mostly dead to completely dead. I don't know who is going to show Gamigo where the buttons are now.<br /><br />http://mmofallout.com/trion-worlds-tells-court-company-disbanded-all-employees-terminated/<br /><br />As for eight year old Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (The MADE) and their rosy vision, I have a spicy hot take on that queued up for tomorrow's post.Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.com