PlanetSide Next Producer Letter Released - Page 8

The Desert Fox · 2011-04-15, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Firefly

I don't know why it was late either, nor do I really care. This is SOE we're talking about - publicity isn't their strong point, if one compares it to Planetside. I'm not holding SOE to a strict timetable when they've got layoff recoveries, engine revamps, and game development to do. And whilst some may be new to the MMO market, there are those of us who are aware of the fact that the first letter from a producer is generally a hello-i-like-turtles letter (kudos to my outfit-mate Joemonkey for that name), and traditionally are merely a greeting.

Now, 2nd letter... that should have more info. I hope it's not long in coming.

Haha Firefly I have to agree with you here, now what I want to see is the 2nd letter come out, and have nothing relevant to the game in it. Then I want to see what you have to say to all the nay-sayers

Ailos · 2011-04-15, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by The Desert Fox

Haha Firefly I have to agree with you here, now what I want to see is the 2nd letter come out, and have nothing relevant to the game in it. Then I want to see what you have to say to all the nay-sayers

The second letter will come in 3 weeks and have something like 'We hope to release PSN in time for holidays 2011'. And I'll eat my hair if they actually follow that time table.

That said, I'd rather the game be released in March 2012 and be a quality product. (There'll be plenty of opportunities for SOE to fuck with it later on.)

Firefly · 2011-04-15, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by The Desert Fox

Haha Firefly I have to agree with you here, now what I want to see is the 2nd letter come out, and have nothing relevant to the game in it. Then I want to see what you have to say to all the nay-sayers

No, because I want information. I don't go out of my way to fuck with people. I understand how the industry works, that doesn't mean I'm not eagerly awaiting information. I'm by no means a fan of SOE - they pretty much turned me off with the lack of marketing and publicity to Planetside, in addition to the myriad mistakes. But I know why it's delayed and I know how a producer's letter works. I want as much info as I can get, the sooner the better.

Shogun · 2011-04-16, 06:21 PM

yeah, i hope the letter marks the beginning of a more or less constant flow of information.
and i think its a good thing to change the discussion back to a polite tone. would be sad if smed shows up to talk to us and turns away in shame when he reads the flamewars ;-)

Rbstr · 2011-04-16, 08:18 PM

Skipped everything after the first post, 'cause I can:

If this letter makes it blatantly obvious obvious this game is in fairly early development stages. Like I've been saying all along, this is not at BF3 levels of finished at all yet and these complains about "X is marketing Y already" are dumb because the timelines are obviously not at similar stages.