With news of a Knights of the Old Republic MMO out in the open, Star Wars fans must surely already be bomb-proofing their wallets for the inevitable cash drain that lurks on the horizon. Naturally, LucasArts is doing nothing to help, already talking about the merchandise opportunities that present themselves.
"We are looking forward to working with our partners in LucasFilm, that have worked with us previously on KOTOR in bringing the comic books to life, and action figures, and all kinds of things," beams LucasArts' Tom Nichols. "I think the potential is there for us to have similar types of products and extensions from our licensing partners as well."
Rough translation: Your bank account is going to get f*cking raped.
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10:19 AM on 12.03.2008
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Bioware is one of the few companies on Blizzard's level...and they have the Star Wars license, which sells itself. Blizzard is the master, and I'm sure they'll have tricks up their sleave for the next MMO. But you know they are (finally) in for a brutal fight.
dun't say fleeced in america, new rule.
Eh ... what?
I'd still like to see some proof that this isn't going to be yet another lowest common denominator WoW clone.
Up until WoW, Blizzard just made RTS' and dungeon crawlers. They had no real experience in MMOs either.
Could Bioware fail at delivery a quality Star Wars MMO? Sure, they could. But my bets are that Bioware delivers.
I'm a huge Blizzard and WoW fan. But if someone gives me a great Star Wars MMO, Blizzard and anyone else is going to have a hard time convincing me to try out any other MMO.
But I'm still more psyched for Star Trek Online.
Looking forward to Star Wars though, definitely on my list of MMOs to play. :)
But i will try this one. ^^
At least on the game and monthly fee.