What happens if you throw a grenade into the 4th dimension?

I'm still skeptical of this game, but if all goes well, this might be a nice title to pick up eventually,

BUT!!! I'm going to call Sony out of this one. before long its 256 player battles will be lessened

I won't feign interest in an idea that stands to become a game in the future. This game was announced 2 years too early based on some of the other "flagship" titles Sony's unveiled in the past. Can we expect a game of such incredible ambition, and of course promise, to somehow fall from the sky before 2010? This is the kind of hype induced waiting that turns me away from gaming sites. I want all eyes on LittleBigPanet, Resistance, Gears 2, Banjo and Kazooie etc. That doesn't even mention exciting download titles coming out soon. Enough of the 3-4 year media slog for games like this, honestly.

@Snakedude

Lets not get ahead of ourselves, now!

lol i think its safe to say that every single person watching the gaming community is skeptical about this game

saying so does not give you an interesting individual point.

While this sounds interesting, I can't see a company footing the bill for server hosting and bandwidth to keep this going without charging subscriptions, and I can't really see the target audience springing for a monthly sub. This isn't the average MMORPG player, this is shooter fans, who migrate in large numbers from game to game every time a new big title comes out.

It's also questionable whether an action MMO could provide the depth and longevity to actually encourage people to subscribe in the first place.

I suppose you could work with microtransactions but would Little Johnny Shooter Fan really give a shit if his helmet is the same colour as everyone elses?

As for revenue generated by regular content releases, I don't think any studio could churn out good, quality content at a rate necessary for long. Sure Guild Wars has lasted on this kind of model but I'm not sure that it isn't propped up just a little by NCSoft's subscription based games (especially when an expansion has been out a while).

Then again, it has SHOOTING!!

I remember playing JO with 150 people, good luck with that. Even when it was running well enough to play, the game was just one giant clusterfuck with that many people running around.

What about the one fuck who uses a lag switch or some other cheating method? He screws over 255 peoples game? Gonna have to have a mighty strong banhammer there.

Will there be a mega vehicle with a cannon that can take out 20+ peeps?

Sounds generic. But I'd like to see how they will handle 256 players. If it's not structured properly it will just be a big clusterfuck.

As someone who used to play RTCW multiplayer on hacked servers running with 64 players, let me tell you that you don't know epic until you've battled for an hour or more over a 125 sq yard area for a single flag with neverending death and explosions around you. When you finally take the point, inches at a time, it's like nothing else.

I love games that allow for grenade clusterfucks, random deaths add to the fun.

This would be a system seller for me.

Despite my wariness over the quality of the game, 256 players is still enough to keep me interested in hearing how development progresses. I'm a multiplayer whore.

This game, if they pull it off like they are planning, is going to be amazing. Love all the pessimistic fanboys of the PC and Xbox loyalty.....stop the hating already. Enjoy your games and let other people enjoy theirs.