As I stated in my second Rodo Report, I, Jestor Rodo, am willing to do my Dragon Con Rodo Report without any Makeup or mask. This would occur if by the end of August if Sony On Line Entertainment was not announce a sundown date for Star Wars Galaxies. The reasoning of why I think that this will happen –
1. The Free Fall of Customers from the game since the Combat Upgrade and the New Game Edition from about 300k to 50k. (From my sources – I estimate about 20k see for yourself - http://swg.activeframe.de/bb-std/tp-en/main.12.html )
2. Low Server levels visa vie from the low number of players – I would like to use my Veteran trial to try the NGE again but since my home server, Kauri it’s the least populated server with players transferring to more populated servers. Server mergers
Would be the wise course of action but SOE refuses to make such an effort. The effort would be futile if the game would be shut down in the near future.
3. The nonexistence availability of the game. You cannot buy a copy of the game anywhere- only as a Digital download from SOE. They give away the game in the trial and then if you want the two expansions you can pay $30.00 to once again download from SOE as well. It will make it a lot easier I guess not to have a bunch of retail copies on the shelf for sale after the servers are shut down but there is not going to be any impulse purchases of the game. Considering its current condition, that may be a good thing.
4. The announcement or widely believed rumors of new Star War MMOs. Lucas Arts, the owners of the Star Wars franchise has witnessed a 300k users level and they would like to see a Star Wars MMO achieve and exceed that level in the future. Its not going to be the NGE of SWG. In fact, its said that Lucas Arts has forgiven SOE of a 1 million dollar annual royalty for the franchise rights for the past two years . It’s a good because with the estimated users, 1 million may be the annual profit for the game. It’s a sure thing that a replacement for SWG is in the works.
5. The recent change in parent companies for SOE. For years SOE parent company has been Sony Picture Entertainment, moviemakers not computer gamers. Just recently SOE now answers to its new Sony Computer Entertainment America. As I have mentioned in my recent Rodo Report, Its going to be a tough sell to explain the current existence and the amount of resources that are being wasted on the low to no profit NGE.
6. Star War Galaxies dismissal of Prez , a respected coordinator of Player events which too will now will cease to exist. It Seems that SOE will not support the in game players with events , so why should you support at game that is about to end?
7. SOE desinvolve themselves from SWG.
With the noted disappearence from the SOE retail page and the lack of mention in a recent interview by John Smedley it appears that SOE wishes that SWG-NGE would just disappear. Shortly this will be So(e). And to add, SWG has been excluded from the titles that SOE will be promoting at this years E3 because there are no plans for SWG save for its funeral.
8. Disreguarding the Star War Univerese by allowing a staff named themepark and NPC in the game.
He loves to play SWG-NGE! Do you?
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