Some pretty serious charges leveled against Sony Online in this email published last December in CBS News’ Gamecore: Star Wars Mailbag: The Sequel.
A lot of this stuff we know already — i.e. expansion zones pushed live without full itemization, etc. — but the other stuff is pretty damn snakey, even by Sony standards. To be fair, there are structural problems with the column (no clear delineation between the emails) and the charges are unsubstantiated, but such is the state of affairs with modern journalism: if someone says it, that’s good enough to print.
Tag Archives: everquest
A Visit to SOE
Because I’m so skilled at finding strange and unusual internet stuff, I ran into this Flickr photo set recently of Cory Doctorow’s (Boing Boing) visit to Sony Online Entertainment in March 2005. At first, I was wondering if anyone can walk into SOE and start handling these original sketches for Star Wars Galaxies and Ultima Online (wtf!), then I did a little profile digging and all became clear. Interesting: The original EverQuest servers, now retired, and the buttass ugly furniture in the SOE reception area.
You’re in Their Expanding World
Yesterday, Evil overlord Sony introduced the latest expansions (read: content you have to buy) for EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro and for EQII: Kingdom of Sky. Both available in February 2006, each will cost $29.99, or $26.99 each for digital downloads. Expansion sites here: Prophecy of Ro and Kingdom of Sky. Every expansion that’s ever been can be summed up thusly: New evil and corruption arrives, you get to do one or two things you always wanted to do, there might be new loot. The End.