The past few weeks have been rife with negativity. From the rumors of
the closing of the NCsoft Austin studios (
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/41094" target="_blank">which
weren't true) to the constant mutterings of an AoC failure (
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/41333" target="_blank">also
not true),
it seems like every other day is filled with gloom and doom. How did
this sort of situation come to pass? Are we gamers really that
negative? Ten Ton Hammer's Cody "Micajah" Bye takes a look at this
issue and tries to sort out why everyone is so eager to cry "Doom!"
If it weren’t for the unfortunate memories of the past trials
and
tribulations of online games, would we consider Age of Conan anything
but a success? Probably not. However, that doesn’t dismiss
the fact
that these events did happen and users were forced to go through the
turmoil of their aftermath. It’s reasonable to be a bit
cautious with
companies that have faced problems in the past, but that
shouldn’t be
the single reason to dismiss a game as a “failure”
after only a few
months of live operation.
