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Posted November 2nd, 2009 by Ethec

#1,199 - November used to be the month of expacs... what changed?

November used to be the month of MMO expansions, now it seems like every developer is angling for their own spot on a crowded release date calendar. What's behind a mostly expac-less month this year? Is December the new November?

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The reason behind the danger of holiday releases from expansions in the MMO world, is raising its ugly head everytime the online services or games become not availabe on those sacred few free days.

You pull those hasty baked expansion out from the oven and run in the likely danger that the crust is black and hard...
...speak, the servers need more downtime to fix problems that come from unexpected errors within the game expansion.

Gamers are a easy to anger crowd anyways and very unf...

Huh?

I have heen playing MMO's for a long time and never really noticed that November was a supposedly launch month for them. Too many MMO's launching at once spreads the gaming budget very thin. Don't think she who must be obeyed would appreciate video games as holiday presents. My crown jewels still are tingling from buying her a Kirby vaccum for Xmas. Learned my lesson, she likes clothes, perfume and such not gadgets.

I always enjoyed the November releases. Hearing you mention Velious really brought back a lot of great memories. I always looked forward to new expansions or releases along with the holiday time to play them. With the economy the way that it is its interesting to see how it is effecting the market at every level.

I'm looking forward to Sentinel's Fate, February will give me plenty of time to build my new reg. I'm also looking forward to hearing more about Everquest Next. As far as none SO...

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Originally Posted by zarlon

My crown jewels still are tingling from buying her a Kirby vaccum for Xmas. Learned my lesson, she likes clothes, perfume and such not gadgets.

I think the key word here is Vacuum not kirby... She might or might not like games. She won't like cleaning or cooking implements for gifts

I like expansions coming out in November. Gives something entertaining to do during the long snowed ...

I think its the economy. Everyone is afraid to release a major title even if its ready because they are afraid that sales will be down. Bad sales= angry investors. Its better to just hold off a few months and hope that things are better. If things aren't better by next summer, then they will release them regardless because they can't hold on to things forever, especially not in the world of computers.

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