by John Hoskin on Aug 02, 2011
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My mailbox was bursting with letters from gamers with opinions on BioWare’s decision not to release SWTOR (Sweater) as a simultaneous worldwide release.
I know it’s a hot topic when some of you even post comments on the website.
Deeman said he sent his original thoughts via telepathy, but that my mental inbox was full. Funny guy.
For most of us, we either play games with friends that we have made in the past or we have become friends with some of the members of our guild. My World of Warcraft guild is mostly comprised of players from the west coast, but I don’t hold that against them. I stay up three hours later than I should just so that they can have a raid healer for their group. You do these kinds of things when you like the people that you play with and when you like the people that you play with you tend to spend more time playing.
There is no question that BioWare is conscious of the fact that friends will not be able to play together at launch. The gaming community isn’t as regional as other communities. The magic that is the tubes of the Internet allows us to interact with anyone, from just about anywhere at just about any time. It’s a gift to our generation.
I’m not sure any publisher could realistically deliver a world wide release of a massively multiplayer online game. That said, players are going around the process and ordering through Amazon or other online companies and paying the extra shipping cost to circumvent not being able to purchase from a store near them.
There is also this theory,
And this one…
As a side note, I used a Gary Gygax (rest in peace Gary) quote regarding women gamers and how they were essentially wired differently than male gamers. I received this response among others.
I was fortunate to meet Gary on a few occasions and though the quote I used (trying to show the change in gaming in such a short time) wasn’t flattering, I can assure you one and all that Gary understood that it wasn’t the wiring that was different in so much as the delivery needed to be.
For those of you following me on Twitter, I’ll do a better job of it this week. That’s a promise!
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Until we meet again,
John “Boomjack” Hoskin
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