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[QUOTE="Desmonic"] EverQuest Next is also coming though....
However more options for a brand new platform =/= bad. If it were say in 3-4 years time, I would agree that Sony should be a bit more selective of what 3rd party games it would/should support, but since the goal right now is to get a decent amount of games and genres into the platform (thus having something for everyone, be it bad or not) I can easily see this story being 100% true.
It falls right in line with what Sony and MS seem to be trying to do in the first year(s) of their consoles.
Desmonic
it still makes very little sense.one of the everquests could have been ported over and it would have been sony raking in that subscription fee and it would not have had anything to compete with.
eq and eq frontiers was one of my favorite mmos of all time and it was on ps2.
why not recreate that on the ps4?
like i said.
when there is a plot hole this huge it makes me question the original statement.
could sony have been begging for elder scrolls?
sure they could have, but why?
and if they were begging why did they not go for a deal to keep it only on ps4?
this was probably just some throwaway hype generation that they wanted to get out for some reason but took no effort to think through or worry about the questions it raises.
maybe eq next will be on ps4 and sony wanted there to be a subscription mmo to throw their f2p one into contrast with.
What would be the point in porting a PS2 MMO when the EQ team is already working on the sequel (which has an 80% chance of ending up on the PS4 given Sony's behaviour lately)? It would be just wasted time and money. With EQ Next looming I doubt a port of an older EQ would do much. This way they get a 3rd party MMO, from another very big franchise as well, without spending nearly the same amount of time and money they would have to otherwise. (addind to other MMO-ish games like Planetside 2, Warframe, etc)
Now obviously I don't think Sony made the game "possible" on next-gen consoles, the interest from Bethesda had to be there from the start. Perhaps them (Sony) pushing for it and making it easy and simple to make a decent port was the final "push" Bethesda needed to approach consoles with this game.
lol, i'm not talking about doing eq frontiers or anything that thing would make you want to claw your eyes out.i just think the ps4 would run a mean version of whatever the latest eq is and sony could have had that subscription money and no competition.
anyway i had forgotten about eq next so maybe that is what will go to the ps4.
since sony has such a hardon for f2p right now that would make sense to me.
then they would have elder scrolls and elder scrolls would make the f2p eq more appealing.
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