SOE on MXO

[Villemar]

I did want to say, and I posted this on the FB page, that some people in general lay the blame mostly/entirely on WB. But, I'm hesitant to put too much blame on WB and Monolith. They just overestimated the development time for the product, pushed it back from Nov 04 to Jan 05 to March 05 (but not at all to the point that it was unplayable). That plus a fickle public used to a more ADHD type game, bad gaming press because of the delays, plus the easing up of the Trilogy in the public imagination after being hit with both sequels two years prior. So they got rattled and agreed to sell to SOE as part of that IP package.

MxO was like a bird with a broken wing at that point, and rather than SOE even so much as considering nurturing it back to health, they put it in a cardboard box and buried it the backyard instead. Had they given it an honest shot, and even so much as listed it on their banners for their other games, then I might have given them more slack. But no. SOE completely burned its bridges with me and I'm sure most of the former MxO community.