Funcom Layoffs Commence As The Secret World Fails To Perform

Fresh IP, ambitious concept, so it is sad to see so many jobs hang on review scores.

But, so it goes. Make a better game next time.

*rolls eyes and then frowns* Just call me the facial troll.

Subscriptions are more and more becoming nothing but an incentive for people to stop playing and never come back. I think that here on out any new MMO with a subscription plan is doomed to failure.

I can personally say I am unlikely to EVER play an MMO that doesn't have a subscription, because the quality of the game suffers for it. In a market where even most subscription based MMOs are terrible, the free to play ones tend to be just godawful. I'm going to play a game because it's fun, not just because it's there. If a company wants a game to be successful, it's not about how much they're selling it for, it's about the game itself not being ****ing terrible.

So you won't be playing GW2 then?

Game-affecting items in the cash shop? No play.

Everything I've seen says otherwise. Did they take them out?

Just because a game goes F2P doesn't mean it will automatically get game changing items. That's true to some free to play games but it's wrong to assume it's inevitable in MMO.

I'm not "assuming it's inevitable", if you look it up, any source will tell you there are items that give you exp boosts, higher magic item chances, etc. Maybe this information is outdated now, I'm just going by what I've seen. As for anger, all I said is that free to play MMO's tend to be lower quality, which is a fact. I don't know why anyone assumed my bum is on fire because of a video game.

there has been no game changing items in the shop. clearly you were looking at something else other than guild wars 2.

There be much anger in that confused child.

Ouch... that's very very sad...

I may be wrong here but i believe the lesson here is unless you are wow, don't release a subscription base MMO no more.

It is so hard for a developer to break into the MMO genre these days. Most MMO players are already invested in another MMO and aren't willing to switch over. This leaves a very small userbase who will actually sign up for a new MMO. The Secret World is just an average game, and in the tough MMO world an average game just isn't good enough.

I really liked the idea behind The Secret World. However, wouldn't the game have been better off as a singeplayer game with an online co-op option (drop-in/drop-out capability) for up to 4 players?

Same thing with Vindictus.

EA MMO's short-lived, repeat,

I wonder if any of the comment trolls from the review are still hanging around. More precisely, I wonder if they're going to migrate to this post.

My thoughts exactly. Where are the fanboys now?