John Smedley, CEO of Sony Online has made some interesting comments to The Escapist:
We have a very big launch coming in the month of March," Smedley said. "It's a big first person shooter franchise that we're really happy with."
As for why it's called Planetside Next, it appears that Smedley might have learned something from his signature franchise. "We don't have the official name for it. Planetside Next is kind of the working title," Smedley said. "We've learned some lessons with Everquest II , not one of the better moves that we've ever made. We should have called itEverQuest Something. Having Everquest I and II sit on the shelves at the same time, in hindsight, was probably not the the brightest of moves."
This is a very curious development. Although it seems like March 2011 is very close considering how little detail we know about PlanetSide Next. As always we will keep on top of the news and update you as it becomes available.
59 comments
2010-12-08 01:36 PM
Source: The Escapist
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| 2010-12-30 09:19 AM | ||
| Hamma |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011? Yikes, it's been years since we've seen chicanery on this order. |
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| 2010-12-30 11:50 AM | ||
| 321 |
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| 2011-01-01 01:13 PM | ||
| Firefly |
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| 2011-01-07 06:47 PM | ||
| Mag-Mower |
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| 2011-01-10 11:36 AM | ||
| justinalot |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011? I know from looking around that there is not much info about this, but I am also hoping that the game that ruled all will soon be back |
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| 2011-01-17 04:16 PM | ||
| Tikuto |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011?
k ... i having trouble handling this. not sure whether to break-down or break-dance. |
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| 2011-01-17 09:33 PM | ||
| ChexGuy |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011? Usually developers reveal more if they're going to release that soon, but I guess there's an entire month and a half ahead to do that. |
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| 2011-01-20 10:44 PM | ||
| Sifer2 |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011? Ok so with his confirmation to expect in Q1 or Q2 I see basically two realistic possibilities. The first is that its not a full blown sequel but some kind of reworked edition of the first Planetside. With updates an possibly a new subscription model with F2P options. The other is that he is just hyping it an that's not really releasing so much as being revealed to press for the first time. An possibly going into Beta. I just don't see them launching a full blown sequel out of no where with no media up to this point. It just doesn't happen unless SOE are really just that stupid. You want to give people time to hear about the game an hype it not just go Ahhh surprise! |
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| 2011-01-21 02:19 PM | ||
| Tikuto |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011? The way I see it, it is a mega-hype. An adrenaline rush when you see your girlfriend bloodied, mashed up, broken and twisted in the back of a suspicious van. The way I see it, it is essential to contminate the press with a Nicholas Cage "The Rock" bio-chem bomb. The way I see it, it is necessary for Jackie Chan to be at dinner with President B. Obama and his family. |
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| 2011-01-21 02:29 PM | ||
| Hamma |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011? 
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| 2011-01-21 05:42 PM | ||
| Mag-Mower |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011? I forgot how weird of a place the internet could be up until now.. Weird... |
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| 2011-01-22 09:24 AM | ||
| Firefly |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011? derp de derp de deedly-derp! |
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| 2011-01-26 09:01 PM | ||
| Sentrosi |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011?
See how I turned a negative into a positive? |
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| 2011-01-27 09:12 AM | ||
| Grimster |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011? Well screw this I am excited as hell. I don't care everything SOE did wrong to hype the game if a game is good the word will spread fast. Just look at Minecraft how much PR did notch have for that game? I will stick my neck out and say none except for the players who loved the game and talked about it. So just because SOE hasn't started this enormous hype around PSN won't automatically mean it will fail. If they manage to produce a good game I think it will succeed. Well that was my two I will just crawl back into the hole I came from now. 
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| 2011-01-27 04:23 PM | ||
| Schwerpunkt |
Re: PlanetSide Next Spring 2011? Well, well, this news does have the ability to bring the dead back to life... Schwerpunkt |
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