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Asked About Getting Ultima Online Back, Richard Garriott Says He May 'Soon'
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“I believe I will get it back “soon””- he posted. When asked if he could speak more about it by the surprised user, the one word answer was clear: “Nope”. So, if there's anything happening behind the scenes this time, we'll have to wait to see if anything comes of it. The fact that the possibility has been raised by Garriott himself is something different, particularly by using the word soon.
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Also I did a search to see what games EA has sold in the past. The results are acquisitions, not divestitures.
a user says””soon” as in sarcastic or “soon” as in like maybe this could happen “soon”
in which Richard Garriott replies:
“I have reason to be honestly hopeful.”
this is good!
And he has done so well with games he has made after UO. /sarcasm
Edit: the only way u see garriot back on UO is if he gets a licensing right for the web 3.0.. he badly wants to get in on that web 3.0 crypto MMO and UO would be the best choice possible at the moment for garriot (he fail his last 3.0 project before it even crack out of it's shell)
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They've kept the lights on when EA has been notorious for closing games.
I don't see him being able to get UO away from EA. Could he possibly be buying Broadsword?
And no way on earth Garriot has the money to buy Broadsword.. BS just inherited their third MMO the failed "bioware" Star Wars.. All he talks now a day is the web 3.0 MMO he badly wants his 3.0 MMO and UO would be perfect for that and EA ain't the company that scares away from bad reputation decision.. like creating their own EA crypto Token for the 3.0 on games like UO (another version of UO made for 3.0)
NCSoft were notorious (still are) for closing game.. look at tabula rasa and many more recently (ex: wildstar) if they don't 1000% profit the first year.. they shut it down type of stuff.
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Ultima Online can be just as successful as EQ, WoW or any other old MMO when it comes to further developing the game. And I mean more than a new shard, but furthering the game with more expansions, classic experiences similar to WoW’s SoD or EQ’s progression servers.
Doubt he would be able to purchase Broadsword as they have a few games under their belts now. So to me I would think it would either be purchasing the Ultima IP, or striking a deal with EA to run Broadswords UO division with the promise in bringing in new players/customers and more revenue.
Raph is busy with Stars Reach, and has quite the vision going for that game.
SotA was definitely a bummer for everyone. The game might be in a better state now, but it’s just proof that crowd funding games, especially MMO’s, doesn’t work. I’ve lost trust in them, like the next person. But you can’t say RG or Starr aren’t visionaries, it just feels like UO needs a breath of something new other than a custom shard.
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