darkhog Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I've learned about the game when it was too late, i.e. was shutting down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLuke Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Besides this, World of Warcraft was dominating the scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolnerd Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I don't know that I'd say a game that was actively supported for eight years -- and was profitable the entire time -- "failed." Not in the US, anyway; you could definitely argue that the Korean launch failed. In general, though, it was more successful than most MMOs. Calling CoH a failure because it didn't have playerbase or longevity of WoW is like calling The Empire Strikes Back a failure because it didn't have as big an opening weekend as The Force Awakens. Formerly of Virtue, now on Excelsior: Ace of Spades | Adamant Eve | Arch-Rival | The Bee | Blackbelt | Citizen Arcane | Core | Ctrl Alt Defeat | Daddy Longlegs | Diamant | Freak Accident | Galactrix | Great White Shark Heavy Machinery | Highway Star | The Howl | Inter-Galactica | Ion Maiden | Knockout Artist | Krakatoa | Night's Templar | The Pact | Paroled McDonald | Virtual Boy | Volcaniac | White Widow | Yucatan And my most recent 50, Cyber-Security (Shield Defense/Street Justice tanker, 16 March 2024) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rylas Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I don't know that I'd say a game that was actively supported for eight years -- and was profitable the entire time -- "failed." Not in the US, anyway; you could definitely argue that the Korean launch failed. In general, though, it was more successful than most MMOs. Calling CoH a failure because it didn't have playerbase or longevity of WoW is like calling The Empire Strikes Back a failure because it didn't have as big an opening weekend as The Force Awakens. Agreed. Did CoH not perform better than Champions or the DC MMO? And I'm sure they had way more marketing. Make Energy Melee Great Again! Join the discussion. Request hi-res icons here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathevan Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 CoX was still turning a profit when it shut down. Supposedly a factor of its closure was due to office politics/failure of the korean launch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKat Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 It was probably doing better at closure than a lot of F2P mmos are doing today (Star Trek Online for example) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrdinn Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 CoX was still turning a profit when it shut down. Supposedly a factor of its closure was due to office politics/failure of the korean launch More to do with family drama inside the company. The younger brother of the family was trying to shut down his sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law was the champion of western-centric efforts... so, to get at her, he went through CoH/CoV. Families. The source of almost as much chaos as alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WanderingAries Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Back then and since, there was a lot of "Only popular in the West" type games that floundered in their home market of Korea. It would have been cool if they'd just drop the home market and let the other flourish, but as the previous person stated, other things were happening and all negotiations failed at that point. OG Server: Pinnacle <||> Current Primary Server: Torchbearer || Also found on the others if desired Installing CoX: Windows || MacOS || MacOS for M1 <||> Migrating Data from an Older Installation Clubs: Mid's Hero Designer || PC Builders || HC Wiki || Jerk Hackers Old Forums <||> Titan Network <||> Heroica! (by @Shenanigunner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaliselia Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I don't know that I'd say a game that was actively supported for eight years -- and was profitable the entire time -- "failed." Not in the US, anyway; you could definitely argue that the Korean launch failed. In general, though, it was more successful than most MMOs. Calling CoH a failure because it didn't have playerbase or longevity of WoW is like calling The Empire Strikes Back a failure because it didn't have as big an opening weekend as The Force Awakens. Agreed. Did CoH not perform better than Champions or the DC MMO? And I'm sure they had way more marketing. Yes it most certain did do better than both Champions and DC Online. There is a reason why we are seeing 100's if not thousands of CoH fans playing this game again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star_fury_lives Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I'll be honest, I left CoH for WoW and eventually Champions Online. The combat and power customisation was a big draw for CO, but if I'm honest it never had the personality that CoH did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silversanguis Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 This video has some concise theories: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hejtmane Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Did it really fail I mean it had at peak 180k subs kept over 100k for a long time. It never lost money and it was more an NCSoft issue than anything else FlashBack to old days: Pinnacle Langar Thurs-Katana/SR 50; Hejtmane-DM/DA 50 Rogue Spear-Spines/DA 50; Hypnosis-Ill/Rad 50 Sir Thomas Theroux-DM/SR 50; Melted Copper-Fire/Shield 50; Byzantine Warrior-DB/ELA 50; Blade Tempo-50 DB/EA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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