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Originally Posted by Smed I'll step up on this one Ut. On the business side I can assure you Microsoft had (and still has) confidence in Vanguard. I've spoken to them myself, and that certainly isn't the issue. I've been in this business a long time and I've seen (and I've been a part of) plenty of games that move elsewhere at the last second. I would only point out that Microsoft is about to get locked into a severely protracted battle with my compadres that make the PlayStation 3... and even though they are Microsoft, they have budgets. If the right deal comes along and they can get a return on a smart investment... well everything has a price.. that's the way I'd put it. I happen to respect the MS guys a lot. I play a lot of their games (most notably the Age series) and I know they are committed to making great games.
The same applies to us getting into the deal to co-publish it. I have to say I'm incredibly impressed with Vanguard. The game is awesome, and I think from our perspective it's going to be something we're very proud to be associated with. As to your other points, you have made them before and only time and hard work will prove you'll be happy with the quality of Vanguard and the other stuff we're releasing (can't wait for people to see our PS3 title at E3... I was just playing it and it's damn awesome!).
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Will there be any cross sharing of ideas or technology or will it be a strictly hands off relationship?
I'm sure there's many things in SoE stables that could benefit Vanguard, Mentoring in EQ2 comes to mind, will those be made available to Sigil to use in Vanguard? Obviously nothing stopping them from using it, but will SoE be proactive and show Sigil how it was implemented in EQ2?
I'm sure there's many other things that are similiar applicable. If nothing else, SoE has been around for a long time and made many mistakes, which they've had to learn the hard way.
