Motor City Online Says Goodbye
Posted by Marcel Klum on 01 September 2003 - 08:52 · 11 comments & 910 views
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#1 Posted by iczman on 01 Sep 2003 - 10:14
- They should sell servers to 3rd parties to continue the service...
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#2 Posted by MrDennis89 on 01 Sep 2003 - 11:25
- I thought this game failed long ago?
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#3 Posted by Beast_4thHM on 01 Sep 2003 - 15:27
- well thats EA for ya...
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#4 Posted by threetonesun on 01 Sep 2003 - 22:28
- Nerds don't like cars enough to make an online racing game work, and car enthusiasts don't like computers enough to make an online racing game work.
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#5 Posted by Zelpus on 02 Sep 2003 - 00:53
- the beta was cool for a few days then i realized how much the game was going to suck and well u know the rest...
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#6 Posted by Skyfrog on 02 Sep 2003 - 02:26
- So basically those who bought the game have a nice coaster now. Thanks EA.
They should have released some type of patch to allow offline play of some sort, or at least allowed people to host their own servers. Oh well, this frees them up so they can focus on bringing us more versions of The Sims.
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#7 Posted by
BroChaos on 02 Sep 2003 - 03:24
- there's no way to play the game offline? there's gotta be something...
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#8 Posted by Solarix on 02 Sep 2003 - 04:10
- its crap cause u buy a game for 50 bucks, sign up for a membership and they close it down on you, without being able to play it offline thats bullcrap to me
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#9 Posted by JimM17 on 02 Sep 2003 - 05:17
- Correct me if im wrong here, but this game was released 2 years ago. Not a bad life span in my opinion. A lot longer than some other games out there.
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#9.1 Posted by frazell on 06 Sep 2003 - 06:24
- IMHO you are wrong...
When a person buys a game their ability to play it should end when they decide its time to end it. You can go and find groups of people who get together to play Sega Genisis games though the system and game development support long stopped. Company's should have the right to discontinue support of their products but the end user's who already purchased that product should also be able to use it. It wouldnt be pretty if say you baught a Dell PC 2 years ago like it still and see no reason to upgrade only to have dell say "Were no longer supporting ..." and your PC would no longer boot.
Its just the main reason why i wont buy MMO games, i prefer to own my game.
We at Electronic Arts and MCO Staff both past and present would like to say thank you for being a part of a great online racing game experience. Motor City Online service ends today, but it will live on forever in the hearts of the racers who loved the game.
Thank you for all your enthusiasm for Motor City Online and making it such a great place to play.
Regards,
MCO Staff
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