The Agency

www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/87525-The-Agency-Has-Not-Been-Cancelled-Yet

Online rental company GameFly sends out a mailer claiming that Sony Online Entertainment's spy MMOG has been put to sleep, catching Sony by surprise.

If you woke up one morning to an email telling you that Sony Online Entertainment's spy MMOG, The Agency, had been cancelled, would you be surprised? Gamefly, the internet's most prominent videogame rental company, sent out an email this morning to any and all who had placed The Agency in their rental queue.

"Dear [customer]," reads the notice. "We have removed The Agency (canceled) for PlayStation 3 from your GameQ. There are two possible reasons for this removal." The notice goes on to say that the title has either been released but is no longer carried, or that the game has been canceled by its publisher.

It's been nearly two years since Sony Online Entertainment first announced The Agency and still, little information exists for the project. Sony made waves with its debut at the D.I.C.E. developers summit back in February, 2007, but since then Sony has only shown the title to the press a handful of times and typically, the same demo at that. History has not been kind to ambitious MMOG titles on consoles. With such high-profile games as True Fantasy Live Online, Marvel Universe Online and Halo Online being axed mid-development, its easy to visualize The Agency joining that list.

According to PS3 Fanboy's Andrew Yoon, however, this isn't the case as Joystiq's sister blog contacted SOE on the matter and received a surprised response from its representative.

"It's still alive! Where did you see that information?"    ENDQUOTE.

other sources for this story -  kotaku.com/5092220/gamefly-prematurely-closes-the-agency

www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/4136.html

Who owns the Crystal Ball over at GameFly?

It's dead on arrival because it's a SOE developer sponsored RMT game. You have to pay extra for items, content, service, etc. Competing with your wallet is not what quality MMOGs are about.

Originally posted by RedwoodSap

It's dead on arrival because it's a SOE developer sponsored RMT game. You have to pay extra for items, content, service, etc. Competing with your wallet is not what quality MMOGs are about.

kotaku.com/5016251/soe-clarifies-the-agencys-real-money-trading

Research before posting: Very important.

Originally posted by Gameloading

Originally posted by RedwoodSap

It's dead on arrival because it's a SOE developer sponsored RMT game. You have to pay extra for items, content, service, etc. Competing with your wallet is not what quality MMOGs are about.

 

kotaku.com/5016251/soe-clarifies-the-agencys-real-money-trading

Research before posting: Very important.

 Because Soe said it back last summer does not mean that they wouldn't change their minds or if you like - LIE.

Originally posted by Gameloading

Originally posted by RedwoodSap

It's dead on arrival because it's a SOE developer sponsored RMT game. You have to pay extra for items, content, service, etc. Competing with your wallet is not what quality MMOGs are about.

 

kotaku.com/5016251/soe-clarifies-the-agencys-real-money-trading

Research before posting: Very important.

SOE is facilitating the sale of items between players for real money. That is developer sanctioned and sponsored, since they charge a commission fee.

You are supposed to earn everything in a virtual MMOG. Real money does not exist in a virtual world.

Brush up on your reading and comprehension skills and stop trying to deceive people.

Originally posted by RedwoodSap

Originally posted by Gameloading

Originally posted by RedwoodSap

It's dead on arrival because it's a SOE developer sponsored RMT game. You have to pay extra for items, content, service, etc. Competing with your wallet is not what quality MMOGs are about.

 

kotaku.com/5016251/soe-clarifies-the-agencys-real-money-trading

Research before posting: Very important.

 

SOE is facilitating the sale of items between players for real money. That is developer sanctioned and sponsored, since they charge a commission fee.

You are supposed to earn everything in a virtual MMOG. Real money does not exist in a virtual world.

Brush up on your reading and comprehension skills and stop trying to deceive people.

Nice try, but you're still busted. You implied that it is a Microtransaction game where in order to "keep up" with the Joneses, you have to fork over real cash to SOE.

You were wrong.

EQ2's servers with this service aren't anywhere remotely similar to MT MMO's.

Originally posted by eric_w66

Originally posted by RedwoodSap

Originally posted by Gameloading

Originally posted by RedwoodSap

It's dead on arrival because it's a SOE developer sponsored RMT game. You have to pay extra for items, content, service, etc. Competing with your wallet is not what quality MMOGs are about.

 

kotaku.com/5016251/soe-clarifies-the-agencys-real-money-trading

Research before posting: Very important.

 

SOE is facilitating the sale of items between players for real money. That is developer sanctioned and sponsored, since they charge a commission fee.

You are supposed to earn everything in a virtual MMOG. Real money does not exist in a virtual world.

Brush up on your reading and comprehension skills and stop trying to deceive people.

 

Nice try, but you're still busted. You implied that it is a Microtransaction game where in order to "keep up" with the Joneses, you have to fork over real cash to SOE.

You were wrong.

EQ2's servers with this service aren't anywhere remotely similar to MT MMO's.

You are wrong. It's RMT pure and simple. I will never play a MMOG that allows RMT and doesn't fight to prevent it.
 

Give it up redwood, you mouthed off before you did your research, just admit you were wrong and move on.

Originally posted by Gameloading

Give it up redwood, you mouthed off before you did your research, just admit you were wrong and move on.

Are you saying when a player buys an item with real money from another player that is not RMT?