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Dragon Emperor
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Posted - 2003.09.12 16:05:00 -
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Has anyone got a direct link to whatever you're all talking about?
The one in the first page has nothing about EA or Eve.
i wonder the same thing
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Rust
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Posted - 2003.09.12 16:05:00 -
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put EVE in search - it is about 4 down now.
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Dragon Emperor
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Posted - 2003.09.12 16:06:00 -
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put EVE in search - it is about 4 down now.
the only words contain "eve" are event and develop
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Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2003.09.12 16:07:00 -
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I think I'll put my head in the sand and choose not to worry about the consequences, if any, of the sale.
LEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! |
Rust
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Posted - 2003.09.12 16:11:00 -
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Simon Says Sell Interactive Unit [9/11/2003 6:14:47 PM ET]
WhatÆs a day in the interactive entertainment industry without a new rumor? The latest buzz we heard through the grapevine here at GameDaily was that Simon & Schuster was planning to close its Simon & Schuster Interactive (SSI) division, which has published such titles as Outlaw Golf, Outlaw Volleyball and Eve Online: The Second Genesis.
Finally, after many phone calls GameDaily was able to track down Adam Rothberg, Simon & Schuster Inc.Æs vice president of corporate communications, who denied that the unit was closing. He did say, ôWe have had some discussions with potential buyers for some, or all of the assets (of Simon & Schuster Interactive).ö
Continuing, Rothberg added, ôItÆs a great little interactive boutique shop that has had some really good successes in all kinds of different formats, but itÆs not our (Simon & SchusterÆs) core business. We think that they (SSI) will be a great asset in a place that has more scale in that business and can give them the full support that they need.ö
As far as what assets of SSI are up for sale specifically, Rothberg would not get into details.
We posed the question of why it took five or six years for Simon & Schuster to realize that SSI was not a ôcoreö business. Rothberg responded, ôWe gave it a good run. We are a major international publishing company, which the interactive business was a small part of. It (SSI) required a different kind of infrastructureàwe couldnÆt leverage our infrastructure to support it. They have a different sales force, require different creative and marketing supportàitÆs just we couldnÆt help their business like we can all the rest of our businesses.ö
Rothberg wouldnÆt comment on any personnel moves at Simon & Schuster Interactive as a result of the business being put on the block.
So there you have it, SSI is up for sale. For the record, SSI is the digital entertainment unit of publisher Simon & Schuster, Inc., which in turn is owned by the media conglomerate, Viacom Inc.
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Dragon Emperor
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Posted - 2003.09.12 16:14:00 -
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it's already 9/12 news here, so the link is not static.
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nono
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Posted - 2003.09.12 17:36:00 -
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Does this explain Pann's absence?
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Zyrla Bladestorm
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Posted - 2003.09.12 18:39:00 -
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Edited by: Zyrla Bladestorm on 12/09/2003 18:43:19
no mention of EVE as one of there assets .. and I doubt it is .. remember S&SI was only responsible for publishing EVE in north america, Crucial Entertainment (UK) do the European publishing and CCP themselves(or the bank of iceland via a big loan/s  ) reportedly financed most of EVE's development.
Plus afaik Pann moved from SSI to CCP a little before launch since they needed someone full time
if they dont find someone to sell there assets I would hope the consequences wouldn't be much more severe than no new copys hitting the shelves in the US+candada till they find a new publisher
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Mynobe Soletae
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Posted - 2003.09.12 19:18:00 -
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Who owns the server hardware? Who pays for the pipe? |
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