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Project: SAVE VMK! General Discussion about VMK closing! |
Unlikely? Or Likely? |
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Any New News?
I was wondering if anyone had heard any new news on VMK or any possible rumors floating around.
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No, dude. I'd say it's gone for good at this point. Sorry, man...
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At the point it's gone for 5 years, I'd say it's not coming back. Some Disney employee could be thinking "Hmmm.... maybe we should re-open VMK. It seemed to go over well..."
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The longer VMK has been closed, the more plausible it would be to reopen it. Think about it. All the complaints that they recieved right after its closing could easily be waved off as "overreaction", and "they'll forget about it soon". But if they recieve all these complaints now, they will realize that we have not forgotten. It was not something that we could just get over. If we haven't moved on by this point, chances are we won't move on any time soon... more the reason to reopen the game.
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VMK will most likely not return. Disney released VMK as a promotion, it was a huge success, but Disney had different plans. Instead of making VMK a pay-to-play, they shut it down and split the gaming audience into several different pay-to-play games. They bought Club Penguin in August '07, launched POTCO in October '07, and by the time they closed VMK in May of the next year, they were ready with Pixie Hollow in September and Cars Online in October.
Now why didn't Disney make VMK a pay-to-play? It's not clear to me. Maybe there was a problem with Sulake, maybe they didn't see VMK's financial potential, maybe they just wanted to "move on," I don't know. But clearly, Disney split VMK's old audience by gender by herding the girls to Pixie Hollow and the guys to Cars Online. If VMK'ers didn't care for either, they could always flock to Pirates, Club Penguin, or perhaps Toontown (if for some reason they hadn't already tried it). We don't exactly know why it closed, but it did. And it's been closed for 2 years. The majority of VMK'ers have moved on to a new MMORPG. Disney's goal was accomplished. And they're not looking back.
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There are a few signs floating around that Disney decided that their quantity over quality business plan isn't going to work. What this means is that they want our ideas to improve their business. This could be a great opportunity to try to revive something of a Save VMK Movement.
A quick theory: Disney's business plan consisted of creating many MMOs that acted as social networks. These would each reach a small target market, resulting in a community that is not very diverse. Think back to VMK's community for a second. There were people of all ages, who played the game for numerous reasons. This means that Disney has not been developing a parks based MMO to replace VMK in the time since its closing. If anything, it was started recently, which means that they probably haven't spent enough money on it yet where they would have to continue the project. There is still some time where we can tell Disney that we want VMK, not some other MMO. Actually, based on the video where WDIG discussed the social networking MMO plan, it was quite evident that VMK did not fit into their agenda. It reached a wide market, meaning that A) the community was likely not well connected (though this was not the case) and B) Disney wouldn't make as much money. Why play a game where you can be a Pirate and another where you can be in the Cars movies when you can play one game where you can do those and many more? Last edited by Jezzi; 06-07-2010 at 05:31 PM.. Reason: removed outside link |
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Hmmm... i wish it would reopen. thats the only game i played for hours on the computer <3
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Nope, haven't heard anything. Even if there were rumors floating around, I wouldn't want to hear them.
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