Why was Playonline stripped of its features?

[Memnoq]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBsnEs6CIng
Take a look at this video. It's quite humorous, but you get the point. Features like music, manga, in-game strategy guides. Where did all that go?

[Alhanelem]

Because POL never really took off as a "network." Granted, it worked fairly well in japan, but at the time, they didn't think a lot of that other stuff would do well here. Also, not everyone in japan had PCs, so that's why that stuff was available on POL and not just on their website. Around here, PCs are much more ubiquitous so we can just use their website.

[Korpg]

I think when they failed to make FFXI into FFVIII and FFIX online...wtf was up with that?

[Sureal]

I think when they failed to make FFXI into FFVIII and FFIX online...wtf was up with that?

wat?

10chars

[Korpg]

Look at the video, you will see....

[Sureal]

lost interest after about 20 seconds

[Korpg]

Skip to a minute then.

[Leonlionheart]

lol wtf

is all i have to say

[Byrth]

... the shit? What the hell, that was ever part of the plan? Production value looks suspiciously low even for late-90s TV, but suspiciously high to be fan-made. The interface looks similar to .hack, and otherwise it's all just clips from their games spliced together.

[Vold]

Yep. The gaming companies often have big dreams for their products but usually things never pan out because the customer base just isn't ready for whatever they envision. Such is life with entertainment products. People always envision things 20 years too soon, trying to make that killer buck on some great game changing idea that millions will flock to regardless of price.