Lego Universe

[GuilliuG]

Ouep, il a l'air sympa !

Faudra que je l'achète une fois pour l'essayer

[BUZ]

Qui veut une clé de la Béta Test ???

[ramoutcho_7387]

Moi, je veux bien mais c'est quoi en gros ce Lego Universe?

[NeuroMimetis]

Lego Universe va fermer le 31 décembre 2012 et voici le communiqué officiel :

LEGO Universe to close in 2012

Online game will close on January 31, 2012. The LEGO Group’s digital offerings will continue to develop over the coming years.

November 4, 2011 – The LEGO Group today announced that it will close LEGO® Universe, an MMOG (massively-multiplayer online game) that has been in operation since the autumn of 2010.

In spite of very positive player feedback and a large number of players in the free play zone, it has not been possible to convert a satisfactory number of players to paying subscribers. It has therefore been decided to close the game as of January 31, 2012.

“The LEGO Universe team can take pride in having developed and launched a great LEGO experience that many players will miss,” said Jesper Vilstrup, Vice President, LEGO Universe. “Right now, we have almost 2 million players in LEGO Universe, and we get extremely positive feedback from players. Unfortunately, we have not been able to build a satisfactory revenue model in our target group, and therefore, have decided to close the game.”

Despite the change, the ambition to develop and run a digital business remains. In future, it is the intention to further pursue cooperation with partners. The LEGO Group has a strong and continuing partnership with TT Games Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to create digital LEGO experiences within video games. A further expansion in the digital area will mainly be based on similar partnerships.

“The development of our digital offerings continues to be a very important element in our strategy,” said Mads Nipper, Executive Vice President, LEGO Group. “We have more than 20 million visitors on http://www.LEGO.com every month, and LEGO video games are among the bestselling children’s video games with sales of more than 60 million units in the last five years. Through our experience developing and running LEGO Universe, we have gained a lot of valuable insights, and we have a very strong foundation for future development in the digital area.”

As a consequence of the closure, the LEGO Universe staff has today been informed that the ‘Play Well Studios’ in Louisville, Colorado and the game’s marketing function in Billund, Denmark will be closed. This will affect 115 employees. All affected employees will be offered assistance in finding new jobs inside or outside the LEGO Group.

En gros, cela dit que :

- Pas assez de joueur payants (abonnements)
- Lego continuera a commercialiser des jeux video
- un plan social de 110 personnes


Bref, chronique d'un bide annoncé :

Lego Universe est dispo en pré-commande ici pour ... 39.99€

Oui, d'accord, pour ce prix la, on a une minifig et un code carte pour accéder à un accessoire exclusif dans le jeu.
Mais toutes les bonnes nouvelles n'arrivant jamais seules, l'abonnement est de 10 euros par mois ou 50 euros pour 6 mois ou encore : 90 euros pour un an

D'habitude, je râle assez peu sur les prix pratiqués, mais là ça risque de faire tourner court l'aventure ... à force de tirer sur la corde

EDIT : la "communauté" rale beaucoup ici et TLC se prépare sans doute à un monumental flop avec de tels tarifs. incompréhensible !

Neuro (super déçu)

RIP

Neuro

[Nico71]

C'était annoncé.

Un jeu qui présente pas plus d’intérêt que le leader des MMO : WoW et qui en plus s'adresse à une clientèle ciblée et de surcroît en étant plus cher que la concurrence, c'était obligatoire que ça ne fonctionne pas.