So when is this game shutting down?

[Rager]

I get a very wildstar vibe from it.

[Jaq]

Considering that Funcom is still operating Anarchy Online, a MMO that first launched in 2001, and Age of Conan, a MMO that was released in 2008, I'd say Secret World is safe from a total shutdown. They kept those old games running even when the company was in a scary amount of debt a few years ago. Right now they're in the best financial situation they've ever been in, although the global pandemic is obviously a huge wildcard.

All that having been said, I wouldn't expect any significant content updates to any of these games. The return on investment for the production of story content, particularly on the quality level expected in Secret World, isn't going to be there. But they like having these games in their overall portfolio, and all past evidence suggests they'll keep the servers plugged in indefinitely. If Secret World gets the Anarchy Online treatment, it'll still be going in 2031.

Whereas in Wildstar's case, the entire developer was shut down by its Korean parent company NCSoft, which has shut down 6 other MMOs as well. They have a different corporate philosophy because they have a conveyor belt of new MMOs constantly being produced, and apparently think the old ones are parasitic to the new ones.

[Porcy]

The old TSW is still on too, (with like 10 people on it) so yeah it should be safe. But I hope they shut this one off and open the old one for free so my friends can try it :)

(I'm dreaming a bit yeah)

[Aru]

Originally posted by Porcy:

The old TSW is still on too, (with like 10 people on it) so yeah it should be safe. But I hope they shut this one off and open the old one for free so my friends can try it :)

(I'm dreaming a bit yeah)

At that point and at any moment I hoped for one thing. To Funcom do single player RPG game set in Secret World universe. Hell I'd buy it if they even simply re-made Secret World "MMO" into a single player game, with some changes in mechanics and no changes to the story nor quests.

Though I hope for some new game set in that universe, still single player RPG.

[tathen]

yeah a single player remake would be good

[Drelkag]

A while yet. Funcom isn't known for shutting down games.

[eZudo]

Originally posted by Porcy:

The old TSW is still on too, (with like 10 people on it) so yeah it should be safe. But I hope they shut this one off and open the old one for free so my friends can try it :)

(I'm dreaming a bit yeah)

They should really just do this. The old game just felt more complete (not sure why that was, considering it has less story content I think?). Maybe it was the fact that you would actually have to go to shops etc to buy clothes instead of just grabbing them from the menu only wardrobe stuff etc we have now with Legends.

[Nain]

they did shut down that one lego mmo they made, but i dont think that was in their power

[Drelkag]

Yeah Lego was more of a licensing issue. Anarchy and SWL are in house.

The Conan license is pretty safe too.

[DynamiteBonaparte]

nothing is forever. this game will be dead at some point unless they release the source code or sth like that. but its probably going to be around for quite a while so i wouldnt worry about it right now.

[Planewalker]

Considering that no other mmo compares to tsw, i have a hard time seeing it go anywhere soon.
(yes some things could do with overhauls; same is true for many other games)

[medion_no]

I hope it goes own for a while of it converted to single-player later somehow.

[🐧Systematics🐧]

I would buy a singleplayer version of 'The secret world' as well. Fantastic story telling, atmosphere and music.