Well, it seems Aion has reached a level of popularity (at least in it’s far-eastern markets) that megacorp Coca Cola has taken interest. In my opinion, this is a good thing…heck, who wants to play an unpopulated MMO? It’s nice when the game you play has reached a certain level of mainstream/pop-culture precedence.
I can’t even count how many times I’ve seen people walking down the street wearing t-shirts and hoodies splatted with the alliance, or horde symbols – it’s neat…knowing that person plays the same game as you.
There are the haters of course…that dislike the popularity. They like being a sub-culture, I suppose. Me personally – I couldn’t really care less either way to be honest…if the game is fun to play, then who cares if it’s a Coca Cola marketing tool?
What remains to be seen is if Aion’s reach into the North American market will be as successful as it’s counterpart in the far east. Will we be seeing Aion commercials alongside WoW commercials on the mainstream media powerhouses on this side of the pond? Will NCsoft’s marketing be able to penetrate our collective North American pshyce the way that Blizzard has?
The next few months is crucial for NCsoft. I believe the first few months of an MMO’s release dictate it’s failure, or it’s success. So – by december or so of 2009, I think we’ll have a good idea of what kind of reach Aion will be able to attain.
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July 31st, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Oh Asians!
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:42 am
What Arcadion said. And yeah personally i dont care too much for chinese coke. Sadly this wont have any influence on the population of our European servers since they’ll all roll on other server.