NCsoft: Tabula Rasa Report Inflammatory
KeyWord: NCsoft, Tabula Rasa Date: 02-20-2008
Summary: NCsoft has shot down a \"sloppy and sensational\" article that called Tabula Rasa a \"financial disaster,\" but admitted potential layoffs may be in the works following the game\'s lackluster performance.
The website of next-gen.biz reported that NCsoft has shot down a \"sloppy and sensational\" article that called Tabula Rasa a \"financial disaster,\" but admitted potential layoffs may be in the works following the game\'s lackluster performance.
\"We still have problems with this guy,\"said NCsoft\'s communications director David Swofford in an email to Next-Gen, referring to the reporter who wrote the article.
NCsoft says it isn\'t the first time the reporter has penned sloppy articles about the publisher. Most recently, a Korea Times report suggested that the disastrous financial performance of Tabula Rasa was driving NCsoft to implement layoffs at its Austin, US-based studio.
While Swofford acknowledged that the game \"could have done a little better\" and that \"there\'s a possibility that there could be downsizing with the TR team\" , he was keen to counter a number of the claims made.
\"The Korea Times English edition story is full of inaccuracies,\"he said. \"No one at NCsoft said the product is a financial disaster. That came from the writer and is his opinion.
\"The TR development did not cost 100 million. I don\'t know where that came from. The price tag for the product was much less...a fraction of that cost. Tabula Rasa was not restarted more than twice. It had one overhaul and that came after 2-3 years of development.
\"The article made it sound like the TR launch led to some sort of falling out with Robert Garriott. That is so far from the truth. In fact Robert has been promoted to work more with CEO TJ Kim on business development. Yes Robert is out of the day-to-day operations, but he\'s still in the office and now travels much more for the company than he did before.
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