Another Tabulu Rasa Delay

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=1302

Watch the trailer, it looks quite weird.

Since I haven't really kept track... What key features of Tabula Rasa might make it worth checking out? The fact that Richard Garriot is part of the development doesn't count. ;)

The market is becoming too saturated with mmorpgs now. WoW was lucky to mainstream mmorpgs but as of now, there are way too many in the making and being released. You don't even really have to have a good game and it'll likely fail.

TR might be having troubles but the delay is good I think. It'll just flop now if it came out now anyway. Any mmorpg released in the next three to six months will flop due to WoW.

When I first heard Garriot was working on another game I was pleased. I've always been a fan of the Ultima series and figured TR would be great. I was thinking deep story (Ultima style) on a massive scale.

That is, until I started reading the interviews and previews....

I'm worried now that this game sounds so strange and sci-fi that it's actually going to turn people off.

Examples:
Instruments for weapons?
The ability to fully change character looks at any time? (griefing anyone?)

This was BEFORE WoW came out. With a new (unproven) story and the high sci-fi atmosphere, what is it going to compete with? Anarchy Online? Unless things have drastically changed since last E3, I don't see this game succeeding. Even with all that said, I still hope it does well. It would be nice for Garriot to throw something back into EA's face. I guess if anyone can pull it off it's him.

Knew it. Last time I heard Mr. Garriot is too busy fucking korean sluts.

Isn't the name "Tabula Rasa"?

Isn't that a pretty substantial amount of profit? I assume that the service costs and support for their MMORPGs are part of their expenses.

Does anyone know for sure?

If they are making 77 million after they pay for services, support, and ongoing development, I can't help but think this 15/mo standard is a little too high...

good point, they have a better profit ratio than EA (30ish percent versus 27ish percent)