Dusktreaders put on hold for iPhone version
As other MMO developers are turning to a similar business model, Granite Games has announced in a recent interview with VirginWorlds that their Victorian Gothic/Steampunk MMO may be put on hold for a bit while they work on an iPhone game set in the same world. Despite the fact that the Dusktreaders MMO has been in development for four years now, Granite Games has decided that the iPhone game is their priority for now.
This interview covers some facts about the MMO part of the project as well as the reasons for the iPhone game, which is decidedly not an MMO. Lead developer Erik Hyrkas speaks openly about the development process so far and the problems they've had with Apple and their infamously slow response times for posting new content.
So will we see more of these major MMO projects put on hold for a simple version on portable devices? Is this something most players want, in lieu of a total shut-down of the project when/if there are problems?
