Pirates of the Caribbean Online is one of those titles that has so far eluded the MMO Fallout radar. Surprising, considering the game predates this website by quite a bit. POTCO, as it is called, was released in 2007 by Disney Interactive Media Group, and while the game hasn’t exactly skyrocketed to a massive audience, one look at the website will show a small but very engaged and loyal community. Amazingly, the game is still updated on a pretty regular basis to introduce new outfits, new emblems for ship masts, and new ships. That being said, the skies are not exactly smooth sailing either.
A petition filed by the POTCO community raises concerns over all aspects of the game. The petition requests that Disney work on reviving the game, including making improvements to server latency, improving customer service, and dealing with existing bugs and the problem of people using cheats. The petition also requests that content be added into the game at a more efficient pace.
We invite Disney Interactive Media Group to reevaluate the uniqueness and potentials of the Pirates of the Caribbean Online game. Improvements on the technical aspect of the game (i.e., higher performance setting, problem solving, variety of contents, etc.) along with proactive customer service will improve the game performance and gaming experience tremendously.
The petition currently holds almost two thousand signatures.
(Source: Revive POTCO)
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A lot of research is being done within the organizers group.
This is an awesome game and really fun. There is a lot more undeveloped potential to it.
To clarify, the issues are there. There should be no doubts about that. There has not been any new content in more than 6 months and there has been no hints of anything new coming any time soon either.
Content is only one issue though. The lag is unbearable at times. There are many bugs and errors as well. During this past year, hackers have increased because it seems like there is less workers maintaining the game. The hacking issue existed (still does) in a previous game called Toontown which runs the same game engine as POTCO.
In this petition we are trying to show Disney (DIMG specifically) that the Pirates of the Caribbean Online has a lot of Potential where if executed correctly, it would bring mutual benefits such as more favorable reviews to the game, more players therefore more income for DIMG, and a fun time to the players/customers.
Thanks for writing an article and thank you for any support towards the petition and the game.
Thank you for giving attention to a game which still, to this day, has an enormous amount of potential for both Disney/DIMG as well POTCO players themselves 🙂
and where are those that started this petition? certainly not playing a game they want to save. some are on my friend list and dont come on anymore.
Many of the petition’s members still play actively. Although, some of the others have moved on from the game, due to many detrimental aspects of that game that have popped up. Consequently, that’s what formed the petition. Even if they do not play anymore, they still love the game for what it is, and would likely hop right back in if Disney once again gave it the attention it deserves.