Quote Originally Posted by Andrien View Post
and just like all out-dated things they get replaced with something better.
Don't know where to start with this statement. Let's just suffice to say that not everthing becomes "Outdated" just because it's old. Your assuming that just because older MMO's such as XI, Ultima Online, Everquest are old that newer things are "Better"

Perhaps you enjoy newer MMO's, but it's arguable wether they are "Better" or not. No recent MMO has proven that it can last as long as the older legacy games. WoW itself is getting on years and could be considered a old outdated game, yet everyone and their dog feels that replicating it is the way to go.

the "Norm" of MMO's is far from being new, it's fairly old it's just that MMO's in general have failed to evolve beyond it these days making it seem like it's something new when it's not. Once a new MMO manages to break the mold and hold a large subscriber base for a few years then you can say something new has come to market.

As it stands most recent MMOs can't get past wanting to be WoW, not like we can blame them for trying to take the easy way out but we have seen it fail time and time again. WoW was lightning in a bottle it's not something we will see replicated, hell I doubt Blizzard themselves will be able to top it, they haven't been able to do it for the last few years in expansions I doubt a new MMO (Titan) will change that.

New does not always mean better, Old does not always mean obsolete.

Hardware? Sure you can argue that, but something subjective like a gaming experience? Hell look at how well "Retro" style games sell, or how well a re-release of a older game (With no improvments mind you) can still sell these days.

Fun is subjective, and it has no shelf date.