SE stop doing the "norm"

[bobbygunz]

I have come to the conclusion that people will never understand the MMO genre as a whole. I explained it a few times, Yoshida explained it a few times, but understanding isn't exactly happening here in this community.

MMO is not really a genre. It's more like a platform.

MMOJRPG could be considered a genre, I guess. Or "MMOFPS" or "Sandbox MMO" or "Themepark MMO". But MMO on its own doesn't describe much in the way of the demographics playing the games nor the types of games possible under the banner of "MMO". And I think many developers - Yoshi especially - have fallen prey to the idea that MMOs are supposed to all be the same.

[Xmbei]

MMO is not really a genre. It's more like a platform.

MMOJRPG could be considered a genre, I guess. Or "MMOFPS" or "Sandbox MMO" or "Themepark MMO". But MMO on its own doesn't describe much in the way of the demographics playing the games nor the types of games possible under the banner of "MMO". And I think many developers - Yoshi especially - have fallen prey to the idea that MMOs are supposed to all be the same.

Um... I think he was pointing out that MMO meant multiplayer online, therefore multiple people playing together at the same time, not single player game soloing EVERYTHING just a few things to show some progress without relying on others fully.