Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[Zarzak]

Could a EQ game even survive anymore?

Serious question and I know the term "survive" is a loaded one because in theory a game could survive just fine with 100,000 players if it was cost effective.

But can a MMO survive the budget required to make them nowadays on the EQ model. I've skimmed this thread for a few days and people bring up the MMOs of old, but could those MMOs of old survive this new era of the genre, or is everyone just thinking wistfully of the past?

EQ is still going strong. Last 2 expansions sucked I'll admit (they tried out the "modern" MMO style of 3 month release intervals... it was horrible) But the expansion releasing this Fall is supposed to go back to the 1 per year release model.