The massive MMORPG collapse - MMORPG Center.com

[Coglin]

http://www.mmorpg-center.com/the-mas...morpg-collapse

Just found this article entertaining, and wanted to share it here.

[Wolfie]

Wow, an article full of elitism, nose scrunching, blind WOW bashing, and baseless gaming industry fear mongering. I feel so much more intelligent after having read that.

[Coglin]

Yeah, I was surprised the ydidn't take it as an oppertunity to bash FFXIV, it seems to be such a means to "look cool" in the media to be seen bully bashing this game.

[NefarioCall]

There were still a few small studios trying to ride the storm with small player bases, games like EVE Online, DAOC, Guild Wars and Warhammer Online (before they got ruined by EA in order to promote their new retarded but beautiful WoW clone, SWTOR)

Much as the article reeks of troll, he/she makes a few good points such as this one.

[MariyaShidou]

then revealed why (in his opinion) Warhammer 40K Online failed.

Poor THQ, DMO is still years before being out and it's already failed... oh wait.

[TheVedis]

im surprised a full on wow bashing article made it to that site

and i hate to say it, but beyond the bashing itself of specific games, its SO DAMN TRUE


as far as 14 not being mentioned, its cuz they are bashing clone games, 14 didnt fall under that

[Northman]

I could guess the writer is from here. Is it you OP ? XIV is different. Here gamers have given tips already long time how this should be built. So if you don't like the new product, you can blame you only, not the devs who listened you.

[Evenstar]

He has valid point, but the article is really poorly written.

WoW seriously destroyed the MMO market as we knew a few years ago, this is a fact.

[Xatsh]

Article is directly attacking WoW but honestly it is fairly true. The mmo genre is catering the lowest common denominator now to make a quick buck. The community is suffering, the game play is suffering , the longevity of the games are suffering, and the designs are getting worse as we progress in general.

I personally find it extremely sad people only consider a mmo a game where alot of ppl play at once. It shows how much the genre has degraded since the WoW revolution.

[Jinko]

At Xatsh all games are targeting the lowest common denominator, the gaming business has becomes so expensive that to stay afloat and make profit you have to target the casual.

About the Article well its a pile of BS to be honest, just sounds like a bitter nostalgic UO/EO player.