It's time to put XIV to rest....

[RaideDuku]

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That's a very roundabout way to agree with me, more or less. The only way that a "big" MMO being made is if some big dog makes it. Probably with an established IP, as you said.

However, no company these days that would have access or resources to licence a major IP isn't going to sink that much money/time/resources into a MMO. MMO's that are worth a damn take YEARS of development time and insane costs, and a large continuing cost while it runs, with no guarantee of a return on the investment.

Do you think any modern big video game company is going to go through that? No, I don't think so. If they were, we would've gotten one, or at least heard of one being made by now. There was only a 5 year gap between EverQuest and WoW. 10 years after the last of the current "big" MMOs were released, the only big one that's been announced is Riot's League MMO, but that was announced 4 years ago with nary but a few concept art to show for it AND its development was just recently completely reset a few months ago. Spoiler: It's not coming out.

Sure, you had a rash of "us too's" when WoW first came out, but almost all of them have fallen to the wayside, the companies finding out you can't just crap out a MMO without those investments and have it print money, even if you are able to staple a popular IP on it.

Big companies these days are only interested in quick and cheap development with promise (false or not) of quick and large amounts of return.

So. Again. Hope you like what's out. 'Cause we're not getting another full on MMO anytime soon.