Question:
Is There or Will there ever be a MMORPG So Good That it Would be Next to or Above World of Warcraft?
(S)niper///
2009-01-26 12:50:37 UTC
By the way, MMORPG Stands for Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game.
Ten answers:
Kaziel
2009-01-26 14:54:54 UTC
Eventually, yes. But what it is and when it will come, no one knows.



The biggest obstacle when another MMO comes out is the momentum that WoW has built up.



Right now "everyone" plays WoW, and the social ties with those who still play keep other players there. Why would you want to go off and play some other game that's just as good with people you don't know when you can play WoW with friends you've had for X years. Plus there are more people playing WoW than any MMO ever before (even people who were previously not gamers at all!).



Eventually people will get tired of playing WoW. The game has always had a huge churn rate... something like 4-5% (basically every month 4-500,000 accounts are cancelled), but Blizzard's numbers has generally gone up, which means for every one account that cancels per month, another one or two are created or reactivated. Eventually the churn rate will overtake the new/reactivated account rate



Other small MMOs coming out also take their toll. LotRO, AoC, WAR did this and the forthcoming new Star Wars and DC MMOs will draw players away, which will help contribute to the churn. They may not topple WoW, but even if only 500,000 players leave permanently, that's still 500,000 less players than WoW had before.



Also, Blizzard is currently working on a new MMO (this was said at BlizzCon '08)
Wladimir D
2009-01-26 13:00:16 UTC
Try and do some research on DC Universe Online or better yet, Star Wars The Old Republic, both are upcoming MMORPG and Star Wars Old Republic seems very very promising.
The Yeti
2009-01-26 12:54:46 UTC
Every one that comes out claims to be the next great one. Rumor has it that there will be a LucasArts Knights of the Old Republic MMORPG but i'll believe it when I see it.
fortew4
2009-01-26 12:58:26 UTC
yea

World of Warcraft 2
2009-01-26 12:55:12 UTC
I hope not, people who play GOOD Mmo's want you kids to be able to play something as to not ruin the community of other games.
2009-01-26 12:54:41 UTC
Not a free one but its possible

it wont be free because if the people who make it realize how good it is they will start charging memberships
2009-01-26 13:03:28 UTC
yeah, its called buying a game system, any type of router, and any major video game that can go online... get off nerdy computer based games
Stride
2009-01-26 12:55:28 UTC
I sure hope not. I wish they would be extinct. So tired of being stuck behind the group of smelly dudes at Gamestop.
Kyle
2009-01-26 16:22:38 UTC
Age of Conan might come close... Eventually
2009-01-26 12:54:44 UTC
Only one I think is Star Wars: KotR (Sp?) or Darkfall. Look them both up, they both look pretty good.


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