Comments on: About That WoW Killer http://stroppsworld.com/2009/11/04/about-that-wow-killer/ Slapping Dragons for Fun and Profit Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:09:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chris http://stroppsworld.com/2009/11/04/about-that-wow-killer/#comment-41766 chris Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:17:10 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=973#comment-41766 WoW has a simple idea. That idea is to create a world which would allow people to step into a virtual world where they could live a herioc and escape from everyday life. The thing that most super nerds that play these MMO's don't understand is that the game needs to be user friendly for even the complete MMORPG noob. WoW allows you to escape from your everyday life and face dificult challenges and gain a feeling of satisfaction from that. That is what they are REALLY selling to you. A chance to live a life you can't live or don't and feel important or heroic. Once designers not only figure this out and are better then decent at coding a new MMORPG then you might have a potential competitor. For now none of the MMO's i have played give me the rush and excitement that WoW has given me. WoW has a simple idea. That idea is to create a world which would allow people to step into a virtual world where they could live a herioc and escape from everyday life. The thing that most super nerds that play these MMO’s don’t understand is that the game needs to be user friendly for even the complete MMORPG noob.
WoW allows you to escape from your everyday life and face dificult challenges and gain a feeling of satisfaction from that. That is what they are REALLY selling to you. A chance to live a life you can’t live or don’t and feel important or heroic. Once designers not only figure this out and are better then decent at coding a new MMORPG then you might have a potential competitor. For now none of the MMO’s i have played give me the rush and excitement that WoW has given me.

]]> By: Tipa http://stroppsworld.com/2009/11/04/about-that-wow-killer/#comment-41738 Tipa Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:34:18 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=973#comment-41738 I don't think anyone is really trying for "WoW Killer" status any more. I think they are just looking for market share. What they hope is that WoW has made the MMO pie is so large that it can support hundreds of MMO companies. What they don't understand is that nobody wants their game. I could hope that Tetris has expanded the falling brick game market so much that now the market can support any number of falling brick games, but guess what. Nobody wants another falling brick game, either. Though Puyopuyo is damn fun :) There's room for a FEW, but not an infinite number. MMO developers would be better off doing some other kind of game. I don’t think anyone is really trying for “WoW Killer” status any more. I think they are just looking for market share. What they hope is that WoW has made the MMO pie is so large that it can support hundreds of MMO companies.

What they don’t understand is that nobody wants their game. I could hope that Tetris has expanded the falling brick game market so much that now the market can support any number of falling brick games, but guess what. Nobody wants another falling brick game, either.

Though Puyopuyo is damn fun :) There’s room for a FEW, but not an infinite number. MMO developers would be better off doing some other kind of game.

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