Why WoW will continue to dominate MMORPGs

[Moorea]

Knights of the Old Republic Online will kill WoW

I was saying that about Conan. It took me 5 hours to drop my collectors edition and go back to WoW Though, I do have great hopes for KotORO.

You're faster than me - I played AoC for about 2 weeks before realizing it sucked/was boring to me (first 20 levels/tortage and the novelty effect were great though; great enough that I cancelled wow at the time; since then resumed) - I also had WAR CE pre ordered and I cancelled it after couple hours playing the beta. (at least this time I saved money compared to AOC collector)

I may give a 2nd shot to AOC after I get bored for WOTLK and if they fix the biggest issues...

What is KotORO/when does it come out ? (and can you multi box it ?)

[Tasty]

Knights of the Old Repblic is a star wars game. I don't know when it comes out. I don't care if its boxable or not I'll still play it . Also I wasn't being serious when I said it would kill WoW lol.

[ObesAU]

People used to make threads like this about Everquest.

WoW will one day lose its dominance, all it took for EQ was a really bad expansion released at the same time as a good alternative.

[valkry]

For EQ...all it took was WoW to kill it? I seriously can't think of a way to beat wow, it's not like they are keeping the game the same either, they are constantly trying to improve it. I give wow 4 more years min. 1 year of wotlk, 1 year of Emerald Dream, 1 year of Malestrom, 1 year of God Realm/titan realm or w/e.

Possibly the thing that will kill WoW will be the new MMO being made by Blizzard. A lot of people try to leave wow for new MMOs claiming they are sick of wow and need a change...but they come back when they realise wow is still the best.

[Prepared]

Given the extreme overlap of audiences between WoW and Diablo 3, I would expect Blizzard to (assuming D3 is a full subscription service like WoW) retire WoW in favour of D3 when it comes out in 2-3 years time.

That's my 2 copper.

I don't think Diablo 3 is going to be a paid subscription game like WoW is. It will probably end up being more like an updated version of Diablo 2 that runs on an updated battle.net. Starcraft 2 is not going to be subscription based either.

I believe that the game that will replace WoW is WoS which Blizzard probably won't announce for quite a while. Anyone care to guess what I mean by WoS? Yes, World of Starcraft. I believe it will eventually be the game that will replace WoW if Blizzard gets around to doing it. With 3 main factions battling it out instead of 2, that would rock!

[Tasty]

Given the extreme overlap of audiences between WoW and Diablo 3, I would expect Blizzard to (assuming D3 is a full subscription service like WoW) retire WoW in favour of D3 when it comes out in 2-3 years time.

That's my 2 copper.

I don't think Diablo 3 is going to be a paid subscription game like WoW is. It will probably end up being more like an updated version of Diablo 2 that runs on an updated battle.net. Starcraft 2 is not going to be subscription based either.

I believe that the game that will replace WoW is WoS which Blizzard probably won't announce for quite a while. Anyone care to guess what I mean by WoS? Yes, World of Starcraft. I believe it will eventually be the game that will replace WoW if Blizzard gets around to doing it. With 3 main factions battling it out instead of 2, that would rock!

How could they afford to run all the servers if they don't have monthly subscriptions? In relation to D3 that is

[Prepared]

Given the extreme overlap of audiences between WoW and Diablo 3, I would expect Blizzard to (assuming D3 is a full subscription service like WoW) retire WoW in favour of D3 when it comes out in 2-3 years time.

That's my 2 copper.

I don't think Diablo 3 is going to be a paid subscription game like WoW is. It will probably end up being more like an updated version of Diablo 2 that runs on an updated battle.net. Starcraft 2 is not going to be subscription based either.

I believe that the game that will replace WoW is WoS which Blizzard probably won't announce for quite a while. Anyone care to guess what I mean by WoS? Yes, World of Starcraft. I believe it will eventually be the game that will replace WoW if Blizzard gets around to doing it. With 3 main factions battling it out instead of 2, that would rock!

How could they afford to run all the servers if they don't have monthly subscriptions? In relation to D3 that is

The game will probably cost $49. How are they able to run the servers on Diablo 1, Starcraft, and Diablo 2? By sales of the game. They don't have to worry so much about having game masters monitor the game as much as they do with a paid subscription game like WoW. There will be some game masters around but no where near what they have with WoW.

[OzPhoenix]

I would be very surprised if D3 does not adopt WoW's subscription model.

I could be biased in that, because I really hope it does adopt WoW's subscription model, because I firmly believe that's the best model around in order to see a game continuously updated and kept fresh.

How about this then: IF - IF D3 did have the same subscription model as WoW, would you agree then that the two would largely poach each others playerbases?

[Tasty]

I would be very surprised if D3 does not adopt WoW's subscription model.

I could be biased in that, because I really hope it does adopt WoW's subscription model, because I firmly believe that's the best model around in order to see a game continuously updated and kept fresh.

How about this then: IF - IF D3 did have the same subscription model as WoW, would you agree then that the two would largely poach each others playerbases?

I'm with you on that one. Look at D2 lol. Grated it was ages ago so theres a time difference, but theres like a patch every 3 years and then no patches at all. Bearing in mind also they're totally different games.

[OzPhoenix]

I would be very surprised if D3 does not adopt WoW's subscription model.

I could be biased in that, because I really hope it does adopt WoW's subscription model, because I firmly believe that's the best model around in order to see a game continuously updated and kept fresh.

How about this then: IF - IF D3 did have the same subscription model as WoW, would you agree then that the two would largely poach each others playerbases?

I'm with you on that one. Look at D2 lol. Grated it was ages ago so theres a time difference, but theres like a patch every 3 years and then no patches at all. Bearing in mind also they're totally different games.

Which is actually why I suspect it will use Wow's subscription model. D3 is going to be a large project, needing large returns I suspect. And if it does use a full subscription model, I don't see how it cannot help but to poach many WoW players - which from Blizzards point of view is no gain at all.