The problem is that blizzard is really NOT an innovate type of company. Nobody else really figured out how to do a sci-fi MMO succesfully yet (and please DO NOT say Star Wars Galaxies) and hence there really is nobody out there to copy with greater attention to detail (ala WoW).

World of diablo would be a much more straightforward proposition and a guaranteed success, but it would compete significantly with WoW.

SCMMO is a much riskier proposition but would open a completely new market with huge upside potential.

Time will tell. I personally hope it is the SCMMO as we really need a big succesfull MMO that is something other then fantasy hack and slash.

Ziran