Comments on: 2008’s Big MMO Trends

By: WorldIV.com » WorldIV’s Predictions for 2009

WorldIV.com » WorldIV’s Predictions for 2009 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:17:51 +0000

[...] everyone else is playing the MMO prognostications game. Can we play, too? Read on for WorldIV’s [...]

By: 2009 MMORPG Progdictionations « The Ancient Gaming Noob

2009 MMORPG Progdictionations « The Ancient Gaming Noob — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:52:49 +0000

[...] year, the blogging community has some more interesting predictions up, but I am caught up in the predictions [...]

By: MMOG Nation » The Best of MMOG Nation 2008

MMOG Nation » The Best of MMOG Nation 2008 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:37:18 +0000

[...] to the end, where in the last week or so I’ve graded myself on last year’s predictions, reflected on the year’s big trends, and asked Santa to be nice to the MMO industry next [...]

By: Grimjakk

Grimjakk — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:20:52 +0000

As long as they’re kept tangential to core gameplay, I tolerate micro-transactions. But I’m not interested in playing a game built around them.

I LIKE my subscription model… of course that may be because I’m still traumatized by that $200 AirWarrior bill I racked up back in November of ‘96. Subscriptions are safe and predictable… and that’s not an inconsequential consideration in this economy.

As far as your comments on WAR… I think basing any pronouncement of success or failure on a flip pre-launch comment by a dev – ignoring the fact that the inital crush of players forced them to open more than twice the servers they had initially planned, and that the crush was largely due to a horde of players who were waiting for WotLK – is… not exactly stellar journalism.

No game is perfect, and while I’m a fan, I’m not a “fanboy”. But the game I’m playing (after the server moves and patch 1.1) is MOSTLY brilliant fun. Pointing out a game’s flaws and it’s developer’s misteps is both useful and fair, but it would be better to base criticism on more than an old “gotcha”.