Remesed: 'The MMO is dead in America—so says PC Gamer, so says Ten Ton Hammer, so says Rock Paper Shotgun—indeed, so says the Fresno Bee, and if the Fresno Bee is running your obit, you’re pretty damn dead in the world of gamers.
But all these eulogies of dubious regret are merely a confirmation for me. You see, the deceased was a good friend of mine.
My first MMO was World of Warcraft. I was introduced by friends and immediately sucked into the vivid, living world. It was a particularly fraught period of my life (graduate school), and my relationship with the game was definitely unhealthy in its intensity for a time, but it also felt somehow special and magical.'
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.
TNS: "A League of Legends game mode, Arena, will return with some major changes that may breathe some life for a stagnant game."
ESTNN writes: "Hwei, LeBlanc and Ryze stand above the rest as the strongest players in the League of Legends 14.8 mid-lane due to substantial buffs in their scaling, base damage and crowd control (CC) respectively."
i remember the first time i played WoW. what a great time i had for a few yrs. now i can't stand the grinding. i liked the cut scenes and choices i could make in the old republic game,. might check it out again.
Yeah, they're dead.
Except for the 5 million + Guild Wars 2 Players and 5 million + WoW subscribers and all those people who play Planetside 2 and, and, and.
Not as popular as it once was because other companies have honed in on some of the things that used to only be in MMORPGs specifically =/= MMOs are dead, especially as MMORPGs have been making a concerted effort to minimize and/or eliminate grind and technology advancements since 2005 making things like an MMOFPS where 2 thousand people fight for control of 1 map possible.
Yeah, the subscription based model is struggling, but that's probably because people have figured out that paying $150 a year for a game when you can get just as many hours out of a $60 Skyrim or The Wittcher 3 is kinda a raw deal for the consumer.