tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006188268467255424.post2168006999760035780..comments2023-10-31T01:11:07.625+11:00Comments on Verbal Intercourse: SpammedCoreushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10258450322199352185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006188268467255424.post-12810696862568050522012-12-09T12:38:14.450+11:002012-12-09T12:38:14.450+11:00That's correct. The point I was trying to make...That's correct. The point I was trying to make is how silly expecting new MMOs to compete with WoW seems now, as compared to even a year ago when a lot of people genuinely though that Star Wars had a good chance to do so.<br /><br />[I had no idea my comments were behind a captcha, and have removed it now.]Coreushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258450322199352185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006188268467255424.post-56564098639315114332012-12-07T09:32:15.068+11:002012-12-07T09:32:15.068+11:00Dear Coreus,
I agree with everything you say, but...Dear Coreus,<br /><br />I agree with everything you say, but I'd also like to add some perspective. WoW came about at a time when there was very little competition, did an amazing job at advertising itself, and brought with it a large fanbase of players from their earlier RTS series. It was poised to be a success, and rightfully was.<br /><br />Since then, though, the market has gotten more and more flooded, and now, with tons of F2P options, new games are often having a hard time getting enough of the player share to make money, let alone "kill WoW." At some level it's not even fair to compare games to WoW any more, with an exception for EQ and EVE, perhaps, which were its only real competitors back then (yes, DAoC and a few others were out there, but those were the big 2).<br /><br />At any rate, I completely agree, but I also don't like comparing WoW with other newer games. It's a new market, totally different than what WoW entered. <br /><br />On a completely separate note, if you don't have a thing for keeping up the captcha check before posting a comment, I'd kill it. Old people like me can't read those damn things.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />StubbornAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com