For the quarter, Activision Blizzard was the #1 independent publisher in North America and Europe combined, including accessory packs and figures, with the #1 and #2 best-selling titles year-to-date– Skylanders Giants™ and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.¹ Additionally, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft® remained the world’s #1 subscription-based MMORPG, ending the quarter with approximately 7.7 million subscribers.²
Wasn't blizzard working on a new MMO? Titan? what's up with that? beyond the expected blizzard thing of restarting development a million times behind the scenes...
Good, MMOs need to die as quickly as possible.
And Guild Wars 2 continues to increase in players on the cusp of releasing in China/Asia. :smug
I just want F2P WoW, I'm back in if that happens.Yeah I'll install it, play for 20 mins, and then never play again like every f2p mmo I've tried.
Is it just the existence of a game where you play with others?
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Good, MMOs need to die as quickly as possible.
So they should die because you can't?Good, MMOs need to die as quickly as possible.
this. dont see the charm in spending hours and hours for games that cant end.
So they should die because you can't?Good, MMOs need to die as quickly as possible.
this. dont see the charm in spending hours and hours for games that cant end.
I'm not sure whats hard to get about "do stuff in a rpg world with friends and whatnot"
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Whats so great about spending $60 on games that last 5 hours?So they should die because you can't?Good, MMOs need to die as quickly as possible.
this. dont see the charm in spending hours and hours for games that cant end.
I'm not sure whats hard to get about "do stuff in a rpg world with friends and whatnot"
what's so great about wasting a monthly fee for something that goes on forever.
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Lfx is a crutch as you said etiolate.
It creates a forgetable experience and destroys social interaction.
In Vanilla and Tbc it seemed like i knew so many players of both sides by name, and they knew me. Awesome stuff. There were hated guilds and crappy players you avoided. Basically everything PD said but i was a healer :)
Sorry, I keep reading "the game has made it easier and more streamlined to PLAY THE GAME and that's a negative"
It's almost like you guys are admitting that playing the game isn't enough to keep, you know, playing the game.
That's the thing, you could make your own guild. Only let confirmed badasses in that have proven themselves.
Lot of misinformation man!Leave the old man be, he's set in his ways. :D
WoW is just a terrible game all around. Everything about the gameplay mechanics and design were awful.
I don't think it's much of a surprise that most hardcore MMO players have little experience with the single player RPG genre.
This is where the disconnect comes from. If you've played a ton of more mechanically complex games in the mother genre, playing MMOs is a bit like going from Civ to FarmVille. The social aspects just can't make up for the staggering drop in complexity in all aspects.
From what I've been able to figure out, fps multi is about 14 year olds letting you know they're racist and that you suck because you have a job and can't play the game 10+ hours a day.
In other words, oscar has played one MMO and is speaking for all MMOs and MMO players. It's totally cool cuz it's what the cool people do.
I've played more than that, but that's the only one I did endgame in, which is what he asked.
Tell me, would you classify yourself as a heavy single player RPG fan? Surely if I'm wrong, more than half of the MMO players at a hardcore place such as the Bore will be big single player RPG fans, right?
dat click fest/social clientFrom what I've been able to figure out, fps multi is about 14 year olds letting you know they're racist and that you suck because you have a job and can't play the game 10+ hours a day.
says the guy who played d3 about 200 hours the first month
If someone dislikes MMOs why would they ever play one long enough to reach the end-game?
dat click fest/social clientFrom what I've been able to figure out, fps multi is about 14 year olds letting you know they're racist and that you suck because you have a job and can't play the game 10+ hours a day.
says the guy who played d3 about 200 hours the first month
Dude there's poutine PIZZA now. Gonna die happy, aww yeah.
I don't think it's much of a surprise that most hardcore MMO players have little experience with the single player RPG genre.
This is where the disconnect comes from. If you've played a ton of more mechanically complex games in the mother genre, playing MMOs is a bit like going from Civ to FarmVille. The social aspects just can't make up for the staggering drop in complexity in all aspects.
Alright, just one last question, then I have to go pack. When you play an MMO, what's the best part? Is it the deep mechanics and/or character growth, the story, or is it the amazing thrill of coordinating with a team to overcome a crazy obstacle?
I suspect it's the latter. For me, in FFXI, it was the latter. If it's the latter, you have to understand that that is not only something that has little appeal to single player RPG fans, but actually repels many of them.
Anyway, I'm more or less off to Canada. See you fegs in two weeks.
What makes mmos so good too?
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