Bioware's new MMO-- Star Wars: The Old Republic

[Words Of Wisdom]

Ail said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

Ail said:

Possible successfull MMO, yeah

Contender to Wow ? Doubtfull, noone is really playing in the same league as Blizzard these days. Heck expect Wow suscribers to rise to 13 millions or so in the next 6 months....

That's what people said about Everquest and the like before WoW.

Still, a better failing of this new MMO is that Star Wars is too niche to beat WoW.

 

Wow is nothing like Everquest ( I played both extensively).

Blizzard spends more on Wow yearly than Sony used to on EQ in 4 years and you see it in the game...

 

Niche isn't the issue, you could argue Star Wars has more mainstream appeal than Wow...( Wow is still only known within the gamer community).

But heck, how many MMOs aside from Wow do commercial on TV ? :P

Heck I can buy Wow T-shirts at my local mall...

I'm not saying the games are identical, I'm saying they occupy the same space in the industry (MMO) and one usurped the (albeit fading) popularity of the other.

WoW is also not "still only known within the gamer community."  I don't know if you're around many people but a LOT of people recognize WoW some who have played it, some who have experimented, but most who at least know one person in the other two categories.  It is highly recognizeable by anyone under the age of 25 as sad as that is...