Gamerace said:
That's assuming console MMOs even succeed at all, it's relatively untested waters. Also it still has competition from DC Online and City of Heroes but not WoW, at least not directly. Yeah, I'm not sold on MMOs as a business model unless they're like Maplestory or Guild Wars. WoW is too dominating and people aren't too eager to shell out a monthly fee unless it's truly addictive gameplay. |
I don't know about DC Heroes but CoH isn't on consoles so Champions has that going for it above all else. Also, FFXI is on the PS2, PC and 360 (came out in that order) and has done well enough.
And WoW is losing steam. Wrath of the Lich King helped pick up a lot of that steam but you can't expect it to stay forever. Before WotLK was released they were doing all sorts of desperate things to get people back in the game (most of them successful even) but the game can't last forever. People are getting burned out more and more quickly.
Don't take this as doom and gloom for WoW by the way since it still has a lot of life left, I'm just saying in the coming years it will keep losing steam and people will eventually grow tired of it.
