Mechwarrior Online - Unofficial hype thread - Free-2-Play PC exclusive - Open Beta on the 16th

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Kasz216 said:

ithis said:

PullusPardus said:
I think Hawken looks more interesting, this looks rather bland.

Hawken is a Mech FPS as declared by those who make it, this is a Mech simulator in Mechwarrior style. I'm curious to see which one will have the upper hand in player numbers. Both should do well I think.

I'd think the answer would be Hawken unless it's horrible. 

Mech Simulator has always been a pretty niche genre.

 

Or to put it more percisely... either way it'll probably be Hawken to start (unless awful) Then Mechwarrior 2-3 years down the line.

 

Since while Niche, there aren't going to be many more mech simulator MMOs.

Not that MWO or Hawken are actually MMOs but there is also

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/20/reign-of-thunder-is-f2p-mech-shooter-from-mechassault-dev/

And there a bunch of older MMOs as well (they kinda suck)

and the turnbassed Mechwarrior Tactics

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/21/mechwarrior-tactics-deploys-on-pc-in-north-america-in-2012/

 

The mechwarrior series was actually quite popular back in the day and I think name recognition will help it a lot. Mechwarrior 2 and the add-ons sales totaled $70 million which was pretty huge considering most of the sales were at a budget price http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/jan99/fasapr.mspx. It also has a very active fan community that will help spread word of mouth. I think both games will do very well as long as the gameplay is there.