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Will WoW survive?

Duh! of course 46 22.33%
 
Yes, but the market is a downward spiral 71 34.47%
 
No 21 10.19%
 
meh i dont five a f*ck 67 32.52%
 
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aikohualda on 14 May 2013
yum123 said:
aikohualda said:
yum123 said:
benji232 said:
yum123 said:
benji232 said:
VGKing said:
That article makes it sound like WoW is dying. It's FAR FAR from it. No other MMORPG even close close to it in playerbase. Not even free to play titles.

Uhh. It is dying. If an mmorpg loses more players than it is gaining, then IT is dying no mather how many more players it still has left. World of Warcraft has been constantly losing players for the past few years (a part from the small boost MoP gave it). If you don't consider that a dying mmorpg, then idk what to tell you. It's not dead, far from dead, but it is dying.


It is impossible to call an ACTIVE userbase of 8.3 million dying. considering thats still the highest for any game in the genre then no. it is declining but has more life than any other in the genre

You don't understand what I meant... A dying game is a game that has been losing more players then gaining right? Then going by that definition, World of Warcraft IS dying even if it still has one of the biggest userbase of any mmorpg. How can you not call a game that has been constantly losing players for the past couple years a dying game. Please explain me your definition of a dying game.  Now obviously, WoW is a game that will still be there in 5 years, hell, maybe even 10. But the fact remains that it is losing more players then it's gaining and this perfectly matches the definition of a dying mmorpg.

no its not dying as ive explained it is a declining game but fare from dying. a dying game is a game that has little players and is relatively close to being dead. WOW is simply declining but no where near dying there is plenty of life in it.

do you think they can revive it though?


Nope. game is simply to old. everything dies eventually and the trend is downwards. and ofcourse once blizzard lauches a new mmo wow will be close to dying then.

well they have the money to spend XD



 

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MonstaMack on 14 May 2013

Speaking of MMO's one of the few standing paying MMO's is also going free to play, following TERA... now Rift.

http://www.riftgame.com/en/promo/freetoplay.php



It's just that simple.

aikohualda on 14 May 2013
MonstaMack said:
Speaking of MMO's one of the few standing paying MMO's is also going free to play, following TERA... now Rift.

http://www.riftgame.com/en/promo/freetoplay.php

wow... the genre is really on a slope huh



 

aikohualda on 14 May 2013

i think in 5 years wow will be a f2p game :P



 

MonstaMack on 14 May 2013
aikohualda said:
i think in 5 years wow will be a f2p game :P


But by then Titan should be out?

*looks at past delayed Blizzard games*

Oh I mean 15 more years.;)

But yeah. Funny enough the first MMO I ever subscribed to is still pay per month: Ultima Online. Probably too many dedicated hardcore payers and the graphics/game being so outdated that they wouldn't entice anyone with a free to play model.



It's just that simple.