Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (commonly abbreviated MMORPG) is a genre of computer role-playing games in which a large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world. The term MMORPG was coined by Richard Garriott,[citation needed] the creator of Ultima Online, the game credited with popularizing the genre in 1997.

As in all RPGs, players assume the role of a fictional character (often in a fantasy world), and take control over many of that character's actions. MMORPGs are distinguished from single-player or small multi-player CRPGs by the number of players, and by the game's persistent world, usually hosted by the game's publisher, which continues to exist and evolve while the player is away from the game.

US$1 billion in 2006. In 2007 and 2008 the virtual goods buying and trading has taken an amazing increase. Next to the more traditional subscription model, virtual goods MMORPGs exceeded half a billion dollars in 2005, and Western revenues exceeded are a second MMORPGs are very popular throughout the world. Worldwide revenues for source of revenues for publishers. In 2008, Western consumer spending on subscription MMOGs grew to $1.4 billion.The most popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft, has over 10 million paying subscribers.

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