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Ohishi
Apocalypse Reign
#1 - 2013-09-07 09:58:51 UTC
SE is breaking records, even after STOPPING SALES of it's new game FFXIV: ARR. The numbers posted are on par or better than currently online games such as COD:BOII and HALO 4, and some are saying even matching so WOW markets. Is FFXIV the next game to rule them all? Or is this a free month bubble? Even still, if FFXIV loses 5/6ths of it's current playerbase it will be equal to EVE in concurrent users. Not bad for a failed reborn MMO.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

Baby ChuChu
Ice Cream Asylum
#2 - 2013-09-07 11:18:12 UTC
I'm absolutely loving the game at the moment...but no. It's good, great in fact, but it's not going to be "the next big thing." It's, for all intents and purposes, a pretty "standard" MMO. I think it'll do really well and it'll make Square Enix some serious cash, but it's not going to turn the industry on it's head by any means.
Mr Pragmatic
#3 - 2013-09-07 13:09:47 UTC
I don't think any MMO will change the industry ever again.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#4 - 2013-09-07 13:15:01 UTC
Too many acronyms involved for me to parse any meaning at all out of OP.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Kyseth
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2013-09-07 20:00:19 UTC
At this point, I don't expect any MMO to be Earth shattering. Maybe there will be some new tech or new flavors to enjoy for a time, but nothing that will really change the fact that being overly excited about an MMO is a thing of the past.
Cynter DeVries
Spheroidal Projections
#6 - 2013-09-08 20:48:50 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Too many acronyms involved for me to parse any meaning at all out of OP.

Allow me to summarize: OMGWTFBBQ!

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#7 - 2013-09-08 22:39:38 UTC
Mr Pragmatic wrote:
I don't think any MMO will change the industry ever again.


The new Everquest looks interesting.
Malaclypse Muscaria
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2013-09-09 16:33:34 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Mr Pragmatic wrote:
I don't think any MMO will change the industry ever again.


The new Everquest looks interesting.


From a technology point of view, I've been following for quite a while the guy who made the voxel engine on which the new Everquest is based: Procworld, you can see here some very cool demos of what the engine is able to do.

And from a gameplay point of view, I've been reading some of the noises Smedley has been making about Everquest Next, and the reasons why they decided to scrap what they had and start all over again, and he comes across as a guy with the right sort of ideas.

Amongst all the other MMOs satisfied with cloning each other, Everquest Next does seem like an interesting breath of fresh air.
Shalua Rui
Rui Freelance Mining
#9 - 2013-09-09 18:01:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Shalua Rui
baltec1 wrote:
The new Everquest looks interesting.


As does Elder Scrolls Online... alas it will be subscription based too... Straight

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