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Originally Posted by yorumi
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I think the real problem is the mmo industry might possibly be the least creative sector of the video game industry. All the games are just copies of something else, and there's rarely an original idea.
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I think the real problem is that the mmo industry is basing their game design ideas off of game mechanics and themes found within WoW, because of it's huge success. They give no consideration to the idea that a major reason for the huge success of WoW is not just WHAT it is, but also WHO produces it. Blizzard consistently produces engaging products that are mature enough to be released and it does not make a habit of pissing it's customers off as time goes on. They have an excellent reputation within the gaming industry. This has a Synergistic influence on their gaming populace.
So far, every company that has tried to copy the WoW formula has produced a WoWish game, but without the backing of a Blizzard. Who wants to play a game that is already like an existing game except that it is worse and is run by corporations that sink because of inadequate bank or like SOE, generally just fuck up their games and piss their customers off?