Personally I think the next mmo wll have to be something immersivly new.. that's the track record so far.
First muds were new, something you could immerse yourself in to experience a fantasy story.
Then UO added 2D to it, a new way to immerse yourself in the stories.
then EQ added 3D to it... you were finally in the world!
Perhaps a VR game will be the next big MMO?
Or maybe a more realistic world to live in with like AI and machine learning?
WoW was really the only one to appear after a predecessor did the new immersive thing first, and was able to really take hold as the ruling MMO for that generation. I think that's because they took what EQ introduced to the nerd world, and introduced it to the outside world. So in a way it was able to be a "first" without being the first.
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