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Originally Posted by t0lkien
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The entire industry believes it right now. Just another reason I love what CCP did (and they did it against industry "wisdom" at the time). Though I admit their game is for the hardest of hardcore.
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The entire industry believes a lot of bullshit. If you look at the population curves for various mmos you can see that most of them have no clue what they're talking about. EVE is the only mmo that's got a steady upward ramp that never really drops and keeps trucking upward despite being over a decade old. Looking at the behavior of mmos, it's set to overtake wow in a few years as the most popular mmo in the west--assuming the next generation flops, which i doubt--eso looks like it'll take the casuals by storm as far as i can tell.
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here's what the industry should believe: if your game is well-crafted, people will pay to play the game itself. if you have to do an obnoxious ass-backwards payment plan then you are showing that you don't really believe in your game's chances of being well-received.
08-06-2013, 10:20 AM
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