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Originally Posted by Believe  To who? I guarantee any MMO developer isn't holding their breath trying to reach WoW numbers, or ever expect to.
WoW was/is a phenomenon, it's pretty ridiculous to consider anything that doesn't reach that level to be a failure. |
Very true.
I think its very important to point out competition is going WAY up as well though.
Mistakes, and weaker games in the past put up decent numbers. EQ with all its faults, lineage1 and 2, even UO and DaoC had some major issues really.
Recently games like WAR and Conan were both pretty well done games, but effectively failed because they weren't at the bar. They were missing components gamers are demanding in an mmo today. The bar has been raised. A game can aim and hit a niche market like Eve, though as well.
