| I'd think it would be premature or rather difficult to make any type of quasi-pyscho analysis of MMO players as we're still a young genre. EQ and UO players (excluding muds) are the first generation of die-hard MMOers.
The point you're trying to make, I think, is that game companies are dumbing down their content to target the younger audience? If this is your point, this isn't something unique to MMOs or even the game industry, it seems like the standard operation for big business. Movies have long been in this state of mind.
It's impossible for any of us to make any kind of comparisson or opinion on what we would have found worthwhile in our younger years compared to these kids. Short of actually having these kids come here and post their point of view, though you could just read WoW General.
Content isn't the only deciding factor for MMO success, it's how well they distract you. | 