Will World of Warcraft ever "die out"?

I showed up late for the game, after recently trying World of Warcraft I fell in love with it, because I've always loved RPG's of any kind. However seeing how old it is, and honestly the graphics are not "breathtaking"... I'm suprised to see how popular it still is. Do you think it will be one of those things that just never get old, people will always be join in and it willll stay popular for a long time?

Do you honestly think good graphics make a good game ? If Blizzard continues to release quality expansion packs, then WoW will last quite some time. I personally quit due to boredom but I had fun for the time I played.coolmonkeykid

not until World of Warcraft 2.savetehhaloz

Yes it definitely will.

I used to play... Life is so much better now, it's indescribable.

not until World of Warcraft 2.savetehhaloz

no and stop with these threads

It already is. Just look at WOTLK end-game.

It's so easy that hardcore raiders will easily tire out. This is the core of any MMO. If this core disintegrates, the game soon will.

WoW's problems are starting to grow to be too big to ignore.

UO yielded to EQ, EQ yielded to WOW, WoW will yield soon enough. It's not only inevitable, it's a good thing.

of course it will eventually. i dont expect it to soon though.

It will die eventually, however that could take 5+ more years. I highly doubt you will ever see a WoW2, the reason being there is only so much lore, you cant really just make a new game in the exact same world that has already been played...starting at 1 again. I think blizzard has seen this and that is why their next MMO is a new project. They can take everthing they did well and learned from WoW and put it into a new world where people can start over, but still be excited about. So...will WoW fully die, probably never, but it will most likely fall to Blizzard's new project...so Blizzard will never die.

Everquest is still going and I think it might even be doing better than its own sequel. Final Fantasy XI is still going. No other Western MMORPG (and maybe even Eastern for all I know) has anywhere near the numbers of WoW, and quite a few of them are still around. Of the ones that aren't, it's generally because not much of anyone liked them in the first place. WoW isn't going anywhere for a long, long time. Even if its subscriber numbers fell to a 1% what they are today, there'd still be over 100,000 paying subscribers, and since they would just merge servers, you likely wouldn't really notice much of a difference.

Untill some guy come up with a really good game. that is better than WoW.... and I think it will happen.Dogswithguns

Yeah it will - but doesn't look like it will happen soon

UO yielded to EQ, EQ yielded to WOW, WoW will yield soon enough. It's not only inevitable, it's a good thing.

Schwah

I have a feeling with The Old Republic and Star Trek Online it will die out since their are Millions of Star Trek and Star Wars fans out there. :)Hekynn

[QUOTE="Hekynn"]I have a feeling with The Old Republic and Star Trek Online it will die out since their are Millions of Star Trek and Star Wars fans out there. :)SpaceMoose

I have high hopes for ToR, If Bioware can really make an MMO where your decisions will actually have a major effect on you, others and the world. I think we might see a new day of MMO's.Deadly_Fatalis

I showed up late for the game, after recently trying World of Warcraft I fell in love with it, because I've always loved RPG's of any kind. However seeing how old it is, and honestly the graphics are not "breathtaking"... I'm suprised to see how popular it still is. Do you think it will be one of those things that just never get old, people will always be join in and it willll stay popular for a long time?

Lalucar

Seeing how Ultima Online and EverQuest are still being played, WoW has a LONG time till it finally dies.

I'm seeing 5-10 years before the idiots over at Blizzard run out of ideas to milk from WoW or before they release WoW2 or something similar. Then another 5-7 years before they shut down their servers, hopefully.

[QUOTE="savetehhaloz"]not until World of Warcraft 2.OnlyKurial

Agreed

not until World of Starcraft

I'm seeing 5-10 years before the idiots over at Blizzard run out of ideas to milk from WoW or before they release WoW2 or something similar. Then another 5-7 years before they shut down their servers, hopefully.

ChubbyGuy40

Because you care so much about a game that you don't play? If you don't like or play WoW, then why should you give a crap when their servers shut down?

yet another ex-WoW player that should have quit 6 months earlier than they did. WoW is an amazing game, but people need to stop playing it when it is no longer fun.

I'm seeing 5-10 years before the idiots over at Blizzard run out of ideas to milk from WoW or before they release WoW2 or something similar. Then another 5-7 years before they shut down their servers, hopefully.

ChubbyGuy40

not for a long time.

[QUOTE="SpaceMoose"][QUOTE="Hekynn"]I have a feeling with The Old Republic and Star Trek Online it will die out since their are Millions of Star Trek and Star Wars fans out there. :)FelipeInside

That didn't really have anything to do with the particular argument that he made. He based the assertion entirely on the IP. (I don't think either of those IPs hold anything remotely approaching the level of "big deal" status that they once did either, especially Star Wars with there being a new Star Wars game every time you turn around.)

Additionally, WoW and the Warcraft series in general also have "millions of fans" themselves in the first place. Therefore by his own logic the Star Wars and Star Trek games will also die out before they even get off of the ground...apparently taking WoW with them on their way down. :P

WoW will die in the next decade. If they release 2 more expansions 1 year apart you can expect the last one last 2-3 years. If that happens it'll probably last to '12-'15.

WoW will die in the next decade. If they release 2 more expansions 1 year apart you can expect the last one last 2-3 years. If that happens it'll probably last to '12-'15.

Drazule

[QUOTE="Drazule"]

WoW will die in the next decade. If they release 2 more expansions 1 year apart you can expect the last one last 2-3 years. If that happens it'll probably last to '12-'15.

SpaceMoose

Shh... sigs like that are great, it is a flag that says obvious things about them, like "ignore me". Besides, they seem to think that Bliz has a pool of 10 people that they shuffle around from Warcraft game to Warcraftgame... until they free those 10 people from WoW, nothing else with "Warcraft" in the titlewill get made. :lol:

[QUOTE="SpaceMoose"][QUOTE="Drazule"]

WoW will die in the next decade. If they release 2 more expansions 1 year apart you can expect the last one last 2-3 years. If that happens it'll probably last to '12-'15.

weirjf

Shh... sigs like that are great, it is a flag that says obvious things about them, like "ignore me". Besides, they seem to think that Bliz has a pool of 10 people that they shuffle around from Warcraft game to Warcraftgame... until they free those 10 people from WoW, nothing else with "Warcraft" in the titlewill get made. :lol:

[QUOTE="Hekynn"]I have a feeling with The Old Republic and Star Trek Online it will die out since their are Millions of Star Trek and Star Wars fans out there. :)SpaceMoose

SWG was one of the top 5 greatest games I have ever played until sony **** the game up. It was alot better than wow in almost every aspect. It's just that the devs tried to completely change the game, putting their resources into that instead of fixing bugs. But at its prime, definitely one of the greatest MMOs of all time. Now you log in and can't find a single person online. The sense of community is dead.