I think there is only one thing that could unseat WoW as the most popular MMO.

The only thing dethroning WoW is blizzard's next mmo. No game has the content, accessibility, polish and fluid gameplay of WoW on the market right now. Regardless of what the haters say about EQ 2 or AOC being better, they simply aren't and TOR's gameplay looks pretty generic and boring. EQ 2 was just awful at launch and after 4 months I gave up on that game, AOC had no end game.. literally and Aion and warhammer were WoW clones. Blizzard will be the only people to dethrone WoW imo.

Espada12

I think the only MMO to dethrone WoW would be one set in Biblical times. People would level up for years just to meet Jesus, who would be an NPC played by a GM, much like Darth Vader in SWG...

The only thing dethroning WoW is blizzard's next mmo. No game has the content, accessibility, polish and fluid gameplay of WoW on the market right now. Regardless of what the haters say about EQ 2 or AOC being better, they simply aren't and TOR's gameplay looks pretty generic and boring. EQ 2 was just awful at launch and after 4 months I gave up on that game, AOC had no end game.. literally and Aion and warhammer were WoW clones. Blizzard will be the only people to dethrone WoW imo.

Espada12

On topic though, no MMO is going to come along and suddenly kill WoW. Plenty of other MMOs will be successful, but the only thing that's going to kill WoW is old age. As time goes by the active subscription base will gradually lower. It'll still be in the millions for years, but it will go down, and those players will spread out amongst other MMOs. It will be a long time, if ever, before any single pay2play MMO reaches the subscription base of MMO at it's prime.

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I've always wondered why Pokemon was never made into an MMO of some sort.

PBSnipes

Because Nintendo is only vaguely aware that the internet exists and you can play games over it?

That made me giggle.

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

The only thing dethroning WoW is blizzard's next mmo. No game has the content, accessibility, polish and fluid gameplay of WoW on the market right now. Regardless of what the haters say about EQ 2 or AOC being better, they simply aren't and TOR's gameplay looks pretty generic and boring. EQ 2 was just awful at launch and after 4 months I gave up on that game, AOC had no end game.. literally and Aion and warhammer were WoW clones. Blizzard will be the only people to dethrone WoW imo.

ianuilliam

On topic though, no MMO is going to come along and suddenly kill WoW. Plenty of other MMOs will be successful, but the only thing that's going to kill WoW is old age. As time goes by the active subscription base will gradually lower. It'll still be in the millions for years, but it will go down, and those players will spread out amongst other MMOs. It will be a long time, if ever, before any single pay2play MMO reaches the subscription base of MMO at it's prime.

[QUOTE="ianuilliam"]

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

The only thing dethroning WoW is blizzard's next mmo. No game has the content, accessibility, polish and fluid gameplay of WoW on the market right now. Regardless of what the haters say about EQ 2 or AOC being better, they simply aren't and TOR's gameplay looks pretty generic and boring. EQ 2 was just awful at launch and after 4 months I gave up on that game, AOC had no end game.. literally and Aion and warhammer were WoW clones. Blizzard will be the only people to dethrone WoW imo.

SparkyProtocol

On topic though, no MMO is going to come along and suddenly kill WoW. Plenty of other MMOs will be successful, but the only thing that's going to kill WoW is old age. As time goes by the active subscription base will gradually lower. It'll still be in the millions for years, but it will go down, and those players will spread out amongst other MMOs. It will be a long time, if ever, before any single pay2play MMO reaches the subscription base of MMO at it's prime.

The only thing that has a shot at dethroning WoW anytime soon is the next Blizz MMO

I still think Ragnarok Online is the best MMO around hands-down bar-none.

I still think Ragnarok Online is the best MMO around hands-down bar-none.

Shad0ki11

Yup. Great artstyle, sublime monster design that rivals Nippon Ichis best, awesome PVP, awesome card system, great job classes. Best MMO ever.

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="PBSnipes"]

Because Nintendo is only vaguely aware that the internet exists and you can play games over it?

mattisgod01

:P

Give them some credit, the internet's only been around since the late 80's :o

Nintendo primarily make games for children, Nintendo doesn't want to expose their main client base to such a dangerous place.

Sadly this is probably the reason, its why they restrict everything so much on the little online they have now.

I've always wondered why Pokemon was never made into an MMO of some sort.

lundy86_4

the reason why this dosent exist is because it would kill humanity

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

The only thing dethroning WoW is blizzard's next mmo. No game has the content, accessibility, polish and fluid gameplay of WoW on the market right now. Regardless of what the haters say about EQ 2 or AOC being better, they simply aren't and TOR's gameplay looks pretty generic and boring. EQ 2 was just awful at launch and after 4 months I gave up on that game, AOC had no end game.. literally and Aion and warhammer were WoW clones. Blizzard will be the only people to dethrone WoW imo.

ianuilliam

On topic though, no MMO is going to come along and suddenly kill WoW. Plenty of other MMOs will be successful, but the only thing that's going to kill WoW is old age. As time goes by the active subscription base will gradually lower. It'll still be in the millions for years, but it will go down, and those players will spread out amongst other MMOs. It will be a long time, if ever, before any single pay2play MMO reaches the subscription base of MMO at it's prime.

I meant gameplay wise it was basically a WoW clone which is why I lumped it with Aion.

The only thing that has a shot at dethroning WoW anytime soon is the next Blizz MMO

Juken7

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

The only thing dethroning WoW is blizzard's next mmo. No game has the content, accessibility, polish and fluid gameplay of WoW on the market right now. Regardless of what the haters say about EQ 2 or AOC being better, they simply aren't and TOR's gameplay looks pretty generic and boring. EQ 2 was just awful at launch and after 4 months I gave up on that game, AOC had no end game.. literally and Aion and warhammer were WoW clones. Blizzard will be the only people to dethrone WoW imo.

ianuilliam

On topic though, no MMO is going to come along and suddenly kill WoW. Plenty of other MMOs will be successful, but the only thing that's going to kill WoW is old age. As time goes by the active subscription base will gradually lower. It'll still be in the millions for years, but it will go down, and those players will spread out amongst other MMOs. It will be a long time, if ever, before any single pay2play MMO reaches the subscription base of MMO at it's prime.

Sorry Nintendo believes internet is a fad.

Pokemon MMO would propably bomb, the audience doesn't translate well to MMO styled subcribers.

So no...Pokemon MMO wouldn't stand a chance against WoW, the only thing that does is another Blizzard MMO

I just had to write this... All you noobs saying "a pokemon MMO" "A Star Wars MMO" "A Teletubbies MMO" will kill WoW are so clueless it's hurting my brain. WoW isn't a smash hit because of it's theme, the theme is probably the most overused theme in RPG's in gaming history, WoW is what it is because the game is MADE TO PERFECTION. You nubs that think it's just a pick the right theme, throw some money at the game and profit are really really shockingly clueless. And no dev that has 0 experience in MMO is going to out of the blue outdo Blizzard, and it isn't going to be some independent nobody. Just face the facts, the next great MMO will be whatever Blizzard makes. They're Gods of gaming for a reason. It's like the movies, a great director makes great movies, you just know Chrostopher Nolan's next movie is going to own.Milkage

i think guild wars2 might have a chance(not having to pay monthly fees means alot to me) :p