Comments on: Killing off World of Warcraft http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/15/killing-off-world-of-warcraft/ A veteran's view on marketing games Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bruce http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/15/killing-off-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-5329 Bruce Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:57:12 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1931#comment-5329 Lucas, The problem is that there are too many of these games to keep up with now. There are over 150 free commercial MMOs. Here is a partial list: http://www.onrpg.com/boards/5284.html Lucas,
The problem is that there are too many of these games to keep up with now. There are over 150 free commercial MMOs. Here is a partial list: http://www.onrpg.com/boards/5284.html

]]> By: Lucas http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/15/killing-off-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-5327 Lucas Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:02:32 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1931#comment-5327 What do you think about the free fps "Combat Arms" from nexon? What do you think about the free fps “Combat Arms” from nexon?

]]> By: Accuracy? http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/15/killing-off-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-5311 Accuracy? Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:49 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1931#comment-5311 A little off there. Although I don't disagree with the point behind this article, a few of the stats are off. Runescape only has 1-2 million active players because of the multiple accounts problem wheres WoW dwarves many of these games at 11.5 million active ACCOUNTS. At one to a player, the actual statistics make it much larger than other games. Same thing, Maplestory is advertising over 80 million accounts when they have about 1.8% of that amount, from people quitting. A little off there. Although I don’t disagree with the point behind this article, a few of the stats are off. Runescape only has 1-2 million active players because of the multiple accounts problem wheres WoW dwarves many of these games at 11.5 million active ACCOUNTS. At one to a player, the actual statistics make it much larger than other games. Same thing, Maplestory is advertising over 80 million accounts when they have about 1.8% of that amount, from people quitting.

]]> By: Riftstalker http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/15/killing-off-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-5188 Riftstalker Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:36:13 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1931#comment-5188 Hmm, reading this I just got an insight. It wont be one game that kills WoW but dozens. Just like the Ford model T created a mass market for cars, WoW has created a mass market for MMOs. So it stands to reason that the NEXT big step will something similar to GM's strategy of many brands, catering to specific "lifestyles". The one game fits all will disappear. Hmm, reading this I just got an insight.

It wont be one game that kills WoW but dozens. Just like the Ford model T created a mass market for cars, WoW has created a mass market for MMOs.

So it stands to reason that the NEXT big step will something similar to GM’s strategy of many brands, catering to specific “lifestyles”. The one game fits all will disappear.

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