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Jackthecat  11/24/08 5:44:59 PM

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Pinky! are you pondering what I'm pondering?

Figured I might as will make the positive version of the other thread =)

Forum Poll

Biggest Successes This Year

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventure
Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria
EVE Online
Guild Wars
Everquest II: The Shadow Odyssey
Lineage II
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Jackthecat  11/24/08 5:56:15 PM

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Pinky! are you pondering what I'm pondering?

If you have others that you feel have been successful this year...please share

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Death1942  11/24/08 7:31:40 PM

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why is guild wars on there?  did they release a new expansion?

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Jackthecat  11/24/08 7:39:59 PM

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Originally posted by Death1942

why is guild wars on there?  did they release a new expansion?


 

nope...I just chose some of the big names and Guild Wars is one.

 

you can have a successful year and not have an expansion.

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Jackthecat  11/24/08 8:34:21 PM

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Pinky! are you pondering what I'm pondering?

Well let's spark up some conversation.

 

What is your definition of successful and what has made the game you voted for successful?

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x_rast_x  11/24/08 10:49:13 PM

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I'm gonna go with Eve, simply because it remains the only sandbox MMO out there that's worth a shit.

Hopefully Darkfall will deliver but I'm not sold on the concept by any means.


M1sf1t  11/25/08 12:31:57 AM

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Originally posted by x_rast_x
I'm gonna go with Eve, simply because it remains the only sandbox MMO out there that's worth a shit.
Hopefully Darkfall will deliver but I'm not sold on the concept by any means.

/agree

I didn't see anything major put out by other MMO's and the 900 pound gorilla known as WoW only flung out rehashed poo in a box. Here's hoping for CCP to do a bang up job with World of Darkness and TCOS not being rehashed poo in a box.

Games I've played:WAR, LOTRO, Tabula Rasa, AoC, EQ2, WoW, Vangaurd, LoTRO, D&DO, Lineage 2, Saga Of Ryzom, EvE Online, DAoC, Guild Wars, Star Wars Galaxies, Hell Gate London, Auto Assault, Grando Espada ( AKA SoTNW ), Archlord, CoV/H.

Games I Am Currently Playing:

EVE Online

Cleffy  11/25/08 1:35:57 AM

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Out of that list I consider only 3 real successes.

EVE was a success this year.  Only 3 years ago they had 1/10th the population they have now.  Lord of the Rings Online also was a success.  They released a descent expansion and they maintained a million users.  Wrath of the Lich King was also a success because of the volume of sales as you can imagine.  One left off the list was Runescape.  I know people don't consider it a good game but its getting millions of subscribers...

razerblade29  11/25/08 2:14:10 AM

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I voted EVE too, even though finanicially WOTLK was the most successful but it had alot more chances to be successful because of the already high ammunt of ppl playing it. EVE on the other hand im pretty shure had a bigger population increase compared to % of playing last year to this year

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nariusseldon  11/25/08 12:39:34 PM

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Is there any doubt? WOTLK probably generated more revenue in its FIRST DAY than all of the others combined for the year.

If not the first day, then the first week would be pretty safe bet.

 
GaryM  11/25/08 1:32:54 PM