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Old 24th September 2006, 05:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
Goodsport
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How did WoW dethrone Everquest?

A friend of mine who's been playing Wow for the past month or two offered me a 10-day Friend Pass, which I accepted last weekend. After playing WoW for a few days (but moreso on the weekends than on the weekdays, due to work and such), I can honestly say that I'm having fun playing it.

But I was curious: for the longest time since its introduction in 1999, Everquest seemed to be the 800 lbs. gorilla of the MMORPG world. Many MMORPG's came and went while others are still around, but no one MMORPG ever seemed close to toppling EQ from the top-spot until World of Warcraft came along in November 2004.

From what I heard, WoW sold better than Everquest 2 and had become the MMORPG world's new 800 lbs. gorilla. What is it about WoW that allowed it to take the top-spot, an achievement no other MMORPG was able to accomplish against EQ?


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