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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 3174248" data-attributes="member: 11760">Um, I know. Having said that, the would-be WoW killers haven't come to market yet. The last major &quot;threat&quot; to WoW launched before it, and that was EQ2. We won't see anything really designed to take a bite out of the WoW market until 2007 when Vanguard and Pirates of the Caribbean Online hit.Well, the vast majority of MMORPGs that even register with audiences are distributed by companies that are publicly traded. Telling shareholders not to look for huge profits is a good way to find yourself looking for a new job.No, according to the charts, they're at the bottom range of what could be considered major players. That there are unprofitable MMORPGs below them that haven't had the lights turned off yet does not make them into a major success, nor does it make them a model that other companies will try to emulate.This doesn't mean that EVE isn't a good game, that CCP isn't good people or that I don't wish the best on the players and developers. But having worked for a company that launched an MMORPG, I'm saying quite honestly that no one aims to be #6 or 7, not with someone else's money, and given the capital investment required to launch an MMORPG, it's always with someone else's money.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 3174248, member: 11760"] Um, I know. Having said that, the would-be WoW killers haven't come to market yet. The last major "threat" to WoW launched before it, and that was EQ2. We won't see anything really designed to take a bite out of the WoW market until 2007 when Vanguard and Pirates of the Caribbean Online hit. Well, the vast majority of MMORPGs that even register with audiences are distributed by companies that are publicly traded. Telling shareholders not to look for huge profits is a good way to find yourself looking for a new job. No, according to the charts, they're at the bottom range of what could be considered major players. That there are unprofitable MMORPGs below them that haven't had the lights turned off yet does not make them into a major success, nor does it make them a model that other companies will try to emulate. [b]This doesn't mean that EVE isn't a good game, that CCP isn't good people or that I don't wish the best on the players and developers.[/b] But having [i]worked for a company that launched an MMORPG[/i], I'm saying quite honestly that no one aims to be #6 or 7, not with someone else's money, and given the capital investment required to launch an MMORPG, it's [i]always[/i] with someone else's money. [/QUOTE]

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