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<blockquote data-quote="raniE" data-source="post: 8912194" data-attributes="member: 6950907"><p>How many companies, video game companies with experience of doing this rather than a company that really doesn't have much experience in video games, have attempted to create an MMORPG to make WoW money and failed? How many have succeeded?</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think it's entirely possible for it to go worse than that. If the VTT doesn't pan out at all, that is they never get it working, that could be financially ruinous. Even if it does work, if it becomes unpopular, like most attempted WoW-competitors, then what? Might be even more financially ruinous, as now they'll have to pay to maintain those servers and try to get it to work while they bleed subscribers every month. It's entirely possible, and in my view likely, that WotC is pushing more money towards something hard to recoup expenses on, while a fad wave they've been riding for years is coming to an end and they're getting a lot of revitalized competition and dropping core customers, all at the same time.</p><p></p><p>I think the scenarios for a failure well worse than 4e are far more likely than any sort of massive success from this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raniE, post: 8912194, member: 6950907"] How many companies, video game companies with experience of doing this rather than a company that really doesn't have much experience in video games, have attempted to create an MMORPG to make WoW money and failed? How many have succeeded? I think it's entirely possible for it to go worse than that. If the VTT doesn't pan out at all, that is they never get it working, that could be financially ruinous. Even if it does work, if it becomes unpopular, like most attempted WoW-competitors, then what? Might be even more financially ruinous, as now they'll have to pay to maintain those servers and try to get it to work while they bleed subscribers every month. It's entirely possible, and in my view likely, that WotC is pushing more money towards something hard to recoup expenses on, while a fad wave they've been riding for years is coming to an end and they're getting a lot of revitalized competition and dropping core customers, all at the same time. I think the scenarios for a failure well worse than 4e are far more likely than any sort of massive success from this. [/QUOTE]
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