Be the game of his/her dreams!
Posted On Friday, April 11th, 2008 By Jay
I read an article over at Wolfshead Online. Go ahead and read that then come back.
One can’t ignore the key points in that article when it comes to WoW. WoW is a niche MMO. Its primary market is everyone! How is that possible. Simple. This game isn’t for just one set of customers(hardcore, casual, pvp, raid) its for each and every one of them. This stance is definitely commendable. Financially it is the most successful, it is the bar with which to judge all future projects. But who cares?
The MMO community, and more specifically is gamer base, is used to niche games. We’ve just never seen this niche. This market, the mass market has never been targeted. Take the following 4 mmos(there are 100s, these are examples I’m familiar with that you the reader may not know about) City of Heroes, Lord of the Rings Online, Maple Story and Everquest. Each of these was a niche product. Each dev house internally(this can never be verified) that sometimes and with some gamers, this game might not be for you.
Risen from Alleria made this statement. Here is a link to the coverage on Wow Insider.
Most MMO gamers have that standby game. They’ll go dabble with this game over here, that game over there. Get a real taste of PVP, go play Shadowbane or Dark Age of Camelot. Want something more casual, try Maple Story or Puzzle Pirates. Wow is that sexy standby. That girl you always come back to. The one girl you end up settling down with. Why? Because WoW has everything you want. It doesn’t do anything in what I consider the “best”. What it does do is accomplish everything with a very high, professional level of polish.
That’s why I keep playing. And that’s why I’m interested in seeing where my experience in WoW take me as well as how the community reacts to the game in the coming months/years.
