Name all the Korean/Asian MMO’s that do great in the west.

I might be huge enough in Asia to rival WoW worldwide, but I highly doubt that it would rival WoW in the west. Our MMO tastes are far too different and I don’t think micro-transactions will ever pick up big time for an MMO in the west. Hardcore gamers will avoid it because they don’t want people that paid for their gear around them, and casual gamers will avoid it because they don’t want to pay to be viable.

Does anyone know how WoW ranks in Asia as an MMO? is it tops there also?

Name all the Korean/Asian MMO’s that do great in the west.

I might be huge enough in Asia to rival WoW worldwide, but I highly doubt that it would rival WoW in the west. Our MMO tastes are far too different and I don’t think micro-transactions will ever pick up big time for an MMO in the west. Hardcore gamers will avoid it because they don’t want people that paid for their gear around them, and casual gamers will avoid it because they don’t want to pay to be viable.

Does anyone know how WoW ranks in Asia as an MMO? is it tops there also?

Name all the Korean/Asian MMO’s that do great in the west.

I might be huge enough in Asia to rival WoW worldwide, but I highly doubt that it would rival WoW in the west. Our MMO tastes are far too different and I don’t think micro-transactions will ever pick up big time for an MMO in the west. Hardcore gamers will avoid it because they don’t want people that paid for their gear around them, and casual gamers will avoid it because they don’t want to pay to be viable.

Does anyone know how WoW ranks in Asia as an MMO? is it tops there also?

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I’m always sceptical of claims that a certain game will kill WoW, and I doubt this is the one to do it, but SUN appears to tick all the right boxes. What do you think?

Obviously any game that tops the charts will be overthrown one day. Ultima (+ online) was a giant in its days but eventually people grew out of it. Diablo 2 remains the champion of hack and slay, and will remain until Diablo 3 is out. No Titan quest or Sacred changed that. So one day the WoW days will be over and the best that Blizzard could possibly achieve is overtake it’s very own WoW with WoW 2 at the “box-office”

Until that happens, there have been just so many “WoW Killers” and neither the concept of a totally free online game (Guildwars) nor in a popular universe (LotR) nor with better graphics (AoC) has overtaken WoW. Now we are seeing the supposedly next killer game, before the killer game that was really going to kill WoW (Warhammer online) is even out.

I guess the press needs something to write

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I’m always sceptical of claims that a certain game will kill WoW, and I doubt this is the one to do it, but SUN appears to tick all the right boxes. What do you think?

Obviously any game that tops the charts will be overthrown one day. Ultima (+ online) was a giant in its days but eventually people grew out of it. Diablo 2 remains the champion of hack and slay, and will remain until Diablo 3 is out. No Titan quest or Sacred changed that. So one day the WoW days will be over and the best that Blizzard could possibly achieve is overtake it’s very own WoW with WoW 2 at the “box-office”

Until that happens, there have been just so many “WoW Killers” and neither the concept of a totally free online game (Guildwars) nor in a popular universe (LotR) nor with better graphics (AoC) has overtaken WoW. Now we are seeing the supposedly next killer game, before the killer game that was really going to kill WoW (Warhammer online) is even out.

I guess the press needs something to write

[quote=Maticus;4142122]

I’m always sceptical of claims that a certain game will kill WoW, and I doubt this is the one to do it, but SUN appears to tick all the right boxes. What do you think?

Obviously any game that tops the charts will be overthrown one day. Ultima (+ online) was a giant in its days but eventually people grew out of it. Diablo 2 remains the champion of hack and slay, and will remain until Diablo 3 is out. No Titan quest or Sacred changed that. So one day the WoW days will be over and the best that Blizzard could possibly achieve is overtake it’s very own WoW with WoW 2 at the “box-office”

Until that happens, there have been just so many “WoW Killers” and neither the concept of a totally free online game (Guildwars) nor in a popular universe (LotR) nor with better graphics (AoC) has overtaken WoW. Now we are seeing the supposedly next killer game, before the killer game that was really going to kill WoW (Warhammer online) is even out.

I guess the press needs something to write

Ninja Gaiden meets Diablo..at first glance anywho.

Ninja Gaiden meets Diablo..at first glance anywho.

Ninja Gaiden meets Diablo..at first glance anywho.

Surpassing wow in asian market really doesn’t mean much, since so many games have done so in the past.  Trying to beat WoW at its own game is like throwing an egg at a rock, the best way to go is to aim for a different niche market, like Free 2 Play.  That is, if you were trying to win a fight against a boxing champion, do you think you should use a pair of gloves or a gun?  I don’t see any guns in this game.