Poll: The next World of Warcraft?

[hotsauceman]

I dont see wow lasting long. Cataclysm itself showed how little blizz really cares for anything but there solid gold toilet paper. It was nothing new no one saw before. Same grinding and same mentality for raiding. Blizz found a model that worked and bleed it dry with no innovation. Not to mention the community.

 

[Dyme]

The next WoW will be the next MMORPG Blizzard makes.

Because apparently all other developers are unable to create a single good MMORPG.

 

[Chris Barber]

NEStalgia will clearly grow up to be the next WoW. Okay. It won't. But I hope it'll grow at least somewhat after the summer content releases.

 

[toughguyjoe]

To the people who say "NO MMO will get as many subscribers as WoW did" Time will tell. I think it's a long shot, but it's not impossible.

SW:ToR will not kill WoW, but it will co-exist with WoW for a very very long time, by my estimates.

I share Mr. Biscuits views on SW:ToR(EA is ashamed of something and it scares them) but i have to say that for an MMO to become a wildfire like WoW is impossible solely based on a statistical outlook. The number of variables is just too damn high for it to happen; or to replicate it with any degree of certainty.

I agree ToR won't kill WoW or dethrone it(again Blizz has a handgun and a foot that's not yet been turned into a bloody stub) but co-existence on a moderate to large scale is impossible for two subscription MMOs. Very few people have the combination of time, money, and desire to play two different subscription MMOs at the same time; and given WoW(still on its slow decline) maintains a healthy chunk of players. Players EA wants but probably won't get. But back to the point only a small(VERY small) number of people will pay for and devote time to two different MMOs at the same time. That alone is the top reason why subscription based MMO's do not co-exist because their nature makes them competitive and that very nature shoots itself in the foot. So the two would not be able to healthily co-exist because their nature puts them at odds; and to co-exist for a long time(assuming any longer than 3 years) would require both to live that long in a healthy state. Warcraft may not have that in it.

It would be nice to see a game at least come close to pulling off what World of Warcraft did. It's statistically improbable, but having a "second titan" in the MMO industry could happen sooner than later if Blizzard lets WoW continue to slump like it has been. A man can dream right?

It would be terrible. If we had another Warcraft we would be back to square one as far as innovation went.

Oh I didn't mean a game "Just like WoW" I'd just like to see something "Better" take its place.

The problem is what is and is not "good" varies from person to person. Hard to cater to huge groups of people it seems.

 

[Sneezeguard]

I'm gonna say a FPS-MMO set in either a modern warfare setting or WW2 were the whole of Europe is a battle ground with 2 different faction (maybe more), constantly trying to push and hold boarders with invasion events every now and again.

Seriously if this happened it would be amazing especially if it was set in a WW2 era also it would probably butcher history a lot so while your at it might as well throw in some Nazi zombies.

 

[Heartcafe]

Spoiler: You'd never had guessed this...

World of Warcraft 2

^^this.
The only people who can top Blizzard is Blizzard.

 

[Xannieros]

They had another MMO planned named Titan. I think it will surpass WoW.

 

[Littlee300]

Blizzard is actually planning on making a new one. I don't know how loyal the fanbase is though.

 

[Nouw]

Spoiler: You'd never had guessed this...

World of Warcraft 2

^^this.
The only people who can top Blizzard is Blizzard.

Which is why their next one might be the next 'WoW.'

 

[Domehammer]

Project titan could possibly end up replacing WoW or we never have another WoW. No new mmno's reach height of WoW even after decline in future.

 

[Merkavar]

rift is my bet. its seems to have all the benfits of wow but better graphics and gameplay from what i haveseen.

 

[Vault101]

isnt it only untill level 20? I wouldnt call that a decline

 

[mrwoo6]

Its not the gameplay, or the graphics or the type of gameplay that makes WoW what it is, its the shere number of people playing it, and the word of mouth power behind that. And thus, no Rift or any such game with, improved graphics or gameplay is going to smash WoW. To be honest, I don't think theres going to be anything quite like "another WoW" It had good timing, a shitload of luck, and unstoppable advertising via its own fanbase, whom got there friends to play it. If or when it falls I don't think anything will ever quite take up the same mantel of power as WoW has right now. I think two or three MMO's will battle it up for who's on top at that point in time.

 

[IBlackKiteI]

WoW will never be replaced. The age of the one MMO to rule them all is at its end and when WoW goes down(blizz won't make it big twice based solely on how they keep shooting themselves in the foot) the people will scatter to the dozens of good MMOs out there. WoW will die, SW:ToR will not be its death, and no MMO will corner as many subscribers as WoW did.
No MMO will hit the alignment and luck Warcraft did and thank the Emperor for that. Its best for the industry if the MMO throne remains a dusty old seat that cannot be filled. If so more MMOs devs and publishers will pull from the MULTIPLE pictures of success that we have and the industry will do much better.

SW:ToR, GW2, DMO; despite what people may think won't kill wow, won't dethrone it and none will take the throne. I have no doubt they will be successful but not to the point of 12 million subscribers. Again thank the Emperor for that.

I say its impossible because the sheer capacity for luck and quality to be hit is just unheard of. No MMO will manage to get the population, the community devotion(see Zealotry), and over all quality. But i can guarantee ToR won't hit it, DMO will piss too many people off, and GW2 might become one of the new idolization of the MMO market but not the king. And to top if off Blizzard dosen't have what it takes to make that Titan Project replace WoW.

Now let me lay some knowledge on you broseph. WoW's "free to play" lasts only to 20 and which point i am pretty sure it stops.

Bingo. None of the MMO's so far announced will come anywhere near WoW.
And they shouldn't.
'It's best for the industry if the MMO throne remains a dusty old seat that cannot be filled.'
Damn right man, it's just too bad none of the current MMO developers can seem to wrap their heads around this.

Going head to head with it is fucking dumb, going head to head with any game is fucking dumb. Because if you fuck up, you're fucked, and all they are doing is attempting to make the same stuff with a different coat of paint, over and over again and steal it's fanbase, which are hugely made up of fucking dedicated lunatics who won't change anyway. And even if WoW did lose a metric shitton of players overnight, only a lot of time will actually end it.
And even aside from that theres still the fact, as I said before, they're are all (MMORPG's, not necessarily other genres) trying to be essentially the same thing with a change in setting (ToR) a big gimmick (Rift) or lot's of little gimmicks. (possibly the Secret World, we'll see, this is the only one I really have some hope for at this time, probably because I don't know much about it...)

I don't want to get into it too much, but I'm not even expecting an MMO as good as WoW to come out within the next 5 years. When I feel like being optimistic in the area of Massively Multiplayer Online games, I look to the far, far future of the gaming industry.

 

[Digitaldreamer7]

Wow did not go free to play. Please stop perpetuating this myth.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

WoW has not gone F2P. The first 20 levels, meaning basically 5% of the game, are now F2P. It is not anywhere even remotely close to the F2P model of many other MMOs. WoW will not die until Blizzard makes another MMO. I can assure you of that.