What MMO if any...will dethrone WoW as the ruler of them all?

[gustcq]

I don't think any other MMO atm has a chance...no rift, no soon to be released SWToR, if im not mistaken i read a few month ago an article about blizzard working on a new MMO they will call Titan. Supposedly to doom their WoW and build another titanic empire with the new one...

What do you say?

 

[Mittens The Kitten]

Sexbot 9000

 

[Nomanslander]

You know, I've been hearing people asking this question for years now.

Just...just stop...lol

Oh and Blizzard's Titan project...and that's a maybe...=P

 

[Qizx]

I think the only thing that will end up destroying WoW is Wow. There are so many players and it is so widely known that there is no way some small upshot MMO will be able to take over. I do believe that Titan might have a chance, but I still think that if Blizz keeps updating WoW it could literally go on forever, and yes, I do know what I said when I used "literally." They probably can.

 

[EllEzDee]

Sexbot 9000

Could we not settle for a title over 9000?

 

[KefkaCultist]

Well I want SWToR to do well, but I don't want WoW dethroned because if that happens many will go to Star Wars and from my time on WoW I have witnessed first hand the amount of stupidity contained in many people that play that game. They can stay there playing the boring skinner box while I go and play my hopefully not-as-boring skinner box in the Star Wars universe.

 

[Hatchet90]

World of Warcraft will collapse under its own weight. People will get bored, innovation will run dry, a new game will become king. Possibly Titan, possibly SW:TOR, who knows. But WoW's reign will end in the next few years.

 

[Stammer]

No MMORPG will dethrone WoW as the ruler of MMORPG's. World of Warcrap is to MMORPG's as the Wii is to video game platforms. Making your game different is going to make it successful but it will never be as successful as the clear ruler, and trying to copy it is just going to ruin it because everyone already owns the one that's been out for a long time.

WoW was marketed to the right people, as was the Wii.
WoW is easily played by anyone of all ages, as is the Wii.
WoW is cheap to get into (you don't need a $5000 computer to play it), and the Wii is the cheapest of the 3 current-gen platforms.
WoW has perfected its gimmick over time, and other games trying to copy it will automatically fail; the Wii has perfected its gimmick and other platforms trying to copy it will automatically fail.
WoW has ass-tastic graphics, as does the Wii.

Y'know, I could just go on with this list. But my point is, dethroning WoW's audience is like trying to dethrone the Wii's audience. It just isn't going to happen.

 

[Stammer]

Sexbot 9000

Final Fantasy thirty. Why? Because what's the Roman Numeral for thirty?

Exactly.

 

[KiKiweaky]

I'm not sure its possible right now, theres far too many people with high level characters, established guilds, good gear, boatloads of cash etc... they have their comfort zone and dont want to leave.

I practically begged 2 friends of mine to at least play warhammer online for a bit or at least try its free trial. They both refused point blank to even try another game, which was a bit meh

 

[Sidremus]

Sexbot 9000

you sir, .....
are actually right
untill real cyberspace-like sex, WoW will stay on its unholy throne

 

[Ironic Pirate]

Time. Time and unsuccessful attempts at another Cata will dethrone WoW. As more games exist, gamers will rush to find the one that perfectly fits their niche (real time FTP FPS steampunk? ZOMG!) rather than all play the same one. The one that "dethrones" it will be whichever has the most subs when it dies, I guess.

 

[Yvl9921]

TOR will knock WoW down a few pegs (I'm guessing they'll gather about 5 - 6 million subscribers, most of them from WoW), but not kill it. It won't recover though, that game's bones are just getting too old. It'll be Titan that finally overthrows WoW. However, after TOR comes out, I doubt there will ever be an MMO that towers over the rest so greatly as WoW did.

 

[drakythe]

Personally I think nothing will ever "dethrone" WoW. If anything, WoW will kill itself in over ambition or lack of real content updates. If/when this occurs, a mix of 'Freemium' and other MMOs will take its place, but nothing will reach the popularity WoW had at its height.

 

[144_v1legacy]

a pokemon one

 

[Euhan01]

The Bioware star wars stands a good chance to take over some of its audiance, but I can't see any MMO taking it over in the short term, maybe decrease its share.

Mind you a COD MMO would stand a chance.

 

[Arluza]

Any game where the developer perfect the MMO Skinner box even more than WOW did...Is that possible?

 

[Riddle78]

My latest idea!

"EMP Blizzard's Servers"

I've seen and heard enough of that game to last me ten lifetimes...