Vyl Vit
Cambio Enterprises
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Posted - 2011.09.26 06:34:00 -
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Oh. Make no mistake. EVE isn't the only game people are disillusioned with. There comes a time when all you're doing is meaningless repetitive action...facerolling. A huge migration hasn't occurred yet as there hasn't been an offering that measures up. However, nobody ran gleefully back to their "other" games, either.
One has to wonder if any developers have what it takes to meet rising expectations. Having blown through the content, what next? Most games have all lost their initial design teams, either through corporate/game design friction, or paring back payrolls to obtain some black ink.
SWOR set a record for EA with their pre-release sales, as in: Blew all others before it out of the water. This shows more an overall dissatisfaction with what's currently available than it does high expectations that SWOR will meet...high expectations.
This corporate takeover of video games has been handled clumsily, thoughtlessly and foolishly by everyone in the racket. In fact, game design and corporate management are so removed from each other, deciding to go for the black ink is the death knell for all game design.
The question is: Will SWOR dodge that bullet? They've had plenty of lead time. They've seen the mistakes made by others, most of which were fatal. And, they can even see the thread by which EVE now hangs. It is true. If SWOR does cover all the bases, regardless of what "type" of game it is, it'll put a significant dent in the player bases of all existing games.
Don't forget the single most important feature of video games; occupying the players' time. If that is done engagingly, regardless of what type of game it is, there won't be very many people running back to their old digs, except for the sake of nostalgia.
If SWOR doesn't pass muster, and that will take a bit of time to determine, video games across the board can be said to have hit a wall. Coming back to EVE, or LOTRO, or WoW just to diddle around won't have as much appeal, and there will be this huge, hungry market out there unrequited and verging on resignation - this must be as far as it goes.
Then, I've seen people staring at blinking yellow lights at intersections totally lost to the world - a creeping vegetative state. 
To her it doesn't matter much.-á It's chasms have been leapt, and she leans upon the skepticism of her chosen fate. |