Isn't it supposed to be "SOE" not just "Sony?"

LOL! Too bad SOE couldn't make a AAA game even if their lives depended on it. Not one of their titles is even worth mentioning anymore and they certainly can't compete with the likes of blizzard. The only mmo I think which even stands a chance of giving WoW a run for it's money is the new star wars one.

Maybe I don't want to play a game that only caters to the social. That's a little too forward thinking for me. I often play games to disconnect from that stuff because it's a genuine pain for me.

I don't doubt it could work. Tbh, I think any game calling itself a WoW-killer is kidding itself if it can't pander to the masses and not just gamers. But at what point does a great game become simple and trite enough to be a glorified 3D chat room?

At the end of the day you may have the numbers, but do you have a great game or just a popular hangout?

Honestly, it seems like Blizzard is making it easier and easier with every patch. New players shouldn't have any problem. They reduced the time needed to level a few patches ago (decreasing exp required) and now mounts can be purchased at even lower levels, no need to invest tons of time anymore.

But can they make money with it?

"Sony reckons that World of Warcraft's success will eventually be dwarfed by an MMO that caters to the Facebook crowd."

EMMO (Emo MMO) confirmed?

While what you are saying is quite true, that they lowered the time needed to get to the top level, easier to get mounts and so on - then it's still a VERY VERY time consuming game. If you wan't to be in a guild that's doing good, then you have to atleast put 2-4 hours a day into playing it depending on how tough the guild your in which is rediculous..

I dont really play MMO's...

Not becuase I dont like them, I just dont want to be sucked in too much, I dont want to spent hours a day playing 1 game =P

I played alot of MMOs. I can tell you that WoW is a wannabe Everquest but extremely dumped down to make it accessable to kiddies and everyone. Itemization in game is horrible.

Final Fantasy XI fixed what Everquest did.

Ultima Online is a proper mmo. You die, people can loot your body etc.

Guild Wars is Proper PvP MMO. No armor bullcrap, pure skill involve in PvP. (In wow you get epix armor and win)

WoW just downgraded MMOs to mainstream, while it might sell more, like I always say, Mainstream stuff sucks, be is music or movies or video games or consoles *wiiiii*

NCSoft are the real kings of MMOs

they could be right,or they could be wrong... but however i congradulate sony on Free realms (or SOE Insted).. free realms is free too right?... so 3 million is wonderfull.

its a casual MMO that caters to the younger audience so i hope sony advertiises alot of it for the PS3 wen it arrives and maybe it could have the same effect.

an MMO on Facebook will be an immediate success, just look at the ridiculous number of people playing Mafia Wars and similar text-based games.

It might be but Sony will never be the company that does it.. Before the blind followers disagree name ANY big Sony mmo.. EQ? They didnt make it they bought it and ran it into the ground with their ignorance. Star wars also wasnt made by them. Matrix either. Of course the ONLY big MMO they have is EQ2 and they blew.. They had a chance to kill warcraft before it ever got released. What did Sony do? Gear the game to the top 10% of EQ players... Who wants to be in a goup that requires 2 healers for even basic trash? Not enough to bring EQ2 to the masses is the answer.

Free MMo's mean nothing kids. Stop acting like Sony having 3 million free players signed up is some how a threat to 11 million paying Wow players.

I would be embarrsed if I were them it took a long time in development only to end up being complete ass heck it has a worse reputation then vista not to mention all that Hardware hype for The PS3 marketing BS isn't helping consumers believe them anymore

Second life has had 1.4 million users log on in the last 60 days alone. There was over 15 million users signed up by september of last year.

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Same goes with games like gunbound.

I'm installing free realms right now just to see what the hubbub is about. The only MMO I ever played was WoW and that was only as a 10 day trial. I gotta say, I was addicted to WoW even though I hated it, which I find disturbing. I didn't like killing the same fricking beasts over and over again for loot, I didn't like running around in environments too dangerous for me and dying over and over again, I didn't like the severe framerate drops every time I entered a town, but even with all its annoyances I kept playing that game. When the ten day trial was up I felt like I was released from prison.

I understand that this Free Realms is geared towards a younger audience so maybe I won't like it too much.