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Rift dev: WoW “not different enough” and it’s “fanbase is fading”

Following on from David Reids dig at WoW earlier this month, Rift developer Will Cook has joined in the fun, seemingly not wanted to feel left out.

Cook poked fun at World of Warcraft’s “fading” fan-base, blaming the fact that the game is not “different enough” from when it was originally launched.

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zeal0us5452d ago (Edited 5452d ago )

Your talking about 6-7 year MMORPG of course its going to fade. Like the Roman Empire it can only last for so long before it falls.

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Also taking about 600k wow and converting them to rift players can't really count as fading, can it?

ATiElite5452d ago

WoW is preparing to release Cataclysm in China so there will a huge upward spike in active accounts.

As far as WoW fading....hell it ruled MMo's for like 5 years with an iron fist. I'm sure the numbers will go down but WoW will still be among the top ten once the onslaught of new MMo's coming in the next 12 months slows down.

Blizzard has been working hard on their new MMO to really care about WoW which is almost self sufficient and prints it's own money.

zag5452d ago

grabbing 600K WOW players isn't much really.

Many a Dev have said they are the next WOW and while they might get 2-3 million sales and have that many playing for a month or 2 it all dies off after 3 months as those people go back to WOW.

To me Rift looks the same as Aion, so it probably won't keep it's player base.

Ser5452d ago

Enjoy your time, WoW...Guild Wars 2 is coming, and it's a beast.

All in good jest. :P

Kon5452d ago

I love how people act like WoW will lost all the fanbase in a couple of years.

Tigerfist5452d ago

I've eard this for a few times now, but guess what? WOW is still live and kicking!

It's simply one of the best overall MMORPG experiences out there. It's not because it's awesome here or there, it's because of the game in the "big picture". It's simply a well put combination of gameplay and mechanics, so comfy that I always feel awkard when trying another MMORPG.

negroguy5452d ago

WoW was fun while I played. I just started League of Legends and enjoy it. I'd try Rift but dont feel like going through the $15/month thing again.

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