Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Mop #1> outsell both gw2 and swtor in 24 hours of release.
This discussion has been closed.
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Comments
My guess is, a hundred years from now, when a list of the hundred greatest movies of all times comes out. Star Wars will be on it. The Kings Speech (Which I did enjoyed) probably won't.
Sadly your right. Just like what I will expect with this...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/innovation
That is a good point. I think for MoP to be successful it needs to bring new players to WoW, not just try to get old players to come back. Some old players will come back, but many have moved on.
9mil that need it to progress ofc its gonna outsell....whatever lol
better than swtor yes
better than gw 2? nope but keep dreaming buddy
1 dead or alive never was a system seller
2 its a console game
3 it wont sell even 500k both ps3-xbox combine.
rpg/mmorg history: Dun Darach>Bloodwych>Bards Tale 1-3>Eye of the beholder > Might and Magic 2,3,5 > FFVII> Baldur's Gate 1, 2 > Planescape Torment >Morrowind > WOW > oblivion > LOTR > Guild Wars (1900hrs elementalist) Vanguard. > GW2(1000 elementalist), Wildstar
Now playing GW2, AOW 3, ESO, LOTR, Elite D
when guild wars 2 will be 8 year old re post that comment until then...well feel sry for ya
oO and btw arena net STOPED the distribution for a while
That is inconsequential. They still need to buy the expansion if they want to progress, or get stucked a couple of levels down and be ganking fodder if you are on a pvp server.
As other have said, if they outsale the previous expansions then I'll be impressed. You can't compare WoW's expansion sale with GW2 or Rift. For one, it is cheaper because it is an expansion. Two, they already have several million fanbase, while GW2 or Rift has to build that from scratch.
I also expected their development and production cost to be cheaper as well as they don't have to design everything for their game engine from scratch, so they will have a bigger margin of profit from it (which is also probably why they can afford all these TV ads).
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
It should do fairly well. A lot of users like the eastern motif, many people are in love with monks, and tons and TONS of young adults love the pokemon concept. Personally, I've never watched or seen more than a couple of minutes of pokemon in my life, but I have many friends in their early 20's who love it, and who are excited for that specific feaure in this game.
Scenarios look really fun, and eliminate a lot of the boredom while waiting for a dungeon pop for the DPS classes. Blizz did a great thing there releasing a feature that doesn't require a tank or a healer and also allows a certain amount of endgame progression. I'm also excited that all of my pets and mounts just became account bound instead of having to regrind them all with each character. Since a big portion of this expansion revolves around fighting minipets, I think this was a great move.
Exactly. Of course as owner of 10 maxed out alts I have purchased MOP. :-) Start was great, as a whole, including of course shows on main cities, was a blast, only Blizzard is able to combine. But is true, more alternatives and decent games out there then anytime before. IMO, the are doing generally all good and well with few terrible exceptions great majority hate. Not sure if they can affort doing mistakes as once.
It wont sell more the first week then Cata, fewer Wow players now than when Cata released.
But I expect it to sell rather impressive numbers still. Comparing them to the launch of another MMO as OP do is really unfair and out of content however. Wow been out and have gotten players for a long time, if you want to compare launch numbers you should compare them with Wows launch numbers.
TOR actually win there, but I have a feeling that when the first expansion comes out TBC will win the day by far. With GW2, hard to say.
Sales numbers do not make a game "better" than another. Since a person's opinion of a game is subjective, it is too difficult to define what a "better" game really is. All Blizzard can be proud of is their millions of addicted subscribers.
As for me, I put away my WoW habit long before expansions were an issue. I will continue to enjoy MMOs without playing what you may think is the "best" and I won't feel like I am missing anything.
So everyone including me expects MoP to outsell GW2 or SWTOR. No one will be surprised here.
But what if it doesn't? Oh boy the forums are going to go crazy!
Good grief Creslin. What a load of baloney. If anything its the GW2 fans stirring the pot, including you with these inflammatory comments.
And this is coming from someone who dislikes WoW and GW2 equally
I've never ever seen so much mudslinging from any fanbase, GW2 fans take the cake on this one.
Even after the last 2 crappy expansions?...I think WoW is getting more lame as it goes on but thats just my opinion.
Yeah would indeed be strange if MOP doesn't reach either GW2 or SWToR numbers, this does not matter if game A is better then game B. Besides there is no game A or game B is better, there is only personal preference in what we might like better, still doesn't say anything about the game.
It's just logical with a game with so many subscribers.
I did buy one exp. from WoW, namely Burning Crusade, but after a week or 2 after the release of it I didn't feel like playing anymore and never been back to WoW since then and know I will not be back with MOP. WoW is just not my kind of game anymore. Just a personal preference.......
To give feedback on moderation, contact [email protected]