http://blog.whyos.com/2009/02/on-the-possibility-of-wow-killers/ Games as Business…and vice versa Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:37:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.whyos.com/2009/02/on-the-possibility-of-wow-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Nathan Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:17:30 +0000 http://blog.whyos.com/?p=243#comment-1241 All due respect to them for a good business model concept, and for building something very neat. Some folks do like the game (as they have a reasonable audience); but most people (kids and adults) feel Runescape's not as strong a game experience as they'd like, so I'm not sure that a more adult version of it is a killer app. The tech feels to be at about a virtual world level, but without that genre's flexibility, and I'd just like to see a bit more (in one direction or the other) from even a browser-based game. All due respect to them for a good business model concept, and for building something very neat. Some folks do like the game (as they have a reasonable audience); but most people (kids and adults) feel Runescape’s not as strong a game experience as they’d like, so I’m not sure that a more adult version of it is a killer app. The tech feels to be at about a virtual world level, but without that genre’s flexibility, and I’d just like to see a bit more (in one direction or the other) from even a browser-based game.

]]> http://blog.whyos.com/2009/02/on-the-possibility-of-wow-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Bruce Everiss Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:46:54 +0000 http://blog.whyos.com/?p=243#comment-1238 Jagex have had massive success with Runescape. Soon they are launching a more grown up MMORPG, MechScape. If they get this right (which their track record suggests) then this could grow to be bigger than WoW. The Jagex business model is more suited to the way gaming and the web are going. And by being browser based MechScape will run on just about every PC, which is important because netbooks are growing to be a massive phenomenon. Jagex have had massive success with Runescape. Soon they are launching a more grown up MMORPG, MechScape. If they get this right (which their track record suggests) then this could grow to be bigger than WoW.
The Jagex business model is more suited to the way gaming and the web are going. And by being browser based MechScape will run on just about every PC, which is important because netbooks are growing to be a massive phenomenon.

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