Wow. Everyone and their brother are making a MMORPG these days.
I'm pretty sure Blizzard won't come out with a standard MMORPG, I'm expecting a blend of Diablo and and traditional MMORPGs, meaning you'll see a MMORPG universe, but you'll be able to quest in private dungeons; similar to Diablo. That way they'll be able to go after the Diablo market, which is larger than that of Everquest, UO, or Asheron's call. Of course that may be more a factor of price and not design.
If it is traditional I think it will fail (they'll make money but not as much as Vivendi wants), by 2003 the market will be heavily saturated and Warcraft's setting won't be enough IMO.
I'm pretty sure Blizzard won't come out with a standard MMORPG, I'm expecting a blend of Diablo and and traditional MMORPGs, meaning you'll see a MMORPG universe, but you'll be able to quest in private dungeons; similar to Diablo. That way they'll be able to go after the Diablo market, which is larger than that of Everquest, UO, or Asheron's call. Of course that may be more a factor of price and not design.
If it is traditional I think it will fail (they'll make money but not as much as Vivendi wants), by 2003 the market will be heavily saturated and Warcraft's setting won't be enough IMO.
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