MMORPGs Will Change the Future

Franz Ferdinand writes "An article at PointlessWasteofTime discusses all the unexpected directions MMORPG technology will change the future. From the same gentleman who brought us the Gamer's Manifesto." From the article: "There are 10 million MMORPG users in the world and their population is doubling every two years. Hold your hand about three feet above your monitor. That's where the graph will be in 2010. It's an infection, it's a tsunami, it's a volcanic eruption. All at the same time, waiting, like a nest of plague-infested rats next to a ticking hydrogen bomb in an underwater volcano. Or something. What I'm trying to say is, it's The Next Big Thing. "

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The population number in 2199..

[OmgTEHMATRICKS]

Will be most of humanity. By that time, the happening new MMORPG will have been created by machines. The remaining humans not in the MMORPG will consist purely of hundreds of thousands of hackers who will attack the servers and free the minds of the billions of players trapped in the game.

Re:It already is a big thing

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:'Cause all current growth trends...

[swerk]

"Baldrick, do you know what 'irony' is?"
"Yeah, it's like goldy or bronzy only iron."

Now granted, it wasn't irony, it was sarcasm, I just like quoting BlackAdder. But yes, two points, the bubble and recession was exactly my point. MMORPGs are currently growing, therefore they will be wildly, insanely successful. ...We've heard this rubbish before. :^)

OH NOES!

[theantipop]

At this rate, there will be more MMORPG players than there are humans in no time! Yet more proof of the existence of aliens!

Re:Old logic flaw.

[vertinox]

I'll bet any of you a shiny nickel that in ten years, the number of people like me (i.e., those who don't play MMORPGs) will still outnumber those who do.

If I told you in 10 years, that MMOGs have direct neural interfaces and that you could have sex with Hollywood movie star(s) of your choice (mind you depending on your expansion pack), would you still bet that nickel?