Sun Claims They Make Worlds Biggest MMO

Posted by Zonk on Friday October 28, 2005 @02:31AM from the selling-currency-not-illegal-in-that-game dept.

Next Generation has a piece up examining Sun's claim that they develop the worlds largest Massive game: the stock market. They also go into some detail about Sun's actual MMOG middleware, Sun Gaming Server. From the article: "I argue that we've been the principle architect of the largest massively multiplayer online game in the world. It's Wall Street. If you took a look at all of the mechanics that go in to building an online trading system, they're almost one-for-one, the same functions needed to build an MMOG. Except we've done it with more redundancy, reliability and scalability than pretty much anyone else."

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I'll go with it. by torchdragon · 2005-10-28 02:36 · Score: 5, Funny

I suppose that's a fair statement. Wall Street has its fair share of Min-Maxers, Power Gamers, and Exploiters all the same. The Broadcast and Trade channels are full of people trying to rip off the casual players. And most people are throwing away money every month for the ability to waste time and energy on a world that doesn't exist. Yeah, I'll agree with that statement.

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It's true by oni · 2005-10-28 02:43 · Score: 5, Funny

I've played a lot of Stock Market. The end guy is hard