Garriotts See Shakeup To MMOG Industry Coming

Next Generation is reporting from the annual DICE event, and has the gist of the presentation given by Robert and Richard Garriott about the future of the MMOG industry. From the article: "Richard Garriott, father of the Ultima series said, "After a period of growth, opportunities are closing, budgets are increasing to tens of millions of dollars, and companies need global infrastructure in order to publish. My guess is that over the next 3-5 years, only five companies will operate in this business, and unfortunately, many of the startups will be gone.""

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Re:How many can the world support?

[BkBen7]

Economically, they'd rather have a huge number of part-time gamers than a small number of hard-core ones.

Part time gamers will never pay a monthly fee.