Do MMORPG's Cause People to Buy Fewer Games at Retail?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday June 23, 2006 @04:27AM from the a-zero-sum-game-in-the-games-industry dept.

Grimwell writes NPD reports that the video games industry isn't doing so hot in 2006. Information on a report found at GameSpot indicates that consoles are down, but PC titles are up, led by MMORPG sales. From the article: "Do MMORPG's benefit the industry by bringing in more actively involved gamers? Or do they bleed money away from other companies in the industry as MMORPG players spend their money on subscriptions and skip out on trying other games that hit the shelf because they already have something to go home to?"

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Re:Yes by Rogue974 · 2006-06-23 04:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Yes, very true, fully agree. I recently broke the MMORPG addiction, for the 3rd time, and haven't bought many new games since. I am enjoying talking with people and going out of doors (although the sun did hurt for the first few weeks of trying to go out in it).