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Can Anyone Beat WoW?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tough-crowd dept.

Next Generation is running an article penned by DFC Intelligence Analyst David Cole, exploring the overwhelming popularity of World of Warcraft. Coles asks Is It Possible to Surpass World of Warcraft? He explores the reasons behind WoW's success, and what it means for the market as a whole. From the article: "All of these factors point towards one conclusion: World of Warcraft's success, admirable as it may be, will be extremely difficult to duplicate. This will be bad news for all the frothy investors who are suddenly discovering the MMOG business model. In the new DFC Intelligence Online Game Market report we forecast revenue in the MMOG market to grow over 150% from 2006 to 2011. However, this doesn't account for all the investment money that is likely to be lost chasing after that revenue growth."

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  1. The only way... by IflyRC · · Score: 5, Funny

    to beat WoW is to cancel your account and start the arduous process of putting your life back together. Call the wife that left you and see if things can be worked out. Take your kids to a park and marvel at the sunshine - it's been a while since you've felt how warm it is. Apologize to all of those ex-coworkers that covered for you when you overslept from a late night raid or leveling. Look in the mirrow for the first time in months and decide you might need to shower and shave.

    1. Re:The only way... by ToxikFetus · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm not sure if this should be modded +1 Insightful or +1 Depressing.

    2. Re:The only way... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      See, this got meta-moderated to 5, Funny.


      I don't think that word means what you think it means.
    3. Re:The only way... by Das+Modell · · Score: 2, Funny

      I stopped collecting them because the Brotherhood didn't tolerate my actions anymore.

    4. Re:The only way... by soft_guy · · Score: 3, Funny

      I have to disagree. I find this game to be extremely disturbing.

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    5. Re:The only way... by timeOday · · Score: 2, Funny
      I find the idea of a game where you ruthlessly kill millions upon millions of innocent people with strategic nuclear weapons, no matter how abstracted and non-gory, far more repellent and sickening than any shit Rockstar Games has cranked out, ever.
      Really? I shudder to think how you'd feel if you were exposed to the true meaning of pong.
  2. World of Starcraft, with localized Korean by Kawolski · · Score: 5, Funny

    A quarter of the population of South Korea along would sign up. You'd get a minimum of 12 million subscribers and the return of Starcraft Breakfast Cereal.

    1. Re:World of Starcraft, with localized Korean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Only old people in Korea play WoW.

  3. OMFG WTS 30x Zerg Rush 15g by Morrigu · · Score: 3, Funny

    /me casts Improved Zerg Rush

    "You have insufficient creep to cast that now."

    5 Elite Protoss Zealots unstealth and gank you.

    "LFG 3M marines, 1M medic"

    Or seeing a cloud of Carriers or Mutalisks come screaming over the horizon, hell-bent on laying waste to your camp. :)

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    1. Re:OMFG WTS 30x Zerg Rush 15g by idontgno · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

      World of Starcraft will make hearing "Nuclear launch detected!" a much more personal experience.

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  4. Starcraft Breakfast Cereal? by Bieeanda · · Score: 2, Funny

    What was the jingle, "It's like there's a Zerg rush in my mouth, and everyone's invited"?

  5. Re:Yes, but not in the way the article presents it by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    ".. some kind of evolution of the MMOG that someone is probably working on right now."

    Crap! I KNEW there was something I was suopposed to be doing instead of playing WoW!

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  6. The only way to beat WoW by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    is to, oops, got to go. Raid.

    thxbye

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  7. Re:I Win! by daniil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Another victory like this, and you'll be done with.

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  8. Re:Shadowrun could beat it by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 3, Funny

    "There are ATTRACTIVE women who play the game."

    Or at least that is what the guys playing those characters tell you.

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  9. Re:I Beat WoW! by I+Like+Pudding · · Score: 4, Funny

    I found it easier to trade addictions. I'm WoW-free for a month now, but I'm thinking of going back because the 10 hours of masturbatuion a day is really starting to chafe.

  10. Re:Shadowrun could beat it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "...is freakin hot...crushing guy's egos hot...she's hot...she's hot...porn star hot, but definitely, want to fuck more than a few times hot...she's hot...talk to her hot."

    Let me get this straight, are they hot?