Comparing the MMO Industry With the Silver Screen

Karen Hertzberg writes "With video gaming — specifically the massively multiplayer online titles — quickly surpassing Hollywood's cash flow, it seems logical that the silver suits at Tinsel Town would begin paying attention to their digital brethren. On the same line of thought, Hollywood provides the MMO industry with a history in the entertainment medium that we simply don't have. Ten Ton Hammer's Cody Bye sat down with four industry experts to draw together some similarities between MMOs and films, and he attempted to use those points to draw out some predictions for the future of the MMO gaming industry."

Comments

Re:Stay Away.

[walnutmon]

or perhaps you were TOO YOUNG to understand that PC > N64

Re:Stay Away.

[I'm not really here]

This is exactly why the Wii is succeeding. Parents pick it up for their kids, but end up learning how to play along with them, and then get hooked on the games themselves. Goes to show that marketing methods can outweigh graphics enough to build a pretty strong "niche" market.