The MMO crash of 2008 (ext. article)

[GovtMule]

http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/...-Crash-of-2008

Interesting (at least to me) article on the failed MMOs of 2008.

While DDO suffered some of the bad points referenced at startup, it soldiered through and has stabalised where much "bigger" titles failed. Well done.

In a good light it refers to LotRO but not us...but I'm used to that now :P


Just thought I'd share.

[Kalanth]

Thanks for posting that, it was a good read. I always wondered what kept some MMO's around and others dissapear. There are shockers in the past, like Matrix Online somehow still having live servers to this day, and it actually pleases me to hear about the Conan troubles (I was a Beta tester and quit because of the testing fiasco). Turbine makes an effort with both its games, obviously more so with LoTRO, but I am happy to see updates to DDO which is a big deal to an old MMO.

[tihocan]

Interesting read, thanks

[Sirea]

At least we weren't included in the "old and tired" category

[akla_thornfist]

At least we weren't included in the "old and tired" category

ya there was no mention of ddo at all kinda sad

[Thrudh]

Yeah, but notice they said that HellGate's big draw was that it tried to do FPS combat.

And they complained about the boring quests (go get 10 wolf skins, etc).

How come no one knows about DDO??

Our combat and character customization is unmatched by any game, and we're completely off the radar....

[Rog]

i really enjoyed reading that noticed that ddo was not included anywhere but for that one figured it was for the best most likey..........then i laughed becouse ddo at lauch was also a j/k i have played since mod one and it would been real easly for ddo to die in the flames except this game pulled a pnp fan base and the devs have yet to tire of are wisdom on the forums.........how they deal with us viciously loyal dogs i have no clue bet we turned a few people hair gray with stress lunarsong

[Steiner-Davion]

How come no one knows about DDO??

Our combat and character customization is unmatched by any game, and we're completely off the radar....

Yeah what is up with that? This is what truly distinguishes us from the pack.

[Rog]

Yeah, but notice they said that HellGate's big draw was that it tried to do FPS combat.

And they complained about the boring quests (go get 10 wolf skins, etc).

How come no one knows about DDO??

Our combat and character customization is unmatched by any game, and we're completely off the radar....

fly below the radar or get shot down

[DoctorWhofan]

SOmeone should ost, the writer is answering the comments.

[Demoyn]

DDO's biggest problem with customer base is that they don't get the word out about the game. If it weren't for my subscription to Dragon Magazine I'd have never even known this game existed, and Dragon Magazine's been dead for over a year.

Businesses without advertising budgets will never be more than mom and pop operations. WoW has commercials on TV and over 11 million players. No other MMO has ever had that much advertisement, and I've never heard of another game with over 2 million players. Coincidence? I think not.

[Demoyn]

SOmeone should ost, the writer is answering the comments.

He also didn't mention Ultima Online, Shadowbane, or any other underpopulated game that's still going strong.

[DoctorWhofan]

He also didn't mention Ultima Online, Shadowbane, or any other underpopulated game that's still going strong.

Agreed, and one of the posters mentioned Runescape. I tried to log in to the site, nothing but headaches.

[Gornin]

SOmeone should ost, the writer is answering the comments.

Done

[Rog]

Done

cool mybe he post back commenting on ddo and start some real drama
i would but i am at work so it have to wait till i get home here to hoping
i dont think the old boy ready for fire and ice or ddo drama

[Inspire]

Nice post. Thanks.

[Shyver]

I didn't because, for one, DDO is slowly dying, and second, Turbine has the vast majority of its focus on LotRO and, apparently, an unannounced project. That, and DDO has received less-than-stellar reviews. Yes, I am aware that they are still releasing content patches and that the game came out two years ago, but, unfortunately, when compared to the volume of other MMOs I listed, I do not believe it stacks up, which is the same reason why I didn't mention AC either (despite AC being one of the most influential MMOs from which other MMOs have pulled ideas from, including WoW).

Ouch

Nothing like an uniformed writer to denounce a game wihtout ever having tried it. Poor reporting/responding for sure.

[DoctorWhofan]

cool mybe he post back commenting on ddo and start some real drama
i would but i am at work so it have to wait till i get home here to hoping
i dont think the old boy ready for fire and ice or ddo drama

He did, thesame ol' stuff about DDO slowly dying junk. Imean, when wasthe last time he played the game?

[Rog]

He did, thesame ol' stuff about DDO slowly dying junk. Imean, when wasthe last time he played the game?

time for the gloves to come off peeps or let the doomsayer win the day are game might be slowly dieing as long as we are kicking and screaming biting scratching it be a good death.

[DoctorWhofan]

time for the gloves to come off peeps or let the doomsayer win the day are game might be slowly dieing as long as we are kicking and screaming biting scratching it be a good death.

yeah, but it hates me. I cannot log into the site.