E3 2018 Hype and Train-Wreck Thread (Place your bets!)

Brikker said:

There isn't really an MMO market anymore outside indie games and Asian shit.

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Sure there is, Fuck wow had what? 10 million, 12? Yeah, they are out there and they will come and play if the fucking game does not suck like every mmorpg has since 2004.

Look at Destiny, yeah, mmorpg lite, but fuck they sold a shit ton of boxes, and even if they charged a monthly fee in sure they would of made a mint, and the thing is, Destiny and Destiny 2 werent even spectacular games, some would even say they were mediocre at best.

So yeah, the market is out there, they are just not buying shit, and wow is too fucking bloated and old by now for many to even care anymore. Watch when wow progression servers come out, lol...

Jait said:

Rock and roll through Heavy Metal was super popular and dominated air time. How’s it doing now?

Days of traditional MMOs like EQ and Wow are over. It ain’t coming back. Mobile games make 50x more revenue at a tenth of the cost. You’d literally have to be retarded not to use old IPs for cheap mobile gaming. They’re a cash cow. And the market has moved on because of it. No one is ever going to sit at their PC or console grinding all day it’s too confining a platform.

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On September 10, 2014, Activision claimed that Destiny was the most successful new gaming franchise launch, as the game shipped more than US$500 million to retail stores and first-parties worldwide.[172] As of September 17, 2014, there have been over 11 million gameplay sessions within North America.[173] It was also the biggest software launch for the PlayStation 4 since holiday 2013.[174] On November 4, 2014, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg revealed that the game has 9.5 million registered players.[175] On December 23, 2014, Bungie revealed that 13 million people have played the game since its launch.[176] As of January 5, 2015, the game has 16 million registered players.[177] As of September 17, 2015, the game has 20 million players.[178]

Destiny sold 91,277 physical retail copies for PlayStation 4 and 49,503 retail copies for PlayStation 3 within the first week of release in Japan, placing second and third place respectively within the Japanese software sales charts for that particular week.[179] Destiny was the third best-selling retail game in the United States in 2014.[180] On May 6, 2015, Activision Blizzard announced that Destiny, along with another title from its subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft have generated nearly US$1 billion for the company.[181]

57% of Taken King's UK sales were on PlayStation 4.[182]

As of November 2015, Destiny had 25 million registered users, a five million increase in three months.[183]


Yeah, bro, they aint dead, its because the games that come out suck. Name one MMORPG that was good since wow.

Anyone expecting a big SE blow out needs to lurk moar.

They showed more than I was expecting them to show honestly. SE always do their own thing and they'd rather have an entire conference based on the VII remake.

Japanese devs are like that.

Brikker said:

I mean "traditional MMOs". Destiny does not count. And WoW is exactly why I said there is no market anymore; WoW dominates it and will for the foreseeable future. There is no competition.

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Sure it counts, it's the same shit. You level up, you team up with others for group and raid content mixed with some competative PvP content. One difference I see is the lack of a monthly fee. Granted it's more soft core, but come on, bro.

I think XIV does fine honestly. It has a respectable playerbase with good content that's keeping players engaged.

Expecting things to hit WoW levels of players is silly seeing as it's the exception and not the rule when talking about MMOs.