MMO Roundup: SOE's downtime, SWTOR subscribers, and RIFT's latest

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4-26-2011 @ 5:52PM

RogueJedi86 said...

There was plenty of competition when WoW came out. EQ was king of the MMO hill before WoW came along, and Star Wars Galaxies at the time of mid-2004 was going strong(the infamous NGE didn't happen until a year into WoW's lifespan). Plus Anarchy Online was popular at the time, and maybe a few others. But most of those pulled in MMO fans, and not casuals like WoW did. SWG did too, but its lukewarm reception among the larger media meant a lot of people didn't join, so word of mouth had to bring in casuals who heard good things about its housing and crafting. I myself spent years in SWG. Long story short is that WoW didn't release in a vacuum, there was competition.

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