Comments on: It’s Beginning… To Look A Lot Like… Pontification

By: 0173

0173 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:34:52 +0000

Sorry for the bump but so far, Scott has been spot-on for this year.

By: Broken Toys » This Just In: The Sky Is Not Falling

Broken Toys » This Just In: The Sky Is Not Falling — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:53:42 +0000

[...] to January, the season to navelgaze. I’ve done my share: The video game industry is not going to be immune from the Great Recession. The MMO industry is [...]

By: Viz

Viz — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:03:05 +0000

Well, Scott, you were pretty accurate on those predictions you have expert credentials for, which puts you quite a few rating points ahead of political pundits, journalists, sportswriters, and market analysts.

By: Zeitalter3 Entwicklerblog » Blog Archiv » Kurz gebloggt: Bücher, Regeln und die Zukunft

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:54:19 +0000

[...] Das ist die Zukunft. Interessante Prognosen für 2009. Tags » Autor: Dirk Datum: Sonntag, 4. Januar 2009 14:53 Trackback: Trackback-URL Themengebiet: Links Feed zum Beitrag: RSS 2.0 Diesen Artikel kommentieren [...]

By: MMOG Nation » Other Folks’ MMO Lookaheads

MMOG Nation » Other Folks’ MMO Lookaheads — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:56:26 +0000

[...] Lum dropped his first, and I agree with a lot of what he has to say. I particularly like his personal viewpoint on the newly-independent developers and whta they’re likely to sink their teeth into. [...]

By: 2009 MMORPG Progdictionations « The Ancient Gaming Noob

2009 MMORPG Progdictionations « The Ancient Gaming Noob — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:44:46 +0000

[...] year, the blogging community has some more interesting predictions up (and here, and here), but I am caught up in the predictions thing now, so I have to display my [...]

By: Iconic

Iconic — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:16:10 +0000

“With regard to Blizzard’s next MMO, I’m 99.7% positive it will be based on Starcraft. Probably called Starcraft Universe. Seriously, how can it not be?”

Because they’ve already stated that it is not based on any of their existing franchises.

By: Weekly WAR rollup: New Year’s Eve edition | reroller

Weekly WAR rollup: New Year’s Eve edition | reroller — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:19:51 +0000

[...] thought this was a great post by Syp over at WAAAGH! — while some may not be bullish on WAR’s accomplishments for the year, and we’ve seen a lot of MMO gamers’ heads [...]

By: Sullee

Sullee — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:22:50 +0000

WAR has been a very sorry disappointment. Not the least of all because they continue to make the same mistakes they made in DAOC.

Snooty management that buries it’s head in the sand when criticized? Check.

Horribly designed crafting system (WAR’s is right up there with the green-bar-of-boredom)? Check.

Out of control realm population balance exacerbated by outright dev favoritism? Check.

Horrible class balance with the OP ignored or nerfed depending on which realm they are in? Check.

Adding new classes that entirely and utterly obsolete existing classes? Check.

PvE raids to get requisite PvP gear? Check.

What’s next? An expansion that features underwater play and rewards overpowered gear and abilities thereby forcing PvP players to slog through or be sub-par?

By: nerd gone bad

nerd gone bad — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:09:38 +0000

With regard to Blizzard’s next MMO, I’m 99.7% positive it will be based on Starcraft. Probably called Starcraft Universe. Seriously, how can it not be? They have a pattern going, and there aren’t many sci-fi mmo’s. Perfect opportunity for Blizzard to literally KO the whole market solid. I’m not sure Blizzard will actually announce the next MMO they are working on this year and I don’t really think they need to frankly. With Starcraft II and Diablo III looking like they are ready to ship and WoW going so strong.

Judging that many people (and parents) are not likely to be enamoured with having to pay multiple monthly game account fees, Blizzard’s next MMO will not require a separate monthly fee, but rather Blizzard will just move all their users to a “Blizzard Account” that’s used to access all their sub-based games. This coupled with the release of Starcraft Universe will see Blizzard’s subs soar to over 30 million with ease.

iPhone games and apps are going to explode, along with..iPhones. All the rest of the market will shrink away as iPhone grows. Except perhaps Blackberry as it’s still considered more “business.”