The only reason the game has any players at all is because they changed their entire business model due to the fact their playerbase was nonexistent with subscription fees. Now with a one time payment it's become a casual mmo that has a surge of players due to just releasing, and if you don't think it'll quickly lose that playerbase just like any other game you are fooling yourself. It couldnt sustain the hardcore crowd it definitely won't sustain the casuals.
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MMO'S are the most successful genre in all of the video game industry. TESO will do just fine.
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Yeah, tell that to defiance, and the surplus of other dead MMOs stuck in the shadow of FF and WoW.
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No MMO is going to have the population of WoW. That is a unique situation. But there are many, many MMO'S out there, and they're doing just fine. In fact, they're doing better than any other genre in video games. Just because they don't have WoW's numbers, doesn't mean that they're dead. Archeage LotRO RIFT TESO World of Tanks All are holding populations that dwarf little upstarts like Destiny, even if they don't have WoW numbers.