I've already pre-ordered it. Personally don't give a frak if it "beats" WoW. If it's a good game, that's all I care about.
I fail to see how the two are related. They are entirely different markets. If your point is true, then no one in Korea is playing anything other than Starcraft. The other assumption you are making is that Starcraft II will live up to its predecessor enough to have the entire Starcraft-playing demographic to switch over to the sequel. Clearly, if Aion is doing well in Asia (Asia including countries other than Korea), it is doing well. We'll see how well it continues to do, but I don't believe that Starcraft II is going to be a force that will have any bearing on the sales of an MMOG.hansari said:I call FAIL now.
The games success is primarily dependent on Korea? Forget about World of Warcraft...whats gonna happen when Blizzard releases Starcraft 2? Screw the MMO's, they are all gonna jump on that!
They have televised Starcraft competitions over there!!!!
Time spent gaming, is time spent gaming. Regardless of the genre, whether it be RTS or FPS. When balancing your entertainment needs with the rest of your life, there is gonna be "give and take".Fightgarr said:I fail to see how the two are related. They are entirely different markets.
Now to be honest, when I first heard about Aion, I'll admit, I didn't think much of it either. I think I ended up saying something about like that as well. However, over the past couple of weeks, I've started to warm up to it, and I"m beginning to see the potential for it.sharks9 said:another game thinks it can beat WoW
just wait a few months after their launch and we'll be wondering what happened to their game.
In essence, this is the second reason I think it could stand a chance. WoW is a five year old game. Certain places in WoW (Northrend in particular) look fantastic, but most of WoW is starting to show it's age. I would anticipate that Blizzard would try to change that in an expansion, but as I said before, that won't be for a year or more. Most people (indeed most gamers) aren't going to wait for Blizzard to play catch up, they'll just jump ship to Aion for awhile and enjoy the scenery. If nothing else, this gives Aion a chance to hook some of WoW's primary audience before it can fire a shot back.ActionDan said:I must admit, the graphics look fantastic on Aion. Owing to the fact that the visuals were made with the CryTek engine.
China.SirSchmoopy said:2nd? They will be lucky to be 10th because Blizzard currently holds the top 20 slots if you did it by battlegroups/reigions. You could split Blizzard's MMO based on different regions it would still beat the competition in each one.
Heavens no. It not only has community as crappy as WoW, it also is a LOT weaker than Champions Online coming out in 2 weeks.Jbird said:Isn't City of Heroes/Villains the 1st runner up to WoW, in the States?
Abedeus said:China.SirSchmoopy said:2nd? They will be lucky to be 10th because Blizzard currently holds the top 20 slots if you did it by battlegroups/reigions. You could split Blizzard's MMO based on different regions it would still beat the competition in each one.
HOHOHO.
60k from WoW vs 3,5mln from Aion... I think you tried to prove WoW's superiority too hard, my good sir.
It's not that old. It came out after WoW.Gormourn said:It should be fun. I'm waiting for it with a friend =P
And really... I don't think it's going to go the way of Warhammer for one reason - it's been out for almost half a year in Asia, and they seem to like it. The game itself seems pretty solid, but hey, only time will tell.
I really, really doubt it. It's a rather old game that doesn't have very exciting gameplay. While I encountered a fairly good community on one of the servers (the RP one), I don't think that game is any where near being popular. It's almost empty, really.Jbird said:Isn't City of Heroes/Villains the 1st runner up to WoW, in the States?
I'd assume that the current not free to play runner up to WoW in US would be LOTRO (but I doubt it) or, I dunno, something.
Too bad Aion isn't a WoW killer, fanboy.SirSchmoopy said:Abedeus said:China.SirSchmoopy said:2nd? They will be lucky to be 10th because Blizzard currently holds the top 20 slots if you did it by battlegroups/reigions. You could split Blizzard's MMO based on different regions it would still beat the competition in each one.
HOHOHO.
60k from WoW vs 3,5mln from Aion... I think you tried to prove WoW's superiority too hard, my good sir.
Get real fanboy. The Chinese government is what holds back WoW from being popular in China and honestly Asian MMOs are not the same deal when it comes to other markets. Nobody will be talking about Aion in 6 months, they will be talking about the next WoW killer.