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As Ultima Online approaches its 28th birthday, former creative lead reveals what it takes for an MMO to last for decades, and why they sometimes fail: "Content does not last forever"
news MMO pioneer Raph Koster says "the number one predictor of people staying in an MMO is the friends they make"
Former Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies dev says MMOs have "been in a rut for a long time" after World of Warcraft's popularity narrowed down "a much more diverse genre"
news MMO pioneer Raph Koster says "we haven't had a lot of innovation in the space"
World of Warcraft got a $90 dupe of a mount worth $475 around 6 years ago for the MMO's 20th anniversary, and fans reckon Blizzard made at least $15 million off it
News That's a lot of cash
WoW Hardcore streamer receives $7k donation on one condition: he has to delete everything he owns
News Back to square one
World of Warcraft director says last year's Hardcore release was a better version of classic WoW than WoW Classic was
News "It wasn't just being on that journey alone, it was like this group of players versus the world"
Blizzard's 2024 stats expose your 480 million deaths, 1.7 trillion murdered demons, 8.34 billion hours played, and how allergic Americans are to the metric system
News Time for some silly numbers and sillier comparisons
WoW veteran says the MMO's devs had to make "ten times the amount of quests" as originally planned to sate playtesters, and now the game has 38,000 of them
News "The answer, of course, was to simply add more."
World of Warcraft devs used to joke about the MMO making $1 million per month - just months before it smashed through $15 million in monthly revenue
News "We had a good laugh about that one, but we all kind of thought maybe it could do that for real."
