Hey everyone! Today's topic on Extra Credits is all about MMOs. For those of you who don't know, that stands for Massively Multiplayer Online. If you want to read more about it, go to Wikipedia and read up! Or, one better. I'll start linking all sorts of things that people might not know a lot about, or are just curious about learning more on the subject. So go, educate yourself!
Or better yet, go play one. You learn a lot more hands on than you do sitting and reading about it!
I think the idea of more types of MMOs are a really great direction to go, and could also go a long way to revitalizing some genres that have waned away in the past few years. A great beat 'em up MMO could be a lot of fun, as well as a new niche for them to exist in that would generate interest in the genre as well as giving it a new home to exist in where there isn't already a large base already.
WOW (or World of Warcraft, for those non gamers who are reading) is the dominating force in the MMORPG genre. With a huge player base, and great gameplay refined over the last 8 years since its release, it holds a great majority of the player base for all MMOs out there. This makes it difficult for other MMORPGs to get their footing when, like the video says, everyone else is playing WOW. It is a game you form friendships in, and when all your friends are playing something, its difficult to strike out there on your own when you could still be enjoying yourself with your old friends, doing your old favorite activity.
This doesn't just apply to MMOs, you can see this in real life activities enjoyed by people around the world. If you and your friends have spent years practicing a sport, refining your skill, and spending a lot of money on startup costs, registration fees, equipment and the like, it would be difficult to want to jump ship, save for your curiosity.
Which is why I think that the idea of other genres of MMO are a great idea. They don't have to take away from current MMO player base because of they are offering something completely different. It's difficult to try and justify paying more money, trying something that is "like WOW but different". I think that it would be more successful for a business to try something new. But make sure you watch this Extra Credits episode as it discusses its opinion on the future of MMOs.
I have decided to put a couple of these samplings of the Music of Video Games on here per day, seeing as there are well over 500 of them.
So today we will have Contra for the NES (Not sure why I would need to link the NES. But you never know who doesn't know what it is!)
And Metroid, also for the NES.
Finally, I will share some episodes from Web TV that are video game related that I enjoyed! The first series is the Video Game Reunion.
Video Game Reunion Video Game, Episode 1-1 HD Video Clip Game Trailers & Videos GameTrailers.com
Pretty good comedy, about the stars of our Video Game past coming back in a reunion panel. Check it out!
I'm out for today. Happy reading!
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