I hear a lot of people saying that World of Warcraft is very successful and also that Matrix Online is dying. I disagree with the fact that MxO is dying.
With regards to why WoW is so successful, it might have something to do
with the fact that there are so many more servers, a larger dev team, a
larger budget, better advertising, better customer support and that
they have at least 3 times as many people moderating the game. Not to
mention the upcoming expansion,Burning Crusade, which will most likely
boost sales and subscribers even further.
WoW has been worked on for 6 years and has
had a tremendous amount of money poured into it for development.
Monolith Productions did not have near the amount of resources to put
into the game that Blizzard did, instead relying on the director,
producer and actors of the matrix movies to draw in fans.
Monolith also released MxO just as WoW was peaking in popularity. As a
result the only two MMORPGs that people heard about were EQ2 and WoW. I actually discovered MxO in February while browsing through betas of games to playtest and if I hadn't become a betatester I never would have even known about it or even played it.
The biggest hurdle that the Matrix Online has had to overcome has been the change over to SOE. Aside from the community being totally against it, it looks like things are finally starting to improve. Initially MxO's story was one of it's biggest selling points, along with it's live events. Since they stopped releasing the story installments every two weeks, the game has taken on a new pace which seems like it has let the dev team spend more time working with the game.
Originally the focus seemed to be more on the story than on the game but now it seems like the devs are finally doing a lot to prepare stuff to keep players interested in between events.
Seems like the MxO has a lot of potential that hasn't even been tapped. I think one of the best things MxO has going for it, is that it is not like World of Warcraft.
What do you guys think? Is WoW better? Is MxO dying?
With regards to why WoW is so successful, it might have something to do
with the fact that there are so many more servers, a larger dev team, a
larger budget, better advertising, better customer support and that
they have at least 3 times as many people moderating the game. Not to
mention the upcoming expansion,Burning Crusade, which will most likely
boost sales and subscribers even further.
WoW has been worked on for 6 years and has
had a tremendous amount of money poured into it for development.
Monolith Productions did not have near the amount of resources to put
into the game that Blizzard did, instead relying on the director,
producer and actors of the matrix movies to draw in fans.
Monolith also released MxO just as WoW was peaking in popularity. As a
result the only two MMORPGs that people heard about were EQ2 and WoW. I actually discovered MxO in February while browsing through betas of games to playtest and if I hadn't become a betatester I never would have even known about it or even played it.
The biggest hurdle that the Matrix Online has had to overcome has been the change over to SOE. Aside from the community being totally against it, it looks like things are finally starting to improve. Initially MxO's story was one of it's biggest selling points, along with it's live events. Since they stopped releasing the story installments every two weeks, the game has taken on a new pace which seems like it has let the dev team spend more time working with the game.
Originally the focus seemed to be more on the story than on the game but now it seems like the devs are finally doing a lot to prepare stuff to keep players interested in between events.
Seems like the MxO has a lot of potential that hasn't even been tapped. I think one of the best things MxO has going for it, is that it is not like World of Warcraft.
What do you guys think? Is WoW better? Is MxO dying?
. It's just MxO hit a rock for awhile and didn't move. We're picking up speed though. Sure, WoW has 10x as many people as we do. But their people SUCK! MxO Community is the best, dramatic group you'll ever find. 
