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[–] rbar@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't know. As a fan of the genre there seems to be renewed interest from some very grass roots developers. I would have agreed with your take in 2020, but in 2023 we have announcements of:

  • the Riot MMO
  • Ashes of Creation
  • The Ghost studios MMO

These are all still in development, some still in the very early stages. But I would say there appears to be renewed interest in the genre by developers. These projects are major investments by industry veterans. There is more hope for a major new game.now than there has been in the last decade.

[–] Goronmon@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

There has always been a steady stream of "promising" MMOs from smaller developers over the past couple decades. So that's not really a new phenomenon.

As for the Riot MMO, I'll believe that when they actually have something that people can play.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

AoC will fail in the eyes of mmo players since it cannot possibly live up to the hype.