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Kids MMOs rule the f2p market.
Seriously....
Look at Wizard101, it has a plot and its really good!
Pirates online, a plot and has a point of leveling and great updates!
Free Realms, seriously...Its perfect for a f2p game and it acts like a p2p game.
Club penguin, its decent for little kids...
I mean, i dunno why, but kids mmos are actually ruling the f2p market...Their really good games actually and better than these korean grinders...That's one thing that Korean/japan/ or what ever, doesn't have.
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Just because they are good doesn't mean they are ruling the f2p market o_O. Do you mean they are better then then most mmo's coming out ???
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Maybe Korea does have MMO's for little kids, did you bother to check?
And you forgot to mention Maple Story >_>
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Free Realms just came out. I'm sure it is not ruling the market. I can say Wizard101 might be seeing as how I am seeing commericials for the game. GPotato doesn't even have commericials but they are making quite a few bucks, so idk :/
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Just because you think those games are good, doesn't mean everyone else does. Those games are designed for kids (ie. you) thats why they are so good, but someone who is much older may think otherwise.Originally Posted by Godyofwar
In no way are kid oriented games dominating the market.
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Maplestory dominates the f2p market, and isn't wizard 101 p2p...?
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even if maplestory rules the market its one of few worst mmos on the market!
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Because many of the korean games are made strictly for money and don't bring anything new to the genre.
That is why they advertise stuff like flying, or cart driving, or whatever becuase it's the only thing they have to seperate themselves from the other korean mmos. However now most of them have incorporated flying so it's back to the drawing board for them which means another stupid travel mechanic or pet system.
The biggest difference between the current korean mmos is graphic style. But even that is falling into generic molds, gritty anime or cartoony happy-go-lucky anime.
In the end you're still grinding for hours and hours to reach max level for your reward: standing in town while the new players who will all quit in a week drool over your over the top shiney armor and giant glowing weapon.
This is why wow was able to be so successful, it has end game content, so when you reach maxlevel you're basically starting a whole new game. Its how they KEPT players which allowed them to make a shit ton of money and upgrade the game to its current state which no company can match with otu spending billions on game production.
ANd wow is the reason we have games like runes of magic. It's so much easier to make money by copying things than it is to make origional stuff. Almost every feature from ROM can be pinpointed to the mmorpg they took the idea from, most of it is wow but there are a lot of small features taken from games like FFXI and warhammer (newly added public quest system)
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