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Re: On Bungie and the Value of the Player's Time
Posted By: SonofMacPhisto <sonofmacphisto@gmail.com>	Date: 12/13/10 4:38 p.m.
: That's just the point, though. Blizzard found a way to bring real story & : compelling quests into an MMO environment that was devoid of both. Had : their success not been exponentially greater than anyone ever expected, I : don't think we'd be talking about these things the same way. Their model : got attention because it turned out to be compelling; unfortunately that's : when consultants and business guys tear about why it worked and want to : cynically apply it to everything else. If I had a dollar for every : consultant who's pitched me a "WoW makes millions, you should make an : MMO".... : So yeah, the takeaways that the business side has from WoW are bad news . Ah, ok, now I understand. Thanks for the clarification.

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