Former EA exec: Kotick's WoW remark meant to scare competition

But, by that logic, wouldn't EQ2 have been the only possible successor to EQ1 since EQ1 was the undisputed king of MMORPGs at one time?

@ Jansperus You get hearted by using complete logic to take apart that statement. Wow can be beaten especially now I think the quote was best from Pirates of Silicon Valley. Blizz can be beaten because "They are successful, and success does things to people it makes them think they are unbeatable." That comment he made was a comment of pure ego, and hubris.

The way Blizz works now people don't stay at wow because it is the best they stay because, there is nothing better out there. Watch out for EA, WOW hasn't been put out to pasture because companies are full of old developer unwilling to bend, if anybody read the post here during GDC on the topic of MMOs it shed alot of lot.

The two most successful mmo people there were Rob Pardo, and Min Kim from Nexon and WOW. Jack Emmert's City of Heroes has beyond fall off and he was the most rigid when it came to not changing. Min Kim and Pardo constantly spoke of changing their product to make it fit, Emmert couldn't comprehend this. On the other hand Emmert also had no idea how to make a game to go up against WOW, but still insisted on FEE subscriptions.

This is the type of person trying to create new MMORPGs, stuck in his way of thinking and old developing of course he can't beat WOW. People who played city of heroes complained of that exact problem also the world was closed and boring. While your powers and abilities were good there was no growth in the game. If you get somebody who can't change to try and create another MMO it will fail, plain and simple.