wolf.heiner

My theory:

Crossover and ubiquity are the key motives. The next MMO will break out of platform restrictions and single operation models. The next generation will span multiple platforms, integrate different play styles and address diverse audiences in one game.

A demographics like Facebook will be the goal and Facebook numbers would be cool. This means normal people. Not only hardcore gamers but average people. Normal people, especially women want to live, not slay monsters. They want to live a life, tend their stuff, socialize, and care for others. Micro-managing a farm or a fish pond is currently big. Micro-managing also has been very successful with women earlier. That's the Sims aspect of the new game: housing, living, socializing. Yep, Sims online failed, but nobody knows why. This time the concept will succeed as part of something larger.

Genre-wise, the next game will be a cross over between MMORPG, Adventure, and the Sims in a futuristic cyber punk world with space flight and also dark corners.

More: http://blog.wolfspelz.de/2010/01/blizzards-next-mmo.html

What a coincidence. I just guessed about Blizzards next MMO: http://blog.wolfspelz.de/2010/01/blizzards-next-mmo.html