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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[ION 08: A five year forecast for MMOs]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/15/ion-08-a-five-year-forecast-for-mmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/15/ion-08-a-five-year-forecast-for-mmos/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/15/ion-08-a-five-year-forecast-for-mmos/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events, real-world</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/massively-event-coverage/" rel="tag">Massively Event Coverage</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-mmos-in-2013/806394/full/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/ion08-mmos-future-0196000.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
There's always a lot of discussion about what's going to be the next big thing in the MMOs industry. We all love to talk about the future and that's largely because it's a very interesting topic. So we just had to attend the "Online Games in 2013" panel at <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/ion08">ION 08</a>. This panel was actually introduced by Peter Freese, the ION Conference Director. It was easily one of the most packed panels I've been to thus far which is saying a lot since all the panels have been pretty well populated already.<br /><br />The panel consisted of <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/erik-bethke/">Erik Bethke</a> (GoPets Ltd), Scott Jennings (<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/ncsoft">NCsoft</a>), Bridiget Agabra (<a href="http://www.metaverseroadmap.org/overview/">Metaverse Roadmap</a>) and Damion Schubert (<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/bioware">BioWare</a>). With a group of people like this I was expecting some varied and compelling conversation on the topic of MMOs in 2013. In the end we got just that and a quite a bit more.<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-mmos-in-2013/">ION 08: MMOs in 2013</a></strong></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-mmos-in-2013/#806394"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/05/ion08-mmos-future-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-mmos-in-2013/#806397"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/05/ion08-mmos-future-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-mmos-in-2013/#806395"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/05/ion08-mmos-future-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-mmos-in-2013/#806396"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/05/ion08-mmos-future-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/ion-08-mmos-in-2013/#806400"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/05/ion08-mmos-future-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/15/ion-08-a-five-year-forecast-for-mmos/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>ION 08: A five year forecast for MMOs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/15/ion-08-a-five-year-forecast-for-mmos/">ION 08: A five year forecast for MMOs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/15/ion-08-a-five-year-forecast-for-mmos/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1196119/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/15/ion-08-a-five-year-forecast-for-mmos/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>activision-blizzard</category><category>bioware</category><category>blizzard</category><category>bridget-agabra</category><category>ccp</category><category>city-of-heroes</category><category>club-penguin</category><category>damion-schubert</category><category>erik-bethke</category><category>featured</category><category>gopets</category><category>habbo</category><category>hollywood</category><category>indie</category><category>ion</category><category>ion-2008</category><category>ion08</category><category>ion2008</category><category>joystiqfeatures</category><category>metaplace</category><category>metaverse-roadmap</category><category>microtransactions</category><category>ncsoft</category><category>peter-freese</category><category>playstation-3</category><category>rights</category><category>scott-jennings</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Horner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
