Many MMOs have attempted to take the crown fromWorld of Warcraft, but as with nearly all attempts to beat a product that has already cornered a market, such games have been unsuccessful. Nevertheless, there are some that believe they have what it takes to knock Blizzard down, albeit with unconventional methods.
Everquestlead designer Ryan Barker believes thatWoWwill be beaten, and it’ll be by “something totally different that we haven’t even thought of yet.”
“At some point someone will dwarf those numbers with a game,” he suggests in an interview withVideogamer. “If we can get past some of the barriers that are keeping people from playing with their friends, just because their friends happened to start the game before they did, and maybe started on a different server or whatever, if we can start to get rid of some of those social blocks, I think it can get even better.”
