Wednesday 18 July 2007

Next Generation MMO... What is it?

There has been quite a lot of discussion regarding next generation of MMO.
Question: If an MMO came out that fixed alot of the annoying features that concern or plague existing MMO's would this be considered a Next GEN?

Well I dont think so solely because MMO's that have come out most recently or are in beta which solve some of these existing issues. Statements have been made already, that these are
maybe somewhere been current and next generation.

So I ask the question what is needed to be Next Gen?

What I was thinking was possibly most of what might be considered next generation could simply be an immersion/perception issue.
For instance a 360 high definition LCD equipped headset with surround sound and suitable hand controllers maybe enough to give the "WOW" factor (excuse the pun) required to be considered next generation.

This interaction can be taken further by things like integration into Mobile phone networks. I.e you get an SMS message from in game that something has happened or someother type of external interaction out of game.
This kind of idea was/is being considered by SOE I believe with regard to there latest SPY MMO.

To Sum up:
So what I am saying in general is that external peripherals that interface into the virtual world maybe the next big thing for MMO's.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

nice post