That left EQII, the newer and, in some mechanical ways, the arguably better title forever in the shadow of its predecessor. I think a very direct lesson in this regard was EverQuest II, which SOE seemed to assume people would migrate to from EverQuest.Īnd EQ players certainly tried it out, but many just went back to the old game after their initial experience, while a good many moved on to World of Warcraft. The saving grace for New World was that they did have something fun and a bit different, even if Amazon had to learn a lot of lessons the hard way about things like having a test server.Īmong the lessons of the last 30 years or so is that people invested in one title are not likely to move on to another merely because it is new. Part of me feels the hubris that seemed to infect New World, where Amazon seemed to feel that lessons learned in the industry could be disregarded because they were smarter than that. That said, he also seemed pretty sure elsewhere that LOTRO players would simply migrate to their new title.Įven the most likely scenario is… for people just to move over, because the other one is an old game. The LOTRO team declared that the game isn’t going anywhere in the forums and the Amazon Games studio VP Chris Hartmann is allowing that the games can “co-exist.” Of course, none of the involved parties are saying that right now. This would have been a bit of a “wake me when it actually means something” sort of story for me… after all, we have heard this tale before from Amazon… except for the fact that it showed up just as I was attempting to launch back into Lord of the Rings Online, the one title in the universe most likely to be threatened by this Amazon venture.
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