Last week I canceled the last monthly revolving subscriptions we had to MMOs. It wasn’t because of expenses but rather out of a complete lack of desire to log in and deal with the MMO environment. Tired of developers that flat out lie, constant skill resets, communities of various games, and the endless grind for faction or gear. I would rather curl up on the sofa, turn on the console and play a single player game or co-op game with hubby.
MMOs are a great value for the money you spend compared with a dinner and movie once a month but given all the other choices of entertainment, MMOs aren’t cutting it anymore. I’m tired of paying money for content that I have no interest in (i.e.. “end game” raids) and then losing access to that content once I’ve canceled my subscription (i.e.. Lord of the Rings Online). Give me a single player game where the content I purchase is available to me whenever the mood strikes me to log on and play.
I’ve been burned out before but this time just feels different. Usually news from Blizzcon interests me or sucks me back in, but this year I could care less: zero interest, haven’t read a single blog or tweet about Blizzcon. Finding out who the Prophet was in Elder Scrolls Online so early in the story killed it for me, why bother to log-in the remainder of the story was just killed for me. Everquest 2, and SOE games in general, are routinely killed by the stupidity of their marketing and accounting departments. Their pricing structures and lack of appreciation of their customers, oh hell their failure to recognize that their pricing is completely out of whack with their competition, is just aggravating and infuriating.
I won’t claim we will never again sub to a MMO but honestly, much like my warden above I believe we are riding into the dawn toward console (XboxOne) and single player PC games. I’ll still share impressions from games but they won’t be MMOs. Up first on the console are Halo: Master Chief Collection, Assassin’s Creed: Unity, and then finally DragonAge: Inquisition. It is truly an excellent week plus of game anticipation.
If you follow on Twitter I will probably be much more active on my other account @stitchersflock or on @Path, send me a DM if you want to add me on Path. Have fun gaming!
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