Comparing MMOs: WOW vs. FF 14 vs. Elder Scrolls Online vs. Wildstar

[kohan9347]

http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/07/co...e-vs-wildstar/


For almost 10 years, World of Warcraft has dominated and defined the genre while quickly making most competition irrelevant. However, we’ve recently seen a few notable MMOs launch that, while unlikely to match Warcraft’s astronomical subscription numbers, could divide the fan base.

Simply put, gamers have as much choice in the MMO field as never before. Below, we compare World of Warcraft with three of its current major competitors; Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, The Elder Scrolls Online, and Wildstar.


World of Warcraft

Hail to the king. World of Warcraft currently has a massive 7.6 million players. Sure, that’s not as many as it had during its peak in 2012 (when it had 12 million subscribers), but that’s still a lot of players for a nearly 10-year-old game.

Part of Warcraft’s success has to do with its flexibility. Since its launch in 2004, developer Blizzard has constantly added new quests, classes, races, zones, and content. Some of these come in free updates, but most of the big stuff comes via massive expansions. Blizzard has released about one every two years, with 2012′s Mist of Pandaria being the fourth and most recent. Later this year, we’ll get the fifth expansion, Warlords of Draenor.

[Darsithis]

I'm sorry, but we don't allow game vs game threads here. I'll leave the link up, but discussion of such things has never proved constructive in the past.