Originally Posted by
Centerra
Well, this is true, and I was probably a bit overly dramatic, but aside from CCP (and remembering that Eve will be 10 years old next year), I'm not seeing many devs aiming mmo's at niche appeal. With the exception of Salem which I haven't played, and PS2, which while good isn't really comparable, they are all aping wow and going down the theme park route, ending with the long line of mmos that people are bored with after 6 months that we have now.
I think that devs will eventualy maybe start diversifying into smaller scale mmos at some point, and it's definately a valid business model as you say, but it seems to be taking a while.