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The video game industry is beginning to slow down, and the sale of video games and consoles this quarter are remarkably lower than the same time last year. The Chief Financial Officer of Amazon.com, Tom Szkutak, says that the reason is because some of the top video games of last year were released in this quarter, and no big releases have been made to boost the market.
I find that the issue is not with a lack of interest in video games, but the dominance of the MMO genre. World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, Everquest 2, Age of Conan, Warhammer Online, and countless other free and premium MMO’s have millions of subscribers that play daily. The gamers are required to pay monthly subscription fees, for example WoW CD KeyAWoW Game Card, and many people feel that if they’re playing monthly for a game, it deserves all of their attention, and will not buy other games.
Some of the top video games of the last few years have been expansion packs to MMO games, with World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King being one of the most prominent, as the same time World of Warcraft CD Key are traded more than last year. Both Everquest and Everquest 2 are still releasing expansion packs, with the upcoming Underfoot expansion for the classic Everquest. These additional purchases make playing the MMO feel like even more of a responsibility, and many gamers are not content until they have experienced every part of a released expansion.
