What makes you optimistic?

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Being negative about the industry these days seems to be the norm, and it's kind of understandable. APB managed to set a record for being the fastest MMO death ever, Final Fantasy XIV launched to massively mixed opinions, and not everyone is really on board for the coming Cataclysm. It's very easy to look to next year and assume that more promises will be broken, that coming titles won't live up to the hype, and that everything is doom and gloom for the forseeable future.

Despite all of that, however, there are reasons to be just a bit more optimistic. There has to be something that inspires you to at least adjust your opinion ever-so-slightly upward, that maybe things won't turn out as bad as your nervousness might indicate. Whether it's an upcoming title, patches or expansions that are handled well, or even just a humble move by developers, what makes you hopeful for the future of MMOs?

TH

I'm naturally positive, for me I understand there will be hitches.

Because of WoW's dominance there are alot that only played WoW and so expect the game to be great. The backlash when the servers were down a little longer the other day in WoW was so terribly bad, and so awfully childish I nearly un-subbed right there.

Thank god there is nothing else.

I guess I have common sense, and enjoy the content we have. If I don't find it entertaining, I move on.

Interestingly, most people who haven't played WoW play many MMOs. Those that play WoW rarely know anything else.

TH