Wed, Jun 17, 2009 | 14:38 BST

Sony thinks a Facebook MMO may eventually conquer WoW

Sony feels that eventually an MMO will be created that will not only knock World of Warcraft off its lofty throne, but will possibly be one created for social network users.

EverQuest lead designer Ryan Barker sat down with Videogamer to chat about EQ’s ten-year anniversary, and said that WoW’s subscriber base of 11.5 million users could be surpassed if the game was on Facebook.

“At some point someone will dwarf those numbers with a game”, said Barker. “If we can get passed some of the barriers that are keeping people from playing with their friends, just because their friends happened to start the game before they did, and maybe started on a different server or whatever, if we can start to get rid of some of those social blocks, I think it can get even better.”

It may not be immersed in fantasy either, as the genre of the MMO may be “almost an afterthought”.

8 comments

theevilaires
17/06/09, 2:45 pm

let the sony hate commence i suspect Blerk will be the second post after me

Gekidami
17/06/09, 2:46 pm

I was unaware that the lead designer to EverQuest was all of Sony.

No_PUDding
17/06/09, 2:48 pm

Too late!

I think it’s true, they are free to play, and have much mroe exposure, since people use Facebook all the time, and people are playign games around them.

The real question is, what is Sony going to do about it?

No_PUDding
17/06/09, 2:49 pm

Ahhh, I didn’t read did I?

If this is not Sony’s view then they won’t do anything about it.

I like this news.

Lutz
17/06/09, 2:50 pm

TES: STFU.

They’re probably right. Doubly so if you can access it on your mobile.

Razor
17/06/09, 3:12 pm

What happens if WoW goes to Facebook?

Blerk
17/06/09, 3:14 pm

Negative reality inversion. Guaranteed.