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I came here expecting to find something new... find out about 8 of the games are a decade old or more. I wish they could make another list of top 5 in the past 5 years, or are there really not even that many being released these days? I feel like I've seen some really cool looking ones every year but never hear of them again.
MMOs are definitely on the decline at this point. They are too big and expensive to make, and companies think GaaS setups are more lucrative.
I don't know. As a fan of the genre there seems to be renewed interest from some very grass roots developers. I would have agreed with your take in 2020, but in 2023 we have announcements of:
These are all still in development, some still in the very early stages. But I would say there appears to be renewed interest in the genre by developers. These projects are major investments by industry veterans. There is more hope for a major new game.now than there has been in the last decade.
There has always been a steady stream of "promising" MMOs from smaller developers over the past couple decades. So that's not really a new phenomenon.
As for the Riot MMO, I'll believe that when they actually have something that people can play.
AoC will fail in the eyes of mmo players since it cannot possibly live up to the hype.