I like your Exotic/Gear idea (Destiny)

by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Monday, January 26, 2015, 15:25 (3381 days ago) @ SonofMacPhisto

That's true with most, if not all, games.

But with MMOs, their sheer scale demands a level of content generation not currently possible.

3. Making frequent content is not financially viable to keep players routinely playing.

But if the same developers making a whole new game out of the blue is financially viable, your statement is inherently flawed.

A theoretical state doesn't really help here, I think. Evidence seems to support his statement; there's nothing empirical to disprove it, right?

You see, I was trying to argue that making new content for a game and making a brand new game are very similar in nature. In fact, it is of my opinion that making new content for an existing game is actually cheaper than making a new game most of the times.

I was arguing that, if it is financially viable for a company to continuously put out games like CoD on an yearly basis, it is not a stretch to think it would be financially viable to put out new content on an existing game (that has hooks for it, of course) on a bi-monthly basis. I am of the opinion that this argument undermines Cody's statement.

Eventually eventually eventually. Don't get me wrong, that would be awesome, but guessing we'll see a lot of crap until then.

Yeah, me too. :(
Doesn't mean I'll automatically bash at a game just because it is defined as a MMO, though.