09-February-06, 03:50 PM
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Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme | PC: The Garriotts Predict MMO Shake-Up In their DICE Summit presentation today, brothers Robert and Richard Garriott have outlined their vision of the MMO market for the next 3-5 years.  | Quote: |  | | |  | Originally Posted by NextGeneration |  | | | | | | | | |
Drawing on 25 years of experience in role-playing games, the founders of Origin and current U.S. heads of NCsoft talked about a major shake-up in the MMOG market.
Richard Garriott, father of the Ultima series said, "After a period of growth, opportunities are closing, budgets are increasing to tens of millions of dollars, and companies need global infrastructure in order to publish. My guess is that over the next 3-5 years, only five companies will operate in this business, and unfortunately, many of the startups will be gone." Full story at NextGen | |  | |  | | |
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