Summary: This episode we guess a bunch of stuff that will happen this year! Listen now: Predictions for 2013 Big Winners: Chris: Guild Wars 2, Firefall, Neverwinter, Planetside 2 Harry: Guild Wars 2, Hello Kitty Online Big Fails: Chris: The Secret World, TOR Harry: Rift, FFXIV Chris wins What will eat up most of our time in 2013: Chris: Guild Wars 2, Rift, Neverwinter,LOTRO Harry: LOTRO, Guild Wars 2 Chris Wins What game(s) won’t be released in 2013? Chris: Elder Scrolls Online, Shadowrun Online, World of Darkness Harry: Titan. EQ Next Chris wins more Expansion of the Year: Chris: Storm Legion Harry: Riders of Rohan Harry wins MMO Reporter Official Expansion of the Year for 2012: Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan Will Free to Play be the dominant/default business model by the end of 2013? Chris: Yes, but there will still be several games that stick to the purchase/sub model. When a game can get a certain number of subs, its a more stable income stream that leads to more stable content releases. Harry:Yes, but more companies will adopt the Guild Wars model, rather than gimping their game. In fact, this will show the Asian model was correct all along, except for all the grinding. Chris wins Question Marks? What can’t you quite put your finger on: Chris: Mechwarrior Online – Why are so many games calling themselves MMOs when they barely have any of the aspects of an MMO? Harry: Why haven’t we seen any viable console MMO yet? Chris wins What game could be announced that we haven’t heard about yet? Chris: Madden the MMO Harry: EverQuest Next, Guild Wars 3: Guild Warsinganating Harder: Reloaded: The Sequel, part deux point 5, this time it’s personal. Now a Trillogy!, Fallout MMO MMO of the Year: Chris: Guild Wars 2 Harry: Guild Wars 2 Chris wins MMO Reporter’s official MMO of the Year 2012: Guild Wars 2 Predictions for 2014 Big Winners: Chris: Wildstar Harry: Destiny, fail Hello Kitty Online Layanor: Everquest Next Big Fails: Chris: Elder Scrolls Online Harry: Shrouds of the Avatar Layanor: Wildstar What will eat up most of our time in 2014: Chris: Wildstar Harry: Elder Scrolls Online, WildStar Layanor: LOTRO - Secret World What game(s) won’t be released in 2014? Chris: Star Citizen Harry: Leisure Suit Larry: Looking For Group. The Leisure Suit Larry MMO, Elite Dangerous, Titan Layanor: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka! Online - World of Darkness Expansion of the Year: Chris: Helm’s Deep Harry: EVE: Rubicon Layanor: Rubicon Official MMO Reporter Expansion of the Year 2013: EVE: Rubicon What will be the dominant element of MMOs in 2014 Chris: Adding world building to the game in some way. Harry: Building and creating Layanor: Cubes and Voxels Question Marks? What can’t you quite put your finger on: Chris: Crowdfunding for MMOs Harry: Star Citizen Layanor: Popularity in cartoony games that are trying to be serious What game could be announced that we haven’t heard about yet? Chris: Some sort of sports based MMO Harry: Fallout MMO Layanor: Tron Online MMO of the Year 2013: Chris: Neverwinter Harry: FFXIV Layanor: FFXIV MMO Reporter’s official MMO of the Year 2013: FFXIV
