How many MMOs have been successful

Posted by Hui Fang
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Jul 9, 2017
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Don't expect to see a massively multiplayer online game based on Grand Theft Auto, BioShock or Borderlands anytime soon. At least not in NBA 2K18 MT North America, according to Take-Two Interactive chairman Strauss Zelnick, who argues that the genre just doesn't work stateside.  "We're actively investing in online and MMOs


 we're just not doing it in the U.S." Zelnick said at the Cowen and Company Technology, Media and Telecom Conference today. "MMOs don't work here. A couple of our competitors have found out that through very, very expensive lessons. One of our competitors just recently announced they're restarting an MMO project."To support his argument, Zelnick asked,   nba18mt


How many MMOs have been successful in the U.S.? Two. World of Warcraft and EverQuest. Kind of a bad slugging percentage."Take-Two is investing in online games in Asian markets he said, where "at any given time 10 to 20 are successful in China and generating revenue." Through partnerships with Tencent WELCOMETOhttp://www.nba18mt.com/
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