Post by guest on May 23, 2012 4:14:22 GMT 2
Myth is a 14 year old game with no marketing and no way to build awareness about the game. It was never a wildly popular online game like Starcraft, that could survive the loss of many players simply because hundreds of thousands of people play it online. Even then, at least Starcraft still was available for people to buy or download. Even then, people at least knew Starcraft still existed. Even then, the original server for Starcraft still existed, and you didn't have to rig a workaround to play on a new server.
Myth is no longer being sold at stories. Myth is not being offered as freeware so the community has no opportunity to post downloads to the game on credible forums. Myth tournaments no longer even get a courtesy nod from Bungie. Myth's community was never large enough to build up the mind share that games like Quake & Starcraft did. Myth does not have a dedicated server that is accessible out of the box.
Therefore, with no way to build up a decent population, the only thing left for Myth to do is decline in population.
It has nothing to do with BME. It has nothing to do with people being assholes online. It has everything to do with a declining community that has zero ability to engender a healthy turnover. Therefore, when people inevitably get bored of playing the same game for a decade, there's no one coming down the pipeline to replace them.
Fin.
Myth is no longer being sold at stories. Myth is not being offered as freeware so the community has no opportunity to post downloads to the game on credible forums. Myth tournaments no longer even get a courtesy nod from Bungie. Myth's community was never large enough to build up the mind share that games like Quake & Starcraft did. Myth does not have a dedicated server that is accessible out of the box.
Therefore, with no way to build up a decent population, the only thing left for Myth to do is decline in population.
It has nothing to do with BME. It has nothing to do with people being assholes online. It has everything to do with a declining community that has zero ability to engender a healthy turnover. Therefore, when people inevitably get bored of playing the same game for a decade, there's no one coming down the pipeline to replace them.
Fin.
