MOBAs are very chic right now, but are they here to stay?
How the big MOBA scene could burn out like a flash fire.
I wrote a bit ago that Ienjoyed my timewithHeroes of the Storm, the upcoming team-based MOBA from Blizzard.
But as I looked across the landscape in the last week, another thought occurred to me.
Do we really need yet another MOBA?
And thats not even counting games that are inspired by the MOBA genre but not quite traditional MOBAs likeSMITE.
WhenWorld of Warcraftreleased in 2004, it changed the entire industry, much likeLeague of Legendsdid upon its release.
The chances of any one of their titles obtaining the success of aLeagueorDotAseem awfully slim.
Even Blizzard is playing catch-up this time around.
MMOs, like MOBAs, are a very time intensive endeavor.
More importantly, why would they even want to?
I sure know that my own gaming time is finite and valuable to me.
But with every new announcement, I just keep wondering when this MOBA bubble is going to pop.
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