Submission + - Is WOW #1 because of its style? (channelmassive.com)
An anonymous reader writes: In this blog entry, Are SOE fanboys/girls blind to the sucky-spectrum? the author suggests that the art direction, style and accessibility of World of Warcraft might account for its huge numbers compared to competing games by SOE which rely on heavy duty photorealistic graphics engines and computer horsepower for presentation. The fact that the WOW game is more widely supported by older existing hardware than newer SOE titles such as Vanguard and Everquest 2 is not mentioned in the article but is an interesting side-effect of WOW's less intensive hardware requirements.