ArenaNet Founder Mike O'Brien will be satisfied when Guild Wars 2 is the Most Successful MMO

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: ArenaNet Founder Mike O'Brien will be satisfied when Guild Wars 2 is the Most Successful MMO
By: ExcEsc posted at Apr 23, 2012 5:45 pm

Category: Guild Wars 2, Game: Guild Wars 2, 2802 Views

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Forbes, once again had a write up and interview about Guild Wars 2 and this time it is with ArenaNet Founder Mike O'Brien. Here are some of the quotable statements from the interview

“We’re in it to win it this time,” said O’Brien. “We were number two to World of Warcraft with Guild Wars, now we want to beat them. We’ll be satisfied when the Guild Wars 2 is the most successful MMO. I think we have something unique here and players are going to see it and understand why dynamic events are a way better content model than people have experienced before in online worlds. Word-of-mouth will get people to understand that we really are doing something new and different. The sky’s the limit once this game is out. Online worlds have a networking effect. People will bring friends to Guild Wars 2. We hope all the people who play the beta weekend will tell their friends about it.”

O’Brien said “nothing is going to kill WoW other than WoW. Games just don’t die. But do gamers think we’ve seen the most popular online game we’ve ever seen and we’ll never see something more popular than that? I don’t think so. One MMO has been on the top of the heap for seven years now, but there’s been a progression in the industry for other games being able to attract more and more players. And we’re set to climb to the top.”

Did this interview made you more hyped up on the upcoming Beta Weekends? You can check out the full article at Forbes website.