Online Games Guide
Popular Online Role Playing Games
Today, online role playing games (or simply online RPG) are widely popular among computer gamers. In fact, online role playing games are a multi-billion dollar industry. The biggest and most popular of these online role playing games have millions of players paying for subscription and are running on servers that cost thousands of dollars to maintain. Most of the massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG) have economies wherein players can buy and sell currency and virtual items. Make no mistake about it -- thousands of MMORPG players are serious about their game that they often would buy virtual goods with real money on auction sites like eBay. However, this practice of buying and selling virtual goods in the real world is banned by some online role playing games. Everquest 2, World of Warcraft, Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies and The Lord of the Rings Online are some of the online role playing games available to date. Debuting in 2004, Everquest 2 is the sequel to the wildly popular Everquest. Subscribers to this online role playing game pay $14.99 a month, which is actually cheaper than all the other online role playing games available. World of Warcraft is perhaps the largest online role playing game to date, boasting more than 8.5 million subscribers. In order to play, players are required to purchase a game card, which costs about $15 and is good for 30 days. Three- or six-month game cards are discounted. World of Warcraft is undoubtedly one of the most successful online role playing games as well as the most profitable to its creators since the game brings them millions of dollars each year in revenue.
First appearing in 1997, Ultima Online is considered as one of the original online role playing games. It was a huge success when it came out and it still is today, although it is not really in the same league as that of World of Warcraft in terms of subscribership. Ultima Online's original creator no longer has anything to do with the game today, and the game has taken on a new direction. Currently, there are only about 135,000 Ultima Online subscribers. Star Wars Galaxies and The Lord of the Rings Online are two online role playing games based on movies. These two online role playing games did not really take off but hey have dedicated players. Wikipedia has an extensive list of MMORPGs at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MMORPGs There may be a number of games in the list that you haven't heard of before. A lot of these MMORPGs are country- or region-centric, which means they are popular only in certain countries or region. Everquest 2, World of Warcraft, Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies and The Lord of the Rings Online are online role playing games that enjoy international popularity and following.
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