Trendsetters: The 10 Most Significant Games


8/26/2008 6:16 PM | 9 Comments | Page 10 of 10

Steve Kent
Steve Kent
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Lineage elfs
Lineage
(NCSoft, Online MMO, 1998)

Traditionally, the game industry has divided the world into three markets -- North America, Europe and Japan. The European market included Europe, Africa, Australia and all of Asia except Japan. In short, South Korea was never considered a hotbed of gaming.

With this in mind, it is somewhat understandable that the industry paid more attention to Ultima Online (released in September, 1997) and EverQuest (released in March, 1999) when it came to massively multi-player games. Who could have predicted that a game released by a South Korean company in 1998 would eclipse both games in popularity?

While Ultima Online eventually racked up 250,000 paid subscriptions and EverQuest topped out at about 450,000 eventually reached 3 million subscribers proving that MMOs could indeed succeed on a massive scale.

The popularity of Lineage has changed the way video and computer game executives view the world. Southeast Asia, once considered little more than an offshoot of other markets, is now both a target market and a global exporter of games. Though Lineage never caught on in the United States, other NCsoft games such as City of Heroes and Guild Wars have impressive sales.

Lineage's subscription records have since been eclipsed by World of Warcraft. If there is one company that has benefited from Lineage's success, however, it is Blizzard. Blizzard sold over 4.5 million copies of StarCraft in South Korea, and World of Warcraft has enjoyed major success in China and South Korea as well.

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Comments

  • w1ndst0rm

    8/28/2008 5:35:59 PM

    Question:
    (not some fanboy rah rah stuff)

    Would FFVII be a significant game because it helped launch or solidify the Playstation brand?

    Reply »
  • KHo

    8/28/2008 8:29:26 AM

    Dr. J vs. Larry Bird was one of my favorite games on the Apple II+. I couldn't get enough of shattering the backboard.

    Reply »
  • CHICA
    CHICA

    8/27/2008 6:46:54 PM

    COOL

    Reply »
  • darkesst
    darkesst

    8/27/2008 1:33:19 PM

    immmmmmmmmmm ssoooooooooo ccccccooooooooolllllllllll yaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply »
  • zed
    zed

    8/27/2008 11:04:19 AM

    aww.. waat to say about it

    Reply »
  • Nintendo_Girl
    Nintendo_Girl

    8/26/2008 8:53:30 PM

    w00t!

    Super Mario Bros.!!!!

    Reply »
  • Kob$ter
    Kob$ter

    8/26/2008 7:55:42 PM

    that is sweet

    Reply »
  • Dark_Blade
    Dark_Blade

    8/26/2008 7:50:19 PM

    awsome

    Reply »
  • Dark_Blade
    Dark_Blade

    8/26/2008 7:50:19 PM

    awsome

    Reply »

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