Innovation in the MMO genre is a difficult thing. New ideas that seem good on paper often turn out to be really bad. Blizzard pushed the MMO genre forward in a major way with WoW. That's a tough act to follow, even for Blizzard. Perhaps their plans for innovation this time around just weren't working out. By starting over and delaying release they're avoiding an FFXIV scenario.
Is there a secret competition going on to see which company can have the worst PR surrounding their console launch? If so Microsoft is proving to be tough competition for Nintendo. Hopefully Sony isn't in on it.
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