# The Future of MMORPGs - PC Gamer - Op Ed

**URL:** https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/the-future-of-mmorpgs-pc-gamer-op-ed/19087
**Category:** GD Other Games
**Tags:** mmo, news
**Created:** [August 13, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/the-future-of-mmorpgs-pc-gamer-op-ed/19087 "2019-08-13T14:02:36Z")
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### Author: ![Finbar](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/user_avatar/forums.oldtimersguild.com/finbar/32/1527_2.png) [@Finbar](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Finbar)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/the-future-of-mmorpgs-pc-gamer-op-ed/19087/1 "2019-08-13T14:02:36Z")

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This is an interesting Op Ed from PC gamer, focusing on the die hard MMORPG community and the potential futures of the MMORPG genre.

> **[For MMO diehards, there's only one conversation: is the genre dying or...](https://www.pcgamer.com/for-mmo-diehards-theres-only-one-conversation-is-the-genre-dead-or-dying/)**
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> As the genre becomes set in its ways, a few holdouts on r/mmorpg honor the past and predict a bleak future.

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### Author: ![Splutty](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/user_avatar/forums.oldtimersguild.com/splutty/32/728_2.png) [@Splutty](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Splutty)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/the-future-of-mmorpgs-pc-gamer-op-ed/19087/2 "2019-08-13T21:15:43Z")

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Nice article, but with one pet peeve of mine. The writer, as a lot of others, doesn’t seem to know the difference between an MMO and an MMORPG. They’re not the same thing, yet he reminisces about MMOs when people are complaining about MMORPGs.