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Originally Posted by Rothaga
The book at hand? I dunno if it was such a great idea releasing information on GW:EN and GW2 around the same time. If they hadnt released info on GW2, I would have got GW:EN, but im not so sure now. I think that there will be a fair number of people that wont get GW:EN when they know that in a couple years it will be obsolete. Your book example doesnt work if the second book doesnt make the first book obsolete.
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No, I think ANet made a wise move, they are building momentum. They placed a very dynamic and ambitious plan all out on the table for everyone to see.
They announce a large global expansion for the Guild Wars Trilogy while at the same time make public their plans for a second generation game in the Guild Wars franchise. The MSNBC article nicely meshes into all the reasoning behind their decisions. It comes across very clear that ANet is basing its decisions on what it feel the player base wants.
Guild Wars won't be/can't become obsolete unless they shut the servers down, and they aren't going to do that anytime soon. Each subsequent chapter didn't make the prior campaign "obsolete", sure it refocused attention but Prophecies is still going strong whenever I log into to play. The same will hold true for the next stage of Guild Wars.
I stopped playing Guild Wars for 11 months and picked it up again and started playing. The game doesn't become obsolete just because the franchise grows. I think the book analogy holds up well to scrutiny.
Guild Wars 2 is being built upon the very world that the original Guild Wars fleshed out.
It's the brave new world of gaming: The Guild Wars Trilogy will long remain as an adventure that people may want to jump into by themselves or with friends. The three campaigns will stand together as a really cool gaming experience for people to revisit or play for the first time. ANet will continue to run the servers and scale the resources accordingly because the Guild Wars Trilogy is the gateway to the growing Guild Wars franchise.