Veteran MMO studio casually reveals Guild Wars 3 is in development, and fans aren't sure how to feel
Mar. 28, 2024“Scared to hear it’ll be free to play or something”
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Guild Wars 3 has quietly been confirmed.
Per Korean publicationInven(translated byReddit user Sydius- viaKotaku), NCSoft co-CEO Park Byung-moo recently confirmed the existence of Guild Wars 3 in a rather nonchalant manner during the publisher’s recent shareholder meeting. No additional details, beyond the fact that the game is now in development, were revealed, but the news nonetheless sent shockwaves through the MMO community.
“I hope they keep what made GW1 and 2 unique. $60 purchase one time, with expansions, and a beautiful world with champ trains. That’d be a day 1 buy for me. Excited to hear it, i have faith. Scared to hear it’ll be f2p or something,“said one Reddit userreacting to the news.
“As much as I love GW2, it’s clear that the monetization model wasn’t sufficient in enticing NCSoft to allocate more resources to it as time went on. You could feel the decrease in quality from expansion to expansion, living world to living world,“argued another commenter, concluding, “And given the current landscape of monetization in MMO’s, and how NCSoft is going about it in their other games, I’m very skeptical that it won’t be an MTX fest,” they concluded.
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“I’m expecting F2P with heavily crippled access and progression locked behind MTX,“echoed yet another concerned fan. “Like F2P only having certain weapon types, limits on professions, hard caps on character power progression.”
With so little word from NCSoft, and virtually nothing from presumed developer ArenaNet, it’s impossible to say what direction the sequel will take not only in terms of monetization but in every other regard. That said, there’s no denying the multiplayer gaming landscape has shifted dramatically since Guild Wars 2 released, so it wouldn’t be at all surprising to see a very different type of MMO whenever Guild Wars 3 launches.
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