| The Sims Online is in a stunningly popular | | | | player and that can really get old. |
| multiplayer version of the smash hit The Sims | | | | The single player Sims gave characters different |
| series of PC games. Game makers are an | | | | chores and tasks that had to be completed, such |
| incredibly bright group of people, and have quickly | | | | as jobs or errands, but The Sims Online has a |
| realized the huge potential in massively multiplayer | | | | much looser set of objectives. You still have |
| online games. Not only are they dominating the | | | | tasks to perform and still have to eat, but you |
| market these days, they also contributed to a | | | | objectives aren't clear, nor is the timeframe in |
| very hefty bottom line as far as profits go. | | | | which to do them. The idea behind it, I manage, is |
| The well-known single player games, like The Sims | | | | to be able to interact with the other players. |
| series, are a one-time purchase and then that's it. | | | | While its kind of fun to dawn a digital mask and |
| Massively multiplayer online games have to first | | | | interact with people on the digital format because |
| be bought and then continuously subscribed to | | | | you certainly not be able to do this and realize, it |
| with a monthly fee. This is an example of | | | | doesn't take very long before it begins to feel like |
| something called continuity sales, which simply | | | | some kind of graphical chat room. The few in |
| means that there is a revenue stream in addition | | | | game goals that there are, like making money or |
| to the original purchase. From a business | | | | setting up a house, have severe restrictions and |
| perspective, MMO games are much more | | | | arent really all that rewarding due to an overall |
| lucrative. | | | | lack of depth to the in game economy, so really |
| The reason why I bring all that up is that I think | | | | the only point I found to keep playing was to |
| its important to keep that fact in mind when | | | | meet people. Seeing how there are free chat |
| reviewing MMO style games like The Sims Online, | | | | rooms all over the place, I guess I just dont feel |
| youve got to keep dishing out money to play. | | | | like The Sims Online is worth a monthly fee, and |
| While in the more traditional MMO games like | | | | maybe not even the original purchase price. |
| Everquest players have some clear cut goals and | | | | There are other computer software teams out |
| objectives dangled just out of their reach at all | | | | there that I feel you get a much better bang for |
| times to keep them playing, The Sims Online | | | | your buck with. You can just pop on the Internet |
| appears to be lacking direction. | | | | and do a search on video games, or computer |
| Sometimes the single player Sims games appear | | | | games and come up with thousands of titles to |
| to be without purpose. What I mean by that is | | | | choose from. There are also a whole bunch of |
| you could play God and your little world and be | | | | reviews that you can read in order to make |
| the creator, but there was never any clear cut | | | | comparisons. So go ahead and check out the |
| purpose to what you were doing and therefore | | | | Sims online, but be sure to check out the other |
| after a while it would become boring. But the | | | | offerings that are out there. |
| Sims online you only have control over a single | | | | |