The "fairness" of comparing "The Old Republic" to "World of Warcraft"

I've been doing my little MMOCrunch writing again and I've spat out an opinionated article on the crazy crap that gamers sometimes use as arguments to protect their favorite new or upcoming MMO games from criticism.

You see, I am sick and tired of hearing gamers cry foul when people compare a new MMO to an old and long running one. Lately I've been seeing a lot of people getting angry at people that point out some issues that they have found in Star Wars: The Old Republic and which World of Warcraft has managed to solve.

This is what a gaming forum looks like after a flame fest between SWTOR and WoW fanboys...

The people that are upset with these kinds of legitimate observations claim that it is "unfair" to compare SWTOR to WoW, since WoW has been around for 7 years and thus has had a lot more time to have had issues fixed and features add.

Head over to my article on MMOCrunch to find out why I think that is a weird argument to make and why I think that it is ultimately completely missing the point.



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