Re: Cataclysm Burnout: Gotta love it! :)
A game is a game, I think, and players take time to play all sorts of games. There's a usage drop when the new Civilization comes out. We had fewer people logging on when Starcraft II hit. You usually see the players back in a few weeks due to burn out. WoW is a little bit more consuming, I think, but Cataclysm burn out seems to be happening much faster than I expected.
For some odd reason, we have people who play Rifts and Threshold simultaneously where that doesn't seem to happen with WoW. I'm not really sure of the difference since I haven't tried Rifts yet due to time concerns.
I don't think people quit WoW for Threshold. They burn out on WoW and return to Threshold. Some, of course, never do. They move on to the next game or stick with WoW. That's probably typical of any game or community.
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