
The Forever Games (Ep. 4)
Gamecraft
World of Warcraft as a Pioneering Forever Game
World of Warcraft is considered one of the first examples of a forever game, with a massive global influence and sustained popularity over 25 years, despite not reaching the scale of some modern games with millions of players. It stood out for achieving significant global reach as a subscription-based game before the era of free-to-play games, dominating the online gaming space by 2008 amidst the rise of social networking games.
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