We'll never get another big blockbuster MMO while the industry's still drooling over live service games

Arthas, from Wrath of the Lich King: Classic, stares through his unholy visor with a smirk on his face.

It'd be wrong to say that the MMO is dead. A lot of the enduring classics are still around—if a little diminished—and there are some promising MMO games on the horizon like Palia and Pax Dei. I also liked the look of Wayfinder, but that's not exactly been doing well.

Still, it's nothing compared to the surge in MMOs we had in the early 2010s. Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn, Neverwinter, Guild Wars 2, The Secret World, DC Universe Online, Rift, Star Wars: The Old Republic, TERA, WildStar, The Elder Scrolls Online, ArcheAge… all of these games and more came out in 2010-2015.