The principal reason that MMOs fail today is money.

如今大型多人在线游戏失败的主要原因是资金。

Should we just give up on the idea of making alternate MMOs entirely. no, of course not.

我们是否应该完全放弃制作替代MMO的想法。不，当然不。

Besides MMOs are perpetual by nature, they're continually being updated and expanded.

此外，大型多人在线游戏本质上是永久性的，它们会不断地更新和扩展。

That means that everybody who's making MMOs has to answer either to a publisher or a group of investors.

这意味着每个制作MMO的人都必须对出版商或一群投资者负责。

But the next generation of social games will start to blur the line between themselves and web based MMOs.

但是下一代社交游戏将会开始模糊它们自身和基于网络的MMO之间的界限。

And last but not least, we'll see the first attempts to cross over between MMOs, the web and reality.

最后但同样重要的是，我们将看到首次尝试在大型多人在线游戏、网络和现实之间进行跨越。

It's given us a lot of good games it just doesn't work for MMOs. why? because console games are launched and then done.

它给了我们很多好游戏，只是对MMO不起作用。为什么？因为主机游戏是发布后就完成了。

We'll probably also see a lot more and a lot better web based MMOs.

我们可能还会看到更多更好的基于网络的大型多人在线游戏。

But it would probably be better for everyone if we stopped trying to make world of Warcraft clones. so what should we do? what will the future of MMOs look like?

但是，如果我们不再试图制作魔兽世界的克隆游戏，这对每个人来说可能会更好。那么我们应该做什么呢？大型多人在线游戏的未来会是什么样子？

Well, those are good questions, and there's no time like the present. so, let's do this! those two questions are pretty intimately tied. but let's start by tackling the first one. Why do modern MMOs fail?

嗯，这些都是很好的问题，而且没有比现在更好的时机了。那么，让我们开始吧！这两个问题紧密相关。但让我们先解决第一个问题。为什么现代MMO会失败？

I mean we can see the first hints of the future of MMOs by looking to some Korean games like Cartwriter or Combat Arms or smaller western productions like Puzzle Pirates or shots online.

我的意思是，我们可以通过观察一些韩国游戏，如《跑跑卡丁车》或《CombatArms》，或者一些较小的西方作品，如《PuzzlePirates》或《ShotsOnline》，来看到大型多人在线游戏未来的最初迹象。