EVE Online: Still Around in 50 Years?

CCP's Reynir Hadarson believes that EVE Online could last fifty years or more. He indicates that developers will continue to build and that MMOs shouldn't be limited in the length of their appeal:

Asked if Eve Online could still achieve new things, he said "Absolutely, we will just keep building on top of it. MMOs do not have to age. The nature of a game like Eve is that there is no need for sequels - why shouldn't it run for fifty years?"

CCP recently released the 'Trinity' update for Eve, which offers an optional update to the graphics engine, as well as new content for the game.

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Eve certainly has the potential. Just look at the wonderful and flawless* upgrade to the game engine they've just made. And soon CCP is adding Avatars. What's next? Planetfall? And after that? Well, its an entire universe - the prospects are infinite.

*I was lucky I was away for a trip during the patch day and didn't get my boot.ini so innocently rubbed out :P

It is very possible.

Given the brief amount of time MMOs have been around in the first place, and the pace of technological change, it's really hard to imagine what any MMO would be like in 50 years. That's assuming we're not all "playing" the RL version of Fallout by then....

They'd prolly have realistic pods shipped to your homes with a box pack for an "immersive" experience :D

Well so far Eve fanbase has been steadily increasing and as long as they keep supplying new content it will propably be stable atleast

Danzorz:
As long as changes are made and the game is still fun it will last forever.

I seriously doubt it. Eventually a game will come along that offers something new, not necessarily better, and people will migrate. I doubt there'd be any game that would last for 50 years.