Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart was interviewed in CVG about the threat MMOs pose to single-player RPG developers. He mentions that if the games are too simple or MMO-like, there is no motivation for players to enjoy them. Generally, sound advice, and a large part of the reason I have not really enjoyed an RPG in quite some time.

He believes it's key that developers of non-MMO RPGs look closely at what the genre offers over MMORPGs to ensure the RPG genre doesn't lose out to the increasingly popular massively multiplayer online world.

"I think those of us that make non-MMO RPGs need to look at what a single-player/small multiplayer RPG can do that MMOs can't and spend our time and effort on those things", Urquhart said.

Read the details on CVG.