Interesting read on MMORPG.com today from David Wachter, who has acted as a community manager in many a game before. He basically outlines reasons of while certain games did not end up making the cut, and he concludes with a particularly interesting paragraph: Full article here: http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/feature/3767/Victor-Wachter-The-Failed-Game.html
...y'oughta post his over on EF. Then sit back and watch them rationalize how it's all the customer's fault if a company is floundering.
Aslong as there are people who enjoy gambling there will always be a PE in some form, although I do think its been sliding slowly towards the grave the last 2years in terms of less revenue and new accounts.