The thing Mark Zuckerberg doesn't understand is that PC gamers have been playing in metaverses for decades already.
This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 378 in December 2022, as part of our Tech Report series. Every month we explore and explain the latest technological advances in computing—from the wonderful to the truly weird—with help from the scientists, researchers, and engineers making it all happen.
It's hard to imagine a worse start for a company who wants to own the metaverse, and for us to spend all our time there. One can be permitted a sliver of schadenfreude in watching a man who's taken such a laissez-faire approach to our privacy data get it wrong, but the metaverse's fortunes aren't tied to Meta. Zuckerberg's specific vision has thus far failed because of the obvious issues right there at the announcement—that Horizon Worlds' avatars look startlingly basic.
Persistent, always-on worlds with massive player numbers have been central to our experience since Ultima Online. Modding has transformed games from auteured, closed experiences to platforming hosting the imaginative output of thousands—we only need to look at how far Half-Life or Skyrim have been guided away from their original release form by UGC for evidence of that. EVE has shown us how an entirely player-regulated economy can function and sustain itself.
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