The game show PAX held in Seattle, US, ended last week. This year's show probably is the biggest one ever since PAX was created. Although the exhibition center is 30% larger than last year, it only took about ten minutes before it was flooded by gamers from all over America. According to the Korean Media, what NCSoft prepared for Guild Wars 2 players took up all the seats very soon. In fact, it indicates that Korean MMOs are replacing console games at PAX. It used to be considered that MMOs was dominating Asia while console games was more popular in US and Europe. however now such situation has changed. In the word of the vice president of NCSoft US, "MMOPRG has attracted great attention in North America market", and Guild Wars 2, a game which costs them 4 years and all the energy of 270 professional developers "is shining brilliantly in US now." In addition to Guild Wars 2, other MMOs, such as Rift, League of Legends, also attracted a full house of audience at PAX. According to Korea Culture & Content Agency, the market of MMO in North America has been expanding during the last 5 fives at an annual rate of 15%-18%. It is estimated that it would reach 2119 million this year and 3569 million in 2014. In the popularity ranking list of MMOs that are currently operated in North America, two of NCSoft games--Aion and Guild Wars, take up second and eighth place respectively. Maplestory, the classic casual online game of another Korean Company Nexon takes up the fifth place.
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