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Wow, the latest expansion for LOTRO, Siege of Mirkwood, is (at least for now) online-only. I almost missed it since there isn’t a box out there to grab in a store or find on Amazon. Instead, you’ll find yourself directed here.

$39.99 buys you the expansion and an adventurer’s pack that gives you more slots of characters and items amongst other things.

To me, while it makes sense (it’s an online game after all), it seems like they might be limiting themselves for a game that is already limited to it’s base slice of players in the market. Why wouldn’t you use this as an opportunity to bring people back so you can get a nice little blip or maybe grab some returning players for longer because of expanded content or new updates to the interface/gameplay? It’s almost like they just gave up…kind of like many of SOE’s games that just make due rather than try to reinvent themselves to reinvigorate their subscriber base.

Sorry but I have a feeling LOTRO’s days are numbered. It won’t die tomorrow but it’s definitely not looking like 2010 will be good for them.

g afk