[zanny]

Maybe for a year. Then people will want meaning in their lives and would seek meaningful productive things to do that they want to do.

The reason people right now love gaming so much and often to an unhealthy degree is because its an escape from a life they don't like living but have no choice in because they are chained to a job to survive.

[aaron-lebo]

Yeah, for a lot of people living in Azeroth is still going to be more fun than living off 12k a year. Entertainment is made to be addictive, none of those dynamics you are talking about are going to change.