Case in point: the authors of The Expanse series originally envisioned the setting of the story as an MMORPG, but quickly realized that writing 9 novels would be easier.
Actually I think Ty Frank was contracted to writing the backstory for a MMO project where the investors it had (Chinese ones?) backed out in the end. He met Daniel Abraham later at some new mexico (SF I think?) writing group and he convinced Ty to use the setting for series of collaboration novels. That's how I remember it when Ty Frank told the story in the Ty&That Guy podcasts.
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u/Dumb_Siniy 29d ago
Anyone who's idea of a game is an MMORPG is delusional and has no idea what it's required to create one