In this week's installment of Ekim's Gamer View over at our Network Site MMORPGDot, Ekim (who else?) takes a closer look at two important news items from this week. One concerns the pricing system of Ultima X: Oddysey, and the other concerns the downfall of Rubies of Eventide. Here's a snip:

There is a place for independent developers in the single-player rpg market, but I’m starting to wonder if there is one in the mmorpg’s. The inherent costs to online games are tremendously high, regardless of what some players may think, and it makes it very hard for anyone to hope to accomplish anything without having deep pockets to start off with.

Read the article here.