The first ever MMORPG was called Island of Kesami and it was released in 1985. Although it wasn't exactly a 'massively' multiplayer online game due to the server only being able to support 100 people at a time. Also the price to play online was an incredible $12 per hour which no one today would ever consider paying that kind of money to play an MMORPG these days :P.
It was then followed by games such as Neverwinter nights, GemStone 3, Dragon's Gate and Federation which were some of the first graphical MMORPG's as well as a lot cheaper than the first one.
Eventually MMORPG's were set up online in order to sell subscriptions to users over the Internet. The first MMORPG to appear on the Internet was Legends of the future past.
As time passes MMORPG's seem to be getting more and more competitive. The Majority of MMORPG's are now free and the MMORPG's that aren't will eventually struggle until they stop charging their users or close down due to competition. There are already predictions being made that in several years all MMORPG's will eventually become free to play, hell who knows maybe they will start paying us money lol
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