User blog comment:SleepingIII/The Elder Scrolls Online - on Steam/@comment-7813150-20140725224127/@comment-7813150-20140801144809

Nah, I just don't think there are as many MMORPG gamers as there used to be. The MMORPG market has been stagnant for years, and even the once-invincible WoW franchise is now losing members. It's not a failure of TES:O; it's just a shrinking market.