Interesting read..

[blazemonger]

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2018/09/dual-universe-1200-concurrency-simulation.html

 

Especially this bit IMO:

Because you could always use that architecture not as a MMO space game but as a general purpose Metaverse architecture... with those other inclusions like a marketplace and currency system, etc. If they ever did, it would put literally everything to shame overnight.