You’re probably right about the number of gamers willing to play an Oddworld MMO. I’ve never played anything MMO (apart from Furcadia), so I’m not familiar with the gameplay and social requirements for making and keeping one popular, but apart from a couple I can’t imagine wanting to play many of the MMORPGs out there for any other reason apart from being a fan of the fictional universes they takes place in. The Oddworld fan base is far bigger than we Oddworld Forums regulars, but those who also have the will and means to maintain a presence in an MMO world are probably too few.
Regarding OWI being too small a company to run an MMO, considering there’s like three or four of them then you’re right. But since OWI are outsourcing development to other companies, it would be just such a company—one probably specializing in large online networks/worlds—to be doing that kind of dirty work.
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