[Krickit2]

I have studied both these games indepth. Beta testing POTCO and applied for beta and forum member of PotBS.

I think the appeal for each is going to be very different..

While POTCO is going to appeal to the Disney fan and casual MMO player. It is simply a pirate game without all the complex structure of the heavy-hitting MMORPG. It will appeal to people who want to play a game with their kids. Don't get me wrong, I like POTCO (if they ever get the bugs out), but it is a much simplier game than PotBS.

PotBS is going to appeal more to the hard-core MMO player. This game is complex in it's structure. You can choose to be a pirate, navy, privateer, merchant. It has several nations to play in, with an economic infostructure of merchants and banking. Your ships will be customizable from sails to cannons. From what I can tell the chat system will also be more sophisticated. In PotBS your player will be able to earn peg legs, eye patches, hooks and etc.. It seem that at some point you will also be able to have parrots, monkeys and such.
This game will be more of a realistic pirate world. People who are really into the MMO's are watching this game intently so don't sell it short.