A coworker of mine really wanted to play the Age of Conan beta. When he heard that FilePlanet subscribers would have the chance to download the client and play it themselves, he jumped at the chance. But 24 hours and dozens of gigabytes later, his will faltered. Have you had a similar experience? For this week's discussion, we want to know:

Are system requirements, hard-drive space and download times preventing people from playing MMOs?

Tell us what you think in the comment thread!