I’m not sure if you have checked out WoW lately, but it’s actually a pretty beautiful game. I think generally they want the tech specs to be a low barrier to entry for a game where they want millions of players playing concurrently. It also cannot be super heavy or things like raids and battlegrounds would chug.
I’ve got two of Ryan North’s books, “Romeo and/or Juliet” and “To Be or Not to Be” on my bookshelf, but until seeing a Dinosaur Comic again just now, I entirely forgot the connection.