Originally Posted by Motoki 
To me, I see Richard Garriott as someone who used to be a trend setter and is now a trend follower. First and foremost he goes where the money is but that wasn't always the case.
I disagree. He set trends on the PC by doing something a lot of other people were doing, but doing it a lot better and in an original way. Just because other people have made iOS (or Android) games doesn't mean that he can't trend set in the same way he did on the PC.