tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post2359619790673924378..comments2023-10-25T07:19:08.019-05:00Comments on The Nosy Gamer: Iceland, The Gold Standard For MMOsNoizyGamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-80807896405111882242013-08-30T11:13:31.724-05:002013-08-30T11:13:31.724-05:00@Anonymous
yes, that 200 k players pay for the 2....@Anonymous<br /><br />yes, that 200 k players pay for the 2.5 average account by player. <br /><br />But I doubt we will see 500 k players playng 2.5 accounts or maybe 1 million players doing the same. EVE can be a lucrative niche, but it is a niche. Someday EVE will peak and have the slow death. It is not possible CCP can mantain that model profitable for a long time, with too many F2P/B2P MMO coming. And I am including ESO and WildStar in the F2P list, because EVERYONE knows that two games will be F2P in less than one year after launch....<br /><br />Anyway, EQN will be a big sandbox and F2P. When it comes, how many sanboxers that are really not interested at pvp will go out EVE for EQN?João Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071469488376795686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-5269293631496904682013-08-29T21:21:39.423-05:002013-08-29T21:21:39.423-05:00the players average 2.5 accounts.....THAT THEY PAY...the players average 2.5 accounts.....THAT THEY PAY FOR.....guess what that's just as good as a different person having the account. EvE is successful because its still growing(and profitable) 10 years later.......pick any business in most of them this is going to be consider a success. lets see where gw2 is in 10 years lol. Im betting the ppl that made rift or star wars wish they were gonna still be growing in 10 years or even in business. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-3605427239302233612013-08-29T19:52:35.880-05:002013-08-29T19:52:35.880-05:00If I were to look at the Xfire numbers, I'd ha...If I were to look at the Xfire numbers, I'd have to say that 460K concurrent user number happened sometime in the first month after the game launched. After that the game slide in activity until December when the game established the player base it has today. The number of players seems to fluctuate every other week with when new content is released. That's looking at the Xfire numbers, though. Those may not reflect reality.<br /><br />One thing I feel confident about stating is the Guild Wars 2 is the 2nd most popular MMORPG in the west, topped only by WoW. That's why I found it funny when ArenaNet decided to compare the population of its game to the population of Iceland. <br /><br />And I agree with you about CREDD possibly being a big fail if CREDD is supposed to be a big selling point. That $60 box price + subscription is really going to get in the way.NoizyGamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-23522270577524340202013-08-29T12:35:22.026-05:002013-08-29T12:35:22.026-05:00IMHO, people need be very cautious when saying EVE...IMHO, people need be very cautious when saying EVE is a model of sucess. It have 500 k subs, but each player have average 2.5 sub. So, EVE have only 200 k players. <br /><br />That can make EVE a sucess, but not a model to be copyied or cloned. Because maybe be impossible to clone that sandbox pvp environment that incentive players to buy more than one subscription. I fear CREDD will prove be a big fail.<br /><br />"My understanding of the GW2 mark is that was accomplished at launch and has gone down since."<br /><br />That is the wrong understanding, sorry. They had 400 k concomitant players at launch. That 460 k players happened some time after the launch. Certainly not the first months after the launch, but sometime after it. Anet said they lost some players after launch, but since they are having a constant growth. My guess is that the 460 k players happened when the clockwork invasions started.<br /><br />Anyway, it is what your XFire data show, right?<br />João Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071469488376795686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-80242182148348128732013-08-29T10:49:22.277-05:002013-08-29T10:49:22.277-05:00How many holes does it take to fill the Albert Hal...How many holes does it take to fill the Albert Hall ?<br /><br />How many library of Congresses is that?<br /><br />How many olympic swimming pools?<br /><br />Obligatory XKCD link http://xkcd.com/1257/Knug Lidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168621175894976018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-20391346216776536202013-08-29T09:03:09.342-05:002013-08-29T09:03:09.342-05:00But either way, I guess that makes Iceland the gol...But either way, I guess that makes Iceland the gold standard of how to compare the success of an MMO. -<br /><br /><br />I lol'd. Really. =DRainnoreply@blogger.com