| Rank | Prev Week | Game | Score | Hours Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | World of Warcraft | 52.5 | 48,235 |
| 2 | 2 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | 10.9 | 10,051 |
| 3 | 3 | Tera | 7.4 | 6,813 |
| 4 | 4 | Aion | 6.2 | 5,735 |
| 5 | 5 | Eve Online | 4.3 | 3,977 |
| 6 | 8 | Lord of the Rings Online | 3.6 | 3,302 |
| 7 | 6 | Metin 2 | 3.2 | 2,976 |
| 8 | 7 | APB:Reloaded | 3.0 | 2,799 |
| 9 | 9 | Guild Wars | 2.6 | 2,433 |
| 10 | 10 | Need For Speed World | 2.1 | 1,934 |
| 11 | 12 | Star Trek Online | 2.1 | 1,930 |
| 12 | 11 | Maple Story | 1.9 | 1,705 |
Diablo 3: To say that Diablo 3 had an impact on the gaming world last week is an understatement. Not only did the number of hours the Xfire community played MMORPGs drop 16.8%, but the Xfire community played Diablo 3 over 40,000 hours more than it did all MMORPGs combined. The big losers were Aion (-28%), World of Warcraft (-21.2%) and Star Wars: The Old Republic (-21.1%).
One Ring To Rule Them All: Only one game in The Digital Dozen managed to buck the trend and actually see playtime rise. Lord of the Rings Online, on the strength of the release of Update 7: Shades of the Past, last Monday, managed to pull of a 3.6% gain over the previous Sunday. That gives hope for games like Eve Online, with Inferno launching today, and SW:TOR with patch 1.3 due out in June/July, that Diablo 3 will not bury all games for months to come.
Diablo will not bury the MMOs long, as it is not such along game. Nad I for one doubt it has a huge replayability even with randomized dungeons.
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