| Rank | Prev Week | Game | Score | Hours Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | World of Warcraft | 54.4 | 49,474 |
| 2 | 2 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | 9.0 | 8,188 |
| 3 | 3 | Aion | 7.1 | 6,497 |
| 4 | 4 | Eve Online | 5.6 | 5,085 |
| 5 | 5 | Tera | 5.6 | 5,055 |
| 6 | 6 | Metin 2 | 3.9 | 3,518 |
| 7 | 7 | APB: Reloaded | 3.5 | 3,144 |
| 8 | 8 | Lord of the Rings Online | 3.3 | 2,855 |
| 9 | 9 | Guild Wars | 2.1 | 1,915 |
| 10 | 10 | Need For Speed World | 2.0 | 1,842 |
| 11 | 11 | Maple Story | 1.9 | 1,689 |
| 12 | 12 | Star Trek Online | 1.7 | 1,525 |
The Xfire community played MMORPGs 5.7% more hours on Sunday than they did the week before. Leading the way with double-digit growth were Tera (+12.3%), Metin 2 (+11.6%) and World of Warcraft (+10.2%). The big loser for the week was Guild Wars with a decrease of 9.8% in hours played.
No Shufflin': For the first time since I started keeping track, The Digital Dozen has the same rankings two weeks in a row. Tera did make a valiant rush at Eve Online, but fell a few hours short.
Is SW:TOR Stabilizing? I've been waiting for awhile now, but with Star Wars: The Old Republic only losing less than 1% of hours played from the week before, has the game finally hit bottom? As much as I've learned to dislike EA over the past few months, I still like the Star Wars IP and don't want to see the game fail. I think the game has already disappointed investors and the suits at EA alike. I really don't want to see this turn into another Tabula Rosa situation where the game gets shut down even though it has a large enough player base to keep most games running.
eve is just 1/10th playtime of WOW? amazing...has it always been this amount? i doubt it. sounds very promising indeed for a game with a killer learning curve.
ReplyDeleteActually, at the beginning of the year it was 1/25th.
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