The rankings of the top twelve MMORPGs as determined by the players
of the Xfire community from play on Sunday, 21 April 2013. For more
details about the methodology, click here. Historical data can be found here.
| Rank | Prev Week | Game | Score | Hours Played | +/- % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | World of Warcraft | 40.4 | 22,509 | -6.1 |
| 2 | 2 | Guild Wars 2 | 18.3 | 10,175 | +6.0 |
| 3 | 3 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | 12.7 | 7,088 | -0.9 |
| 4 | 4 | Tera | 5.8 | 3,222 | -0.5 |
| 5 | 6 | Aion | 4.7 | 2,596 | +8.6 |
| 6 | 5 | Eve Online | 4.0 | 2,215 | -7.4 |
| 7 | 7 | Lord of the Rings Online | 3.1 | 1,752 | +11.7 |
| 8 | 9 | Planetside 2 | 2.7 | 1,507 | +18.1 |
| 9 | 11 | APB: Reloaded | 2.3 | 1,285 | +10.4 |
| 10 | 8 | Runescape | 2.3 | 1,255 | -4.4 |
| 11 | 10 | Need For Speed World | 1.9 | 1,068 | -11.0 |
| 12 | 12 | Metin 2 | 1.8 | 1,015 | -8.1 |
Total Digital Dozen Hours: 55,687
The time the Xfire community spent playing the 12 most popular MMORPGs remained fairly stable Sunday, only declining by 1.2% compared to the previous week. Games experiencing the greatest gains in popularity were Planetside 2 (18.1%), Lord of the Rings Online (11.7%) and APB: Reloaded (10.4%). The only game experiencing a double-digit percentage decline was Need For Speed World (-11%).
Still The 800 Pound Gorilla - While World of Warcraft's days of topping the Xfire charts with 6-figure are over, the game still dominates the genre. Take for example Sunday. The other 11 games on The Digital Dozen saw a 2.4% increase in hours played but WoW's 6.1% decline turned a possible positive gain into a 1.2% decline.
Burn Eve? - Eve Online's 7.4% Xfire decline corresponded with the lowest peak concurrent user number for a Sunday since the launch of the Retribution expansion. While the mass movement of players to Reykjavik for Fanfest 2013 that began this weekend might explain some of the numbers, a more plausible explanation was the Burn Jita 2 event. We'll see if the numbers rebound next weekend if Goonswarm and friends stop their attacks on shipping in Eve Online's main trade hub.
Still The 800 Pound Gorilla - While World of Warcraft's days of topping the Xfire charts with 6-figure are over, the game still dominates the genre. Take for example Sunday. The other 11 games on The Digital Dozen saw a 2.4% increase in hours played but WoW's 6.1% decline turned a possible positive gain into a 1.2% decline.
Burn Eve? - Eve Online's 7.4% Xfire decline corresponded with the lowest peak concurrent user number for a Sunday since the launch of the Retribution expansion. While the mass movement of players to Reykjavik for Fanfest 2013 that began this weekend might explain some of the numbers, a more plausible explanation was the Burn Jita 2 event. We'll see if the numbers rebound next weekend if Goonswarm and friends stop their attacks on shipping in Eve Online's main trade hub.
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