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New #2 most played mmorpg?
bcbully
Member EpicPosts: 11,843
WoW - 10,600 hours played
FF- 6478
GW2- 6061
Gratz FF fans, looks like you're having fun.
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I thought we established years ago that xFire data is worthless.
Source? I would personally think Raptr is better for this than xFire now if you're going to use an unreliable source. But, lets face it companies themselves aren't that transparent in this F2P world either.
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Umm, no - your second point doesn't make sense unless you are making the claim that xFire was over represented in the sample of people who remained logged in 24/7 during the server issues.
I see no reason why xFire use would be stratified in such a manner. As such, it's quite reasonable to assume that the servers would have remained full with or without AFK players due to the extreme overpopulation in *every* server.
If anything, the data we see now is more skewed as we no longer have a hard server cap (well, one that we aren't hitting) and I bet people are still AFK'ing. I think the best look we have is what the OP posted.
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Considering there were people at level cap before launch I don't think this really means much :P.
What number is Age of Wushu?
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Oh! Now I know Xfire is bogus. I just went over to that link. And Minecraft is no longer in the top 10. So yeah, Xfire is no good.
LOL.
I am having a similar feeling about FFXIV.
I have all classes/jobs at 50 but the new one arcainist and I don't have enough time to play FFXIV cause there is so many things to do I'm switching to main story line then class quests then exploring then crafting then gathering then fate boss fights.
The game just released and has so many things to do even the ones that have all level cap 50s have tons to do I can't imagine what new players are talking about.
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Not bad at all for a P2P game beating dozens of f2p "wowkillers"
but
Neverwinter was in same figures few months back and went down pretty fast ,only time will tell if people are going to have fun in endgame.
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ditto for RIFT and TSW upon their business model capitulations. lol.
Why would the data be worthless? It shows trends amongst the Xfire community that (x) number of hours was played in said duration. That data and pool of players it is drawn from is perfectly legit. The OP is not trying to say this is a cumulative of the whole population but a fraction.
You do realize they stopped selling the game due to the fact that their infrastructure couldnt support anymore players. The numbers you are looking at are based on the number of people they have allowed to play the game at this point in time, it does not represent the number of people that still want to buy and play the game.
The numbers for WoW and GW2 two games that have been out for awhile represent the total number of people that are interested in the game.
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I find it funny how the GW2 bashers hide this information until GW2 drops to third. They always say GW2 is dying and no one plays it. Yet, when they need to they pull out this card. I'm not saying the OP is using it in this situation to discredit GW2, but when GW2 fans use xfire the haters say it's not a reliable source.
Nevertheless, I am very impressed with the popularity of ARR. I wish they would start selling the digital download so I can see what the game is all about!
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Should not be used to predict populations. Yet you are using it to try to point out how many people are playing it.
A game that you like has people playing it. Let's not do the super fan and get all crazy with it and start assuming things. Every major MMO that gets launched shoots up on the charts early on, because it is new. That number will drop over the next month or two, so I wouldn't start singing the praises just yet as someone will turn around a month from now and use XFire right back at you to predict the demise of the game when it drops on the list.
All it proves is XFire players are playing WoW. Big deal. There is no trends that can be discerned from XFire numbers but for XFire users.
If you knew what population in a game used XFire, then the numbers would mean something. Now they are just useless drivvle.
Nice try. NEXT!!!!
...and bcbully isn't using it to predict a population. We already know how many people are playing it, at least on a concurrent basis so there's no need to use xFire to predict a number we already have.
I'm fairly sure the OP doesn't even play the game much - he's from AoW, so your attack is completely unfounded.
Look, you can try to sound like you know statistics but you don't. So please, stop trying.
This is a cycle that plays out time and time again when a new MMO releases. The real test is it's numbers in 30-60 days. I'm not predicting I'm just saying it's to early to call it a long term success. It's obviously a launch day sales success.
193 hours...
I guess AoW fans aren't having as much fun as FF fans are?
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Agreed. For any MMO, days 31, 61 and 91 paint a more accurate picture. That said, I wish them the best with this revival. They've put a lot of time and money into reworking this MMO into a title that is deserving of the Final Fantasy name.
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