ithink your number og 175-200.000 could fit for people applying for beta ,
but getting into beta and testing beta i find alot, never heard of so many people betatesting a game before, but then i dont really have an idea about this , logic just tells me it is more logical they wil lget 10.000 people or smth to stress test the server
I expect demand will run higher than Aventurine's capacity. Like muffins said, if they only have the one server, I doubt the could have more than...30,000-60,000. And since we are talking FREE access to game that many will be curious about, I think demand could indeed run as high as 200,000.
However, I dont think 200,000 will want to buy the game at launch, or even a number half of that. So it is doubtful that Aventurine would spend the money for any more servers than they expect to have at launch. This begs the question - how will everyone that wants to try before they buy get the chance?
well im not sure about the amount of servers that will be up for open beta, but as i recall it was stated that supposedly anyone will be able to try before they buy. idk if this means huge open beta or a free trial. i hope its not a free trial.
there were only 500K registrants for War beta around the same period, and they were marketing the hell out of it.
shows that there is definitely a market for Darkfall.
True!
With each server holding 30k-40k (10k concurrent) if we are to believe them, they could accomodate for 300k-400k with just 10 servers.
Since they're releasing in 50 countries in one hemisphere and spreading servers in N.A. through GNi, I don't think it'd be radically more expensive for them to overcompensate by a few servers (though remember these are server clusters, which are very expensive, so each one may be a whopping amount of money).
If open beta hits like WoW's did, I'd say probably 100k people would sign up. Darkfall is a game a lot have heard of and are interested in it. Just the stigma of it being in development for so long follow and not a lot of people register on the forums and actively follow it.
I say all of them. Tasos has repeatedly said that EVERYONE will be able to play DFO before paying even a single penny for it. As such, I believe the beta will be nothing more than an extention of that with keys going out in waves until everyone has one that wants one.
Fear not fanbois, we are not trolls, let's take off your tin foil hat and learn what VAPORWARE is:
"Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
If open beta hits like WoW's did, I'd say probably 100k people would sign up. Darkfall is a game a lot have heard of and are interested in it. Just the stigma of it being in development for so long follow and not a lot of people register on the forums and actively follow it.
WoW's open beta had a million people or more. Their open beta was just a massively advertised marketing tool though. Whatever amount of open beta slots Darkfall has will probably be filled. It really depends on how many servers they put up.
Which is exactly what darkfall's beta is. we're not going to be bug testing... that shit's all been taken care of from their professional beta testers over the paster year+. This beta is to get the word out, and to let people experience a polished product that will make them want to buy it. With this approach, we can rest assured that the game's going have it's features as promised, and in a smoothly working state. After all this time, they're not going to release something broken that will chase beta-experiencers away. OCTOBER!!!!
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ithink your number og 175-200.000 could fit for people applying for beta ,
but getting into beta and testing beta i find alot, never heard of so many people betatesting a game before, but then i dont really have an idea about this , logic just tells me it is more logical they wil lget 10.000 people or smth to stress test the server
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Depends how manys keys they give out.
I voted <25,000.
Open beta. Edited post.
Well, if they run open beta on a single server then we're talking about 10,000 - 30,000 maybe.
I expect demand will run higher than Aventurine's capacity. Like muffins said, if they only have the one server, I doubt the could have more than...30,000-60,000. And since we are talking FREE access to game that many will be curious about, I think demand could indeed run as high as 200,000.
However, I dont think 200,000 will want to buy the game at launch, or even a number half of that. So it is doubtful that Aventurine would spend the money for any more servers than they expect to have at launch. This begs the question - how will everyone that wants to try before they buy get the chance?
well im not sure about the amount of servers that will be up for open beta, but as i recall it was stated that supposedly anyone will be able to try before they buy. idk if this means huge open beta or a free trial. i hope its not a free trial.
I do think you are underestimating the numbers here.
They are definitely going to have more than 250k.
Agree. I think they will use more then one single server though.
137K registered for forum/beta, holy cow.
there were only 500K registrants for War beta around the same period, and they were marketing the hell out of it.
shows that there is definitely a market for Darkfall.
True!
With each server holding 30k-40k (10k concurrent) if we are to believe them, they could accomodate for 300k-400k with just 10 servers.
Since they're releasing in 50 countries in one hemisphere and spreading servers in N.A. through GNi, I don't think it'd be radically more expensive for them to overcompensate by a few servers (though remember these are server clusters, which are very expensive, so each one may be a whopping amount of money).
If open beta hits like WoW's did, I'd say probably 100k people would sign up. Darkfall is a game a lot have heard of and are interested in it. Just the stigma of it being in development for so long follow and not a lot of people register on the forums and actively follow it.
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oh wow holy cow. holy shit batman.. make a press release quick!
Do you really think it's that hard to get people to register to play a free beta? Get fucken real. It's easy as pie.
Dark and Light had over 300,000 people on their boards and over 1,000 actively browsing during its development.
Did it mean anything? Obviously not.
Darkfall is going to be a total failure. Just watch and see. I knew DnL would be long before they ever had SoG.
oh wow holy cow. holy shit batman.. make a press release quick!
Do you really think it's that hard to get people to register to play a free beta? Get fucken real. It's easy as pie.
Dark and Light had over 300,000 people on their boards and over 1,000 actively browsing during its development.
Did it mean anything? Obviously not.
Darkfall is going to be a total failure. Just watch and see. I knew DnL would be long before they ever had SoG.
Poor kid got burned on dark and light and now she's bitter.
It's ok tenspotting, we're here for you!
oh wow holy cow. holy shit batman.. make a press release quick!
Do you really think it's that hard to get people to register to play a free beta? Get fucken real. It's easy as pie.
Dark and Light had over 300,000 people on their boards and over 1,000 actively browsing during its development.
Did it mean anything? Obviously not.
Darkfall is going to be a total failure. Just watch and see. I knew DnL would be long before they ever had SoG.
Poor kid got burned on dark and light and now she's bitter.
It's ok tenspotting, we're here for you!
imnot its her/his 20 plus alt account spotting the same crap he/she always does
I say all of them. Tasos has repeatedly said that EVERYONE will be able to play DFO before paying even a single penny for it. As such, I believe the beta will be nothing more than an extention of that with keys going out in waves until everyone has one that wants one.
Fear not fanbois, we are not trolls, let's take off your tin foil hat and learn what VAPORWARE is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware
"Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
WoW's open beta had a million people or more. Their open beta was just a massively advertised marketing tool though. Whatever amount of open beta slots Darkfall has will probably be filled. It really depends on how many servers they put up.
Which is exactly what darkfall's beta is. we're not going to be bug testing... that shit's all been taken care of from their professional beta testers over the paster year+. This beta is to get the word out, and to let people experience a polished product that will make them want to buy it. With this approach, we can rest assured that the game's going have it's features as promised, and in a smoothly working state. After all this time, they're not going to release something broken that will chase beta-experiencers away. OCTOBER!!!!