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How many players in each MMOG?

dreadmandreadman Member Posts: 20
in The Pub at MMORPG.COM

Does anyone have a list or something with how many players there are in WOW, Guild Wars, EVE online, DDO, EQ2, DAOC etc?

Could be fun to see the difference between them. I could probably try to find out myself and compile a list but lets face it. Im too lazy.

so if you got some link or something, plz tell

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  • AelfinnAelfinn Member Posts: 3,857
    http://www.mmogchart.com/

    Unsurprisingly, WOW tops the charts, one thing that is interesting is that Lineage2 never got anywhere near its predecessor.


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  • dreadmandreadman Member Posts: 20

    Lineage 1 and 2 after WOW?

    Im suprised?

    Not that I played either of the lineage games more than just a try, but really?

  • docminusdocminus Member Posts: 717
    i think many lineage player feel equally as eq players, that #2 isn't as good as the first, perhpas therefore.

    oh, and the big player base for lineages come mainly from asia, i believe?

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  • RK-MaraRK-Mara Member Posts: 641
    Yup, its really popular in Korea.

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  • TorakTorak Member Posts: 4,905
    The majority of WoW players are in Asia also
  • NexrusNexrus Member Posts: 10
    I chould have sworn GW was number 2... and I don't see it on the list. 

  • TeiohTeioh Member Posts: 88
    Well, Guild Wars doesn't really have subscribers, so it's hard to list how many people are paying to play the game when you don't have to pay to play it. All he could really do is list the number of Box Sales for GW.

  • ElnatorElnator Member Posts: 6,077

    Originally posted by Nexrus
    I chould have sworn GW was number 2... and I don't see it on the list. 


    Guild Wars doesn't have subscribers ;)   There's no telling how many people actively play it.  It's sold somewhere in the realm of 3 million copies but how many actually play is anyone's guess.

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  • SONOFAGUNNSONOFAGUNN Member Posts: 414

    High numbers do not indicate a better game....

    Witty saying to amuse you goes here.

  • docminusdocminus Member Posts: 717
    not better game, but obviously more popular and more in terms of what people want?

    betamax video was better than vhs, and still vhs made the race... well, now it's dvd.... and the same race is with blue-ray, etc. etc. will the better one "win"? no necessarily. it's all a matter of marketing (and probably lobby)....


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  • Squal'ZellSqual'Zell Member Posts: 1,803

    Originally posted by docminus
    not better game, but obviously more popular and more in terms of what people want?

    betamax video was better than vhs, and still vhs made the race... well, now it's dvd.... and the same race is with blue-ray, etc. etc. will the better one "win"? no necessarily. it's all a matter of marketing (and probably lobby)....

    not what people want, but what the majority of the population can play, a 10 year old will have hard time in eve but will be a god in WoW...

    more numbers mean more subscriptions = target audience was larger. i doubt that eve online targeted 10-13 year olds.

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  • AelfinnAelfinn Member Posts: 3,857

    Originally posted by SONOFAGUNN

    High numbers do not indicate a better game....

    I entirely agree, all the high subscription number in WOW means is that there are a lot of people out there with extremely different priorities in terms of gameplay than me, not surprising considering im nearly a decade older thant the average WOW player

    No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
    Hemingway

  • ChrisMatternChrisMattern Member Posts: 1,478

    Originally posted by Nexrus
    I chould have sworn GW was number 2... and I don't see it on the list.


    GW is not on the list because it's not an MMORPG. In explaining this decision, Sir Bruce quotes GW's developers' own opinion that it's not an MMORPG.


    Chris Mattern

  • JhughesyJhughesy Member Posts: 419

    The number of subscribers only matters in a marketing/money sense.

    Otherwise, I think Eve online wins in terms of gaming with it's 28,000 playing in the one world online at the same time. (this was last week sometime)

  • HerkmeckHerkmeck Member Posts: 206

    Originally posted by Jhughesy

    The number of subscribers only matters in a marketing/money sense.
    Otherwise, I think Eve online wins in terms of gaming with it's 28,000 playing in the one world online at the same time. (this was last week sometime)
    28k is how many accounts were active not how many subscibers...the real numbers wont be known, but with 2-3-4-and up to 7 accounts controlled by one person...you see where I am going.
  • ConverseSCConverseSC Member Posts: 572

    Originally posted by Aelfinn

    Originally posted by SONOFAGUNN

    High numbers do not indicate a better game....

    I entirely agree, all the high subscription number in WOW means is that there are a lot of people out there with extremely different priorities in terms of gameplay than me, not surprising considering im nearly a decade older thant the average WOW player
    I doubt you have any idea how old the "average" WoW player is besides baseless bias and asinine conjecture.
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