And it's generated more revenue every year than GW2 and half their other IPs combined. Sometimes it's dipped down and it's been a lot higher at points but even in the last few years it has. If anything Lineage has held a pretty consistent 1M sub base over the years. Yeah, I've always thought people oversell the EQ numbers too. The data in this link is BS.ĮverQuest peaked at 450k players and was only at that level for half a year. BDO has less than 300 thousands of players, or more than a million - it depends if we count the mobile game as the same MMORPG. GW2 has more than 2 millions after the last expansion. it is pretty easy on monthly basis - WoW has about 5 millions players - they claim more than 7. In fact even Diablo 3 has larger player base as it is a better MSO.Īlso the information in the link is strongly misleading. And all of them combined are much less popular than LoL. So let’s dive in, and sort the most popular MMOs by their user base, with any and all (authority) data that is available on the subject." The reason? I guess WoW’s population is so big, that the rest are embarrassed for their numbers. "Estimating the population of an MMO game is a daunting task, and publishers are not willing to share their numbers on these matters. The data has been collected and here are the results. There is no chance BDO is more active in the west for people than EQ was from 2001-2004. Now if you want to throw in eastern subs, Lineage, FFXI and Aion would pass it, and most modern games have a higher peak than EQ, but EQ's retention was stellar and it didnt peak until 5 years out while most modern games peak month 1. The only other games to top 500K outside of the initial launch rush are WoW, EvE, and probably FFXIV. It had over 500K several years after release. In terms of western games, it absolutely is. EQ is not even in the top 10 for highest population games ever. You owe me a new keyboard as you made me spew coffee all over mine. I would imagine FFXIV has 80-90% of ESO's population, but BDO more like 25% of FFXIV. Im curious just how big the gap is from 4 to 5. Also, if you take out accounts created in last 30 days no way BDO is anywhere close to 1M.Īs for overall pop, 1 is obvious. FFXIV having 1M subs would be huge, when you consider EQ's peak was 650K or so and thats the number 2 sub game of all time (sustained peak that is).
I put 0 faith in their population numbers.
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