Great chart. Thank you.

What % of new players stick with the game? Of the people who started within the past 2 or 3 years what % do you think stayed with the game?

Then think back 7 or 8 years. What % of the new players back then stuck with the game?

And not retread players who have been in and out of the game for a long time, rather brand new blood.

And as a side note.
The power of two accounts need not to be alts.

What % of new players stick with the game? Of the people who started within the past 2 or 3 years what % do you think stayed with the game?

Then think back 7 or 8 years. What % of the new players back then stuck with the game?

And not retread players who have been in and out of the game for a long time, rather brand new blood.

Actually, it's very obvious that you think this is an exceedingly low number. So low, in fact, that the tired old meme "Eve is Dying" is actually true. Obviously, the player retention efforts that CCP have put in place are so terrible that they have one of the only MMOs in the world with a positive growth rate for a ******* decade.

Seriously, if you have ideas for how to help the NPE, then spit them out. If you want to tell everyone you know how to run a game company better than CCP... well, you're free to try. Get some venture funding, start a company. Hire a bunch of people. Find out just how much you didn't know.

-Liang

Working on my second month here.

It looks like the average account age is 4 years?

Not sure I'll make it that long, but I am glad I came to try out EVE. Was on my to-do list a long while.

Actually, it's very obvious that you think this is an exceedingly low number. So low, in fact, that the tired old meme "Eve is Dying" is actually true. Obviously, the player retention efforts that CCP have put in place are so terrible that they have one of the only MMOs in the world with a positive growth rate for a ******* decade.

Working on my second month here.

It looks like the average account age is 4 years?

Not sure I'll make it that long, but I am glad I came to try out EVE. Was on my to-do list a long while.

Many people take breasts, sometimes long ones, . Thus, the average age is simply a median between the time they were all created. As more and more breasts are created, and kept, their size will shrink, or grow, accordingly with the ratio of account creation dates, not the period of time accounts are played for.

I'm pretty sure that this isn't information that can possibly be meaningful to you.

Nah I wouldn't say the average account age is 4 years. That seems really old.

-Liang

The rate of sub increases has slowed every time hi-sec gets safer

Therefore we should make hi-sec more dangerous and exciting to save EVE.

(logically)

Many people take breaks, sometimes long ones, and accounts don't get deleted for going inactive, or practically any other reason. Thus, the average account age is simply a median between the time they were all created. As more and more accounts are created, and kept, that age will shrink, or grow, accordingly with the ratio of account creation dates, not the period of time accounts are played for.