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Tripp Orsam
Dragonstar
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Posted - 2006.07.29 03:43:00 -
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The Pie
I'm guessing that with 'EVE China' and all the advertising that has been going on for EVE in general lately this 1% will rise quite a bit in the coming months.
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Kennaa
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Posted - 2006.07.29 03:44:00 -
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Great, beating toontown by .1%
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Blind Man
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.07.29 04:09:00 -
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star wars galaxies beats us
MY CORP USES *** TEXT LIKE THIS UNDER SIGS SO I DO IT TOO.
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Father Weebles
Lost Dawn Technologies
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Posted - 2006.07.29 04:09:00 -
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Originally by: Kennaa Great, beating toontown by .1%
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Berious
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2006.07.29 04:14:00 -
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It's funny, EVE can grow and prosper with 1% but some games(SWG) are flailing to increase subs with much more.
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Lord XSiV
Amarr
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Posted - 2006.07.29 05:36:00 -
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Originally by: Berious It's funny, EVE can grow and prosper with 1% but some games(SWG) are flailing to increase subs with much more.
You have any idea what Sony execs make these days? Cripes it would take all the southern alliance subs just to cover 1 SoE exec :)
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Cheice
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.07.29 05:42:00 -
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I had NO idea so many people played Lineage! How weird. Is it bigger outside the US?
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Arkanor
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.07.29 05:59:00 -
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Edited by: Arkanor on 29/07/2006 06:01:02 WOW IS BLOBBING THE PIE CHART!
Seriously, that's wacked.
I'm amazed to see toontown anywhere above 0.1%, every time I see that ad I think how much more fun it would be to mine veldspar in jita.
Originally by: Ghosthowl WoW = hardcore paladins smashin dat face.
Originally by: HippoKing I just cried, you know that? |
Trevcakes
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.07.29 06:28:00 -
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Originally by: Cheice I had NO idea so many people played Lineage! How weird. Is it bigger outside the US?
NCSoft is huge in Korea and to a lesser extent China, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore. You'd be hard pressed finding a Korean who DOESN'T play Lineage.
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F'nog
Amarr
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Posted - 2006.07.29 06:42:00 -
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Originally by: Trevcakes
Originally by: Cheice I had NO idea so many people played Lineage! How weird. Is it bigger outside the US?
NCSoft is huge in Korea and to a lesser extent China, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore. You'd be hard pressed finding a Korean who DOESN'T play Lineage.
Yes, the popularity of those two in Korea probably dwarfs any other game around. I wouldn't be surprised if 9X% of the players in those games come from Korea.
Though it's interesting that none of the sequels have higher subs than the originals. I guess that tells you something about brand loyalty, especially when you look at the improvements/advances since the originals came out.
Originally by: Panzer Goddess I podded wrangler, and all I got was this lousy forumban.
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Sodie
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Posted - 2006.07.29 07:09:00 -
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This is interesting. I briefly played DAoC (my second MMO game after Anarchy Online) and at that time it was a really popular game.
What makes WOW so attractive to that many people? I wonder if I should try it.
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Stems
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.07.29 07:47:00 -
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Originally by: Sodie I wonder if I should try it.
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Lardarz B'stard
Amarr
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Posted - 2006.07.29 08:04:00 -
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Edited by: Lardarz B''stard on 29/07/2006 08:05:06
Originally by: Sodie
What makes WOW so attractive to that many people?
Expensive Advertising
TBH I am glad I stumbled onto the best online game out there as my first and only one.
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Jenny Spitfire
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.07.29 08:06:00 -
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1% is good. Old school business. ---------------- RecruitMe@NOINT!
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Dax Bandar
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.07.29 08:28:00 -
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Ummmmmmmmmmmm, Pie. I like mine ala mode.
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SonShadowCat
PINK TACO TORPERS
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Posted - 2006.07.29 08:32:00 -
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Originally by: Cheice I had NO idea so many people played Lineage! How weird. Is it bigger outside the US?
Over 10 million people play Lineage, mostly outside of the US.
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Tara Armitage
Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2006.07.29 08:54:00 -
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Eve has surpassed Ultima Online which is the game I used to play before Eve. UO used to be the game you always went back to after finding new games hollow, a bit like Eve is only bigger.
With no studies as back up, I would say of all the mistakes OSI and later EA have made, removing the open end game PvP - the old skill based system was replaced by item based system - was one of the worst. It removed the pull back to that game.
Of course there are other things, in that particular pie I think the stone aged graphics engine plays a huge part and the engine in Eve is getting an overhaul. (No, I am not going to ***** about them forcing us to evil Vista instead of going OpenGL) As hollow as it is, graphics appeal to potential new customers a helluva lot.
All in all, take two games out of the equation: - WoW that really is in the league of its own. It also started from completely different position with the Blizzard fan-boi base doing a lot of free marketing etc - Lineage (II) that has its Korean roots
Look, Eve with its humble niche type of approach is doing pretty damn well!
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Kldraina
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Posted - 2006.07.29 09:03:00 -
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I think the reason WoW is so popular, is not that it beats the competition, but that it is bringing in new players to the MMORPG genre. Blizzard has a very powerful reputation for making good games, and likely, a lot of players bought WoW just because Blizzard made it, and haven't played MMOG's before. |
Rayvonuk
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Posted - 2006.07.29 09:37:00 -
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WOW is also so damn easy to pick up and play straight away with no thinking involved, WOW gets more kids playing than any other game i think, Its all down to the advertising and sheer simplicity of it, i think.
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Imperial Coercion
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Posted - 2006.07.29 09:44:00 -
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Originally by: Sodie
What makes WOW so attractive to that many people?
Its a game for the stupid and lazy. I downloaded the free 10 day trial and I got to level 20 in a few days without ANY problems what so ever.
The game doesnt require you to learn anything, you just start a character and kill stupid creatures all day.
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Jenny Spitfire
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.07.29 10:02:00 -
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WoW bashers dont understand why WoW is so successful. WoW is successful because they have a good fanbase, an established lore and a story in a game. Games are crap lately because they emphasise graphics intensively and forget about storyline and gameplay. WoW doesnt have a deep gameplay but they have a gameplay with a good storyline/lore. That is the selling point of WoW.
Storyline and gameplay is something Generation X developers are forgetting because they emphasise heavy 3D gameplay. ---------------- RecruitMe@NOINT!
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Sean Dillon
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.07.29 10:08:00 -
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@Runescape its such a crap game.
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Galk
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.07.29 10:11:00 -
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Funny.
While we perceiveeve as being like no other, the general perception of d&d online is one of it being utter dross.
Facts and figures huh.
Shows what we realy know
______ Long ago one gorgeous night, we let the stars grow free. We let Zhuge do that once, he came back carrying a traffic cone, a forsale sign and three empty bottles of dutch lager. He also lost his Zimmer Frame... - Imaran
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Kuolematon
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Posted - 2006.07.29 10:42:00 -
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Leveling my druid atm while reading eo-forums .. 4tw
Unnerf Amarr! "Just because you can utterly ruin another player's game doesn't mean that you must."
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SonOTassadar
The Dead Parrot Shoppe Inc.
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Posted - 2006.07.29 10:54:00 -
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Originally by: Jenny Spitfire WoW bashers dont understand why WoW is so successful. WoW is successful because they have a good fanbase, an established lore and a story in a game. Games are crap lately because they emphasise graphics intensively and forget about storyline and gameplay. WoW doesnt have a deep gameplay but they have a gameplay with a good storyline/lore. That is the selling point of WoW.
Storyline and gameplay is something Generation X developers are forgetting because they emphasise heavy 3D gameplay.
I'm glad someone understands the concept beyond me. Granted, WoW has a spectacular static story, whereas Eve has an evolving one brought on by players (and to a significant, but ultimately non-engaging extent the developers, too).
The good news is last time I looked at that chart we were apart of the "All others" category. We are moving up in the world, and others are moving down. I believe WoW was at or above 60%, too. ___________________________ |
R3dSh1ft
Umbra Congregatio Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2006.07.29 10:56:00 -
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Anybody who has played WoW will be able to tell you its not a real MMOG anyway - so it shouldn't even be on that Pie imho.
Eve is the best hands down and everybody who's has played eve knows it... some day soon it'll be the one all others aspire to. ______________________________________
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Plutoinum
Minmatar
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Posted - 2006.07.29 11:00:00 -
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Edited by: Plutoinum on 29/07/2006 11:02:13
Originally by: Imperial Coercion Edited by: Imperial Coercion on 29/07/2006 09:45:11
Originally by: Sodie
What makes WOW so attractive to that many people?
Its a game for the stupid and lazy. I downloaded the free 10 day trial and I got to level 20 in a few days without ANY problems what so ever.
You can't gripe the whole game by playing the trial. If you play the high end content, especially if you are in a top instance running guild and you are doing a new high-end instances for the first time, it's everything else, but for the lazy. It's a long road, until you master that instance. You will die and die and die, until you have a working tactics and your 40 people do their job well. You need a high level of coordination, you need top equipment from the lower/older instances, otherwise you can't make it. You have to grind to for the raw materials for specific equipment and potions and although you don't lose equipment, dying in an instance gets quite expensive, because you wear only top equpment with high repair costs.
The high-end content isn't for the casual gamer and not for the lazy. If you are in a top raiding guild it requires a lot of time and dedication.
Originally by: Imperial Coercion
The world is also very static.
That's true. One of the biggest drawbacks. Nothing what you do really changes the game world world except that youself gain better equipment. So no meaningfull pvp, no player politics etc. , no complex economy.
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Miss Overlord
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Posted - 2006.07.29 11:08:00 -
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u dont loose stuff in WOW well not PVP real losses ie ship gone ( id like to see insurance in eve made slightly more expensive or another layer added ie push everything else down and make top insurance 10% higher)
otherwise eve is quite good
could play simcountry
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Hazurr
Amarr
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Posted - 2006.07.29 11:15:00 -
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Edited by: Hazurr on 29/07/2006 11:15:49 Edited by: Hazurr on 29/07/2006 11:15:42 Lols mmorpg.com implies that even runescape is better than EvE, im glad that i begun my mmo carreer here and not with any game else, <3 the community here __________________________________________________________________
Pessimism is the foundation of survival
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Vanjak Syrahd
Amarr
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Posted - 2006.07.29 11:22:00 -
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That's kind of sad that DAoC is doing so poorly. I had no idea. That was the game that really got me hooked on MMORPGs. Played it for 3 years and still miss it sometimes.
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