Haradgrim
The Wild Bunch
INTERDICTION
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Posted - 2008.01.16 20:35:00 -
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 Originally by: MotherMoon
Edited by: MotherMoon on 16/01/2008 20:17:37
Originally by: Haradgrim
epic fail!
haha damn it you saw it didn't you :P
I should of been more ninja less fail.
Next time try the: "This isn't the failed thread your looking for," its much more effective.
On topic (well the new topic): EQ II should get more love than it does, while I don't play it anymore (EVE takes up too much time!), it really is a great game that has gotten 10X better since release.
Originally by: CCP Oveur
...every forum whine feels like a baby pony is getting killed
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Haradgrim
The Wild Bunch
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Posted - 2008.01.17 21:22:00 -
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Edited by: Haradgrim on 17/01/2008 21:23:20
Edited by: Haradgrim on 17/01/2008 21:22:03
Originally by: Marine HK4861
Originally by: MotherMoon
no it shouldn't.
I've put it on it flatens out EVERY SINGLE MMORPG ON THE MARKET. to a single line.
you don't put heavy weights in a light wieght tourny numnuts.
If an indie band makes more sales than every other indie band they are considered the best selling indie band.
they don't even compare to other markets though.
point in case no one gives a **** if some hextics style MMORPG has 10 million subs.
think about it.
Also I didn't included them but the only game leading EvE-online in this Tier is Fanal fantasy online with 430,000 subs.
Guess what 100,000 subs for an online game is HUGE.
put all those people in a room it matters.
I guess your manners are as good as your spelling.
Is there any game on the same tier as WoW, or does the MMO market basically boil down to 'WoW' and 'all the rest'?
As I said, it gives some context - I don't know how many subscriptions WoW has.
You've said that 'Guess what 100,000 subs for an online game is HUGE'. What does that make a game with the subscriptions that WoW has?
As for you point about nobody caring about WoW having 10million subscriptions - investors and the stock market will. If EVE continues to become more popular, then some larger company like Sony or Blizzard may take interest.
CCP is currently privately owned, so it's currently protected from a hostile takeover, but if CCP ever decides to become listed (say it needs more money for hardware/software updates than they can currently obtain), then it runs the risk of being bought out.
Sure you can live in a small goldfish bowl and only compare EVE to every other small MMO out there (FF11 is a borderline exception) and brag about how it's always consistently growing, but numbers like that need a context and that context is usually against the market lead.
Ignoring WoW in a chart of MMO subscriptions is like comparing sales of soft drinks and leaving Coca Cola and Pepsi off the list. Like it or not, it is significant.
If you're having problems scaling the numbers to the graph, let the line leave the chart and put text numbers above the time points, or some other transformation. Just don't pretend it doesn't matter.
Ceteris paribus, what was wrong with MotherMoon's manners?
Originally by: CCP Oveur
...every forum whine feels like a baby pony is getting killed
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