Aion West has been live for a few days now and it seems pretty popular. The 25 servers that are currently running Aion in the EU and the USA are packed.
Because of this, I have set a new estimate for Aion worldwide at 3,6 million subscribers, this will be included in my upcomming version 2.1 of the MMOData charts.
I believe this is a conservative estimate, and I would not be surprised that the actual number is larger, but since NCSoft is no longer providing subscription numbers in their quarterly reports, I have no choice but to be conservative.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
WoW China restarts commercial operation
It has been up for a while now, but in closed beta, meaning only previously created accounts could play.
Now the game is back fully operational, and charging again.
Netease also has WOTLK ready for beta, but it is still awaiting approval from Chinese authorities.
So WoW's future looks a bit brighter again.
Check the story here :
Gamasutra on WoW commercial restart
Now the game is back fully operational, and charging again.
Netease also has WOTLK ready for beta, but it is still awaiting approval from Chinese authorities.
So WoW's future looks a bit brighter again.
Check the story here :
Gamasutra on WoW commercial restart
Saturday, September 19, 2009
MMOData Charts version 2.0 Live !
Hey all,
MMOData Charts version 2.0 is live !
Most notable changes are the upgrade from excel 2003 to 2007, a cosmetic overhaul, an adjustment of the Aion numbers and new numbers for EQ, EQII and WAR.
Because of these new numbers, WAR drops out of the top 10 and EQII gets back in.
I estimated Aion Asia numbers on 2,5m as NCSoft does not want to confirm the 3,5m and they do not release subscription numbers anymore in their quarterly reports.
Version 1.9 - 2.0 notes :
- Upgraded from Excel 2003 to 2007.
- Made a cosmetic overhaul.
- Added and revised Aion datapoints.
- Added datapoint for AoC.
- Added and revised datapoints for WAR.
- Added datapoints for EQ and EQII.
- Resorted the MMO's to reflect the new situation in the TOP10 and Market Share.
- Revised the color coding and marker shape of all mmo's.
- Represented WoW seperatly in the MMOG subscriptions market share by genre.
- Added a decimal in the market share sheet.
- Added abbreviations list to the Source Links
- Continued to clean up the Source Links.
- Revised and/or reconfirmed accuracy ratings for AoC, Aion, WAR, WoW, EQ and EQII.
- Added Ragnarok Online Asia , World of Legend Asia and Mu Online Asia to the Source Links.
- Made various internal changes.
Enjoy!
MMOData Charts version 2.0 is live !
Most notable changes are the upgrade from excel 2003 to 2007, a cosmetic overhaul, an adjustment of the Aion numbers and new numbers for EQ, EQII and WAR.
Because of these new numbers, WAR drops out of the top 10 and EQII gets back in.
I estimated Aion Asia numbers on 2,5m as NCSoft does not want to confirm the 3,5m and they do not release subscription numbers anymore in their quarterly reports.
Version 1.9 - 2.0 notes :
- Upgraded from Excel 2003 to 2007.
- Made a cosmetic overhaul.
- Added and revised Aion datapoints.
- Added datapoint for AoC.
- Added and revised datapoints for WAR.
- Added datapoints for EQ and EQII.
- Resorted the MMO's to reflect the new situation in the TOP10 and Market Share.
- Revised the color coding and marker shape of all mmo's.
- Represented WoW seperatly in the MMOG subscriptions market share by genre.
- Added a decimal in the market share sheet.
- Added abbreviations list to the Source Links
- Continued to clean up the Source Links.
- Revised and/or reconfirmed accuracy ratings for AoC, Aion, WAR, WoW, EQ and EQII.
- Added Ragnarok Online Asia , World of Legend Asia and Mu Online Asia to the Source Links.
- Made various internal changes.
Enjoy!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Progress on version 1.9 and 2.0
Hey all,
1.9 won't go live, instead I will go straight to version 2.0
Most important for me is that I have upgraded from Excel 2003 to 2007. I had to get familiar with Excel 2007, but that was not too hard.
Going to Excel 2007 allowed me to make a cosmetic overhaul more easely.
I have added and revised datapoints for Aion, AoC, WAR, EQ and EQII and hoping to have more new datapoints when 2.0 goes live. I also updated Accuracy Ratings.
I also started on revising the color coding of the mmo's to make them more consistent across the charts and continued to clean up the source links.
Finally I made various internal changes and improvements, so I can bring you more updates faster and better :p
The ETA for version 2.0 is Sunday 13 september.
update :
I need a few more days to get version 2.0 ready, hoping to have it ready before Sunday 20 September.
update :
Version 2.0 is finalized, it should be live by tomorrow, Saturday 19 september
1.9 won't go live, instead I will go straight to version 2.0
Most important for me is that I have upgraded from Excel 2003 to 2007. I had to get familiar with Excel 2007, but that was not too hard.
Going to Excel 2007 allowed me to make a cosmetic overhaul more easely.
I have added and revised datapoints for Aion, AoC, WAR, EQ and EQII and hoping to have more new datapoints when 2.0 goes live. I also updated Accuracy Ratings.
I also started on revising the color coding of the mmo's to make them more consistent across the charts and continued to clean up the source links.
Finally I made various internal changes and improvements, so I can bring you more updates faster and better :p
The ETA for version 2.0 is Sunday 13 september.
update :
I need a few more days to get version 2.0 ready, hoping to have it ready before Sunday 20 September.
update :
Version 2.0 is finalized, it should be live by tomorrow, Saturday 19 september
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Dust514, an MMOFPS on the Planets of EVE Online
Hey all,
Breaking news :
CCP is releasing an MMOFPS that ties in with the current EVE Online.
The new MMOFPS will be a groundgame on the planets of EVE Online, influence the current EVE Online sovereignty, and it will be console only.
Many veterans received this news with mixed feelings, including myself. But I guess I'll have to keep an open mind until fanfest where more information should be released.
Breaking news :
CCP is releasing an MMOFPS that ties in with the current EVE Online.
The new MMOFPS will be a groundgame on the planets of EVE Online, influence the current EVE Online sovereignty, and it will be console only.
Many veterans received this news with mixed feelings, including myself. But I guess I'll have to keep an open mind until fanfest where more information should be released.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Some EU countries will not be allowed to play Aion on EU servers !
Shocking news to me, the following 3 EU members will not be allowed to play on the EU servers :
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
They will even be IP blocked ! And forced to play on Russian servers ...
I think this is outrageous, the least NCSoft can do is allow these countries to buy an EU version and let them to play on EU servers.
Here is a link explaining the situation :
Open letter to NCSoft
edit : Unconfirmed sources claim that the IP ban won't be in effect anymore. This is good news and a reasonable solution. I'll try to find confirmation.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
They will even be IP blocked ! And forced to play on Russian servers ...
I think this is outrageous, the least NCSoft can do is allow these countries to buy an EU version and let them to play on EU servers.
Here is a link explaining the situation :
Open letter to NCSoft
edit : Unconfirmed sources claim that the IP ban won't be in effect anymore. This is good news and a reasonable solution. I'll try to find confirmation.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
MMOData Charts version 1.8 Live !
Hey all,
A minor update during low season.
NCSoft Quarterly results are out, the only thing we learn there is that servers substantially increased in China, from 113 to 154, and in Kora from 41 to 43. This reinforces the growth of the game, however there are still no hard numbers in the report, which has me worried. Will this become a trend, or is it because it is low season ... I am going to send them a mail about this.
I restated the WoW China numbers as WoW China is back online and added a new data point from Guinness World Records : 11,6 million at May 2009.
I hope to get more numbers in September and October when everyone is back at work and play :p
Version 1.8 notes :
- Restated WoW china numbers and updated WoW numbers.
- Adjusted the accuracy rating for WoW to A
- Rescaled the CAS Top 10 chart to accomodate the WoW numbers
- Made some cosmetic changes
- Adjusted the accuracy rating for Aion to D
- Added some source links for Aion and WoW
- Made some internal changes
A minor update during low season.
NCSoft Quarterly results are out, the only thing we learn there is that servers substantially increased in China, from 113 to 154, and in Kora from 41 to 43. This reinforces the growth of the game, however there are still no hard numbers in the report, which has me worried. Will this become a trend, or is it because it is low season ... I am going to send them a mail about this.
I restated the WoW China numbers as WoW China is back online and added a new data point from Guinness World Records : 11,6 million at May 2009.
I hope to get more numbers in September and October when everyone is back at work and play :p
Version 1.8 notes :
- Restated WoW china numbers and updated WoW numbers.
- Adjusted the accuracy rating for WoW to A
- Rescaled the CAS Top 10 chart to accomodate the WoW numbers
- Made some cosmetic changes
- Adjusted the accuracy rating for Aion to D
- Added some source links for Aion and WoW
- Made some internal changes
Monday, July 13, 2009
MMOData Charts version 1.7 Live !
Hey all,
I made this new version rather fast after the 1.6 release, mostly because the extended downtime for WoW China seems to last longer than expected. Therefore I am putting the WoW China numbers now at 0.
The WoW China downtime already lasts for more than a month now, during this month, no Chinese subscriptions are active. This may last another 2 months or even longer, depending on the Chinese authorities re-evaluating WoW China.
You can check the sources at the Source Links.
Version 1.7 notes :
- Revised WoW Asia datapoints : Due to the extended downtime of WoW China, which is more than a month now, I have put the WoW China numbers for June at 0
- Internal : Moved all WoW comments to the WoW data sheet
- Internal : Moved all Second Life comments to the Second Life data sheet
- Renamed "Accuracy Ratings" into "Accuracy Ratings and Source Links", added a "Source Links" link
- Added and/or Removed some source Links for WoW, Runescape, Zhengtu, LOTRO, WAR
- Added some PCU datatpoints for WoW, Runescape
- Fixed an error in the Current Active Subscriber sheet
- Changed the MMOG Active Subscriptions Top 20 into Top 10
- Revised the numbers for LOTRO ( an error was made in the previous estimate )
- Added a new estimate for WAR
- Made various cosmetic changes to the charts
- Started on making the source links better readable, finished AoC
- Changed WoW accuracy rating from A to B ( until I get some better numbers again )
I made this new version rather fast after the 1.6 release, mostly because the extended downtime for WoW China seems to last longer than expected. Therefore I am putting the WoW China numbers now at 0.
The WoW China downtime already lasts for more than a month now, during this month, no Chinese subscriptions are active. This may last another 2 months or even longer, depending on the Chinese authorities re-evaluating WoW China.
You can check the sources at the Source Links.
Version 1.7 notes :
- Revised WoW Asia datapoints : Due to the extended downtime of WoW China, which is more than a month now, I have put the WoW China numbers for June at 0
- Internal : Moved all WoW comments to the WoW data sheet
- Internal : Moved all Second Life comments to the Second Life data sheet
- Renamed "Accuracy Ratings" into "Accuracy Ratings and Source Links", added a "Source Links" link
- Added and/or Removed some source Links for WoW, Runescape, Zhengtu, LOTRO, WAR
- Added some PCU datatpoints for WoW, Runescape
- Fixed an error in the Current Active Subscriber sheet
- Changed the MMOG Active Subscriptions Top 20 into Top 10
- Revised the numbers for LOTRO ( an error was made in the previous estimate )
- Added a new estimate for WAR
- Made various cosmetic changes to the charts
- Started on making the source links better readable, finished AoC
- Changed WoW accuracy rating from A to B ( until I get some better numbers again )
Friday, July 10, 2009
MMOData Charts version 1.6 Live !
Version 1.6 notes :
- Revised and/or added datapoints for : WAR, AoC, LOTRO, Second Life
- As a result of the revisions, LOTRO passes WAR and places 1 rank higher
- Researched Xfire data to find trends and have and extra check for current data points
- Reinstated 4 levels of Accuracy Rating instead of 3
- Revised Accuracy Ratings
- Made some cosmetic changes to the Accuracy Ratings page
- Added source links for : WAR, AoC, LOTRO, Aion, Second Life
- Added xfire source links for : WoW, EVE, WAR, LOTRO, Runescape, Dofus, AoC
- Removed internal Second Life chart
- Added missing notes from version 1.0 to 1.5
- Changed PCU Asia chart and PCU Asia sheet into PCU chart and PCU sheet
- Added PCU datapoints for WoW West
- Made some cosmetic changes to the PCU chart
- Added "lastinrow" vba macro to the mmodata excel
- Removed some redundant totals and percentages
- Added some totals and checks to CAS Derivations
- Made various other improvements to the mmodata excel
- Revised and/or added datapoints for : WAR, AoC, LOTRO, Second Life
- As a result of the revisions, LOTRO passes WAR and places 1 rank higher
- Researched Xfire data to find trends and have and extra check for current data points
- Reinstated 4 levels of Accuracy Rating instead of 3
- Revised Accuracy Ratings
- Made some cosmetic changes to the Accuracy Ratings page
- Added source links for : WAR, AoC, LOTRO, Aion, Second Life
- Added xfire source links for : WoW, EVE, WAR, LOTRO, Runescape, Dofus, AoC
- Removed internal Second Life chart
- Added missing notes from version 1.0 to 1.5
- Changed PCU Asia chart and PCU Asia sheet into PCU chart and PCU sheet
- Added PCU datapoints for WoW West
- Made some cosmetic changes to the PCU chart
- Added "lastinrow" vba macro to the mmodata excel
- Removed some redundant totals and percentages
- Added some totals and checks to CAS Derivations
- Made various other improvements to the mmodata excel
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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