FF14 stay Pay-To-Play please! (F2P = No thanks!)

[Abriael]

@Aldora

I don't know if the numbers are updated but it was taken in 2010.
They're pretty old but popular.
source: mmohuts.com


RuneScape
Total Accounts: 130+ million
Total Active Accounts: 8 million
Total Subscribers: 1+ million ($5/month)

MapleStory
Total Accounts: 50+ million

Scions of Fate (Yulgang)
Total Accounts: 100+ million

Knight Online
Total Active Accounts: 4.25+ million

The Legend of Mir 3
Total Accounts: 50+ million
Total Simultaneous Users: 750,000

And they are all crap.

[Andrien]

And they are all crap.

oookay popular but crap.. some say WoW is crap too. some say ffxi is crap. who am I to judge someones opinion.

[Delsus]

@Aldora

I don't know if the numbers are updated but it was taken in 2010.
They're pretty old but popular.
source: mmohuts.com


RuneScape
Total Accounts: 130+ million
Total Active Accounts: 8 million
Total Subscribers: 1+ million ($5/month)

MapleStory
Total Accounts: 50+ million

Scions of Fate (Yulgang)
Total Accounts: 100+ million

Knight Online
Total Active Accounts: 4.25+ million

The Legend of Mir 3
Total Accounts: 50+ million
Total Simultaneous Users: 750,000

And I have personally heard of Runescape out of that list, they are not popular around the world, if everyone in for example China, it would mean world wide it would be more popular than WoW even if no one has heard of it, even if it was never released outside of China, therefore straight popularity is meaningless unless it says where the players are from.

WoW for example was released worldwide, FFXI was, FFXIV was and they were either popular or extremely hyped up p2p games so the subscription method works, 100k subs at $10/month = $1,000,000 every month, or $12,000,000 per year, from one game if that is not worth it, then nothing is. MMOs are an investment, you plan for long term profits, not the instant profits of the single player games.

[Valmonte]

they would be absolute fools to go FtP, i don't care how many people whine on the forums. if the games falls to 15,000 people thats still $149,850 a month in revenue and that's if there all legacy. if the game is struggling to bring folks in reduce the sub price make it 5.99, cashshops are gimicks nothing more and nothing less. you see cash shops only work if people are interested in the game, im not going to shell out 30 bucks for a pair of snurble slippers for a game im never going to play.

besides for 9.99 a month i can gut and craft my own pair of snurple slippers, the way it should be.

[Totorixiii]

Come on now to some people who simply post rude remarks when the op is supporting the game. If you don't have anything good to comment beside "not again" or "gtfo" why bother? I understand you frustrated because they created a new thread that's been recently 2-3 other same sorta topic but he's supporting p2p and FFXIV!


Meh but whatever.

[Alhanelem]

How much time do people put into their posts? That seems like alot of effort just to make a thread on a forum.

You know, there was a time when people actually had these things called discussions on forums. They used things like well-thought-out arguments and civil demeanors and logic, stuff like that.

Nowadays, it's just one intelligent post with a bunch of people mocking him for doing so.

oookay popular but crap.. some say WoW is crap too. some say ffxi is crap. who am I to judge someones opinion.

Popular for casual players. Hardcore players don't really play browser MMOs.

Number of accounts total is not nearly as important as active accounts. Most f2p browser MMOs have a bajillion account holders and a small fraction of those that actually play for more than 5 minutes.

[Valmonte]

You know, there was a time when people actually had these things called discussions on forums. They used things like well-thought-out arguments and civil demeanors and logic, stuff like that.

Nowadays, it's just one intelligent post with a bunch of people mocking him for doing so.

just so you know, i was doing it before it was the norm

then i learned i'd been doing it wrong the whole time, Demeaning & mentally incomprehensible is where its at. it derails threads and leaves you scratching you head all in one post.

[Hanemakikaze]

And they are all crap.

By your logic, FFXIV would fit perfectly then.

[odintius]

God no I don't want f2p.

[Andrien]

Popular for casual players. Hardcore players don't really play browser MMOs.

Number of accounts total is not nearly as important as active accounts. Most f2p browser MMOs have a bajillion account holders and a small fraction of those that actually play for more than 5 minutes.

Nice story.

Look, I answered someones question, and they got their answer. Your assumptions, and guesses is not necessary.

Did not sleep yet, my apologize for being blunt.