How popular is this game?

[StinkyPuppies]

How many users per day etc? is this game more popular than blade and soul and wow yet? just wondering cuz ims cared cuz of the new black dessert game coming out.

[Ashkendor]

black dessert

Sounds tasty. :9 :9 :9 :9

[TouchandFeel]

WoW probably still has the highest sub numbers worldwide. After that I would say this game is next in popularity and Blade and Soul is not going to do all that great in the NA/EUR regions outside of the esports niche crowd. There was huge hype surrounding BnS but just go look at its reviews and what people think of it after its Western launch, not so flattering. As for Black Desert Online (BDO) it is doing (existing markets) and will do (NA/EU) okay but I kind of doubt it will do "great". It's got some neat features but it is going to cater to a very niche crowd and really the one thing that everyone that hasn't touched it likes to go on about, the character creator, is not anywhere near as amazing or really much at all what people think it is and is in fact incredibly limiting. So I would say that this game is not really under threat from BnS or BDO and is probably your best option for a WoW/theme-park style MMO, for now and in the foreseeable future since I can't recall any others that have been announced.

@Ashkendor

I see your chocolate cake and raise you some goma ice cream.

[Kitfox]

FFXIV doesn't compete in the same category as Black Desert Online. It's more of a sandbox game with cash shop design while FFXIV is an all-out themepark with subscription model. Blade & Soul I expect to flop since the game design is pretty terrible apart from the battle system and arena.

I wouldn't be worried about FFXIV losing players, especially with a new patch coming out.

[Thayos]

This game is popular enough that it's going to be around for many years, and probably with a P2P model the whole time. Really, that's all that matters.

[Delmontyb]

More and more each week I'm seeing more returning players (possibility getting ready for the Patch).

Been loving it, but I'm Bias.

[Ashkendor]

@Ashkendor

I see your chocolate cake and raise you some goma ice cream.

It's a black forest cake. :3

[AskaRay]

I honestly don't care if it's popular or not, I'll play whatever I find to be enjoyable.

Sorta how like everyone hated Skyward Sword, and I'm over here going "yeah this is a p good game, so pretty..." Only matters if you like it enough to keep paying and playing it.

[Melondra]

Final Fantasy XIV A Real Reborn has broken the World record for the most con-current logins in the history of a MMO. It actually made it into the Guiness book of World records.
It also broke a second World record Most subscribers in 90 days. A Realm Reborn hit around 2.5 million accounts in 90 days and then has hit 5.5 million at the 6th month period after launch

[TouchandFeel]

It's a black forest cake. :3

I only noticed the cherries just now :P
Well how about black forest cake with goma (black sesame) ice cream for a truly classic (cake+ice cream) black dessert. Everyone wins!