How popular is this game?

[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.

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