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[Amsro]

That Guy, on 02 July 2013 - 03:16 PM, said:

it was usually only 2-3k. i remember it was a big deal to hit 3k or so

I spot a Centurion 9AH, that was a long time ago!!

edit; And repair and rearm!!!

Are you even playing the same game ?

Edited by Amsro, 07 July 2013 - 10:40 AM.

[S3dition]

****** Cain, on 07 July 2013 - 01:53 AM, said:

7000 active users at any given time really aint an awful lot if 1mil have dled your game... Less than 1% online at any one time.

Even if every single player disconnects and a whole new 7000 comes online and that cycle repeats every hour for 24 hours, that's only 16% who's sticking around to play

Actually, that's an enormous conversion rate. Traditional games (the kind you pay $50 and play forever) aimed for a whopping 1 or 2% conversion rates on their demos. 16% is a very high number.

Free-to-Play games are supposed to average $4 per active user per month in revenue. I'd be more interested in seeing that data, but I doubt it will ever be published.

[Slaytronic]

of which not even a tenth still play it rofl

[Slaytronic]

Hexenhammer, on 02 July 2013 - 02:03 PM, said:

I don't remember what the numbers were like before the counter was removed. 5-6k?

in closed beta the most i ever saw online in one day was 4500
most of the time it was 3k
the game is sadly dead of the 88 people in my clan 2 play the game now
we have moved on to support other games adios mechwarrior i wanted to love you but it wasn't meant to be

[S3dition]

So stop being a chicken little and leave?

[Dr B00t]

AlexEss, on 03 July 2013 - 12:57 AM, said:

I also like that they do not pretend that registered users is the same as active users. Way to many companies today try to pass off the registered users as equalling active users.

also don't forget about players who have made multiple accounts to overcome mechbay slot limitation...

i remember when league of legends was said to have the most players of any online game...i personally had like 10 accounts...

"Being an effective game publisher in the age of digital is about being a transparent layer between the player community and the people who're making the games.

At least that's how Infinite Game Publishing approaches the business. Judging by the company's latest milestone, publishers big and small should take note. " taken from the Kris Graft quote in the OP...

guess we know where a some of that money we spent on the game went...paying off this guy to ignore facts...

[AlmightyAeng]

Othello, on 02 July 2013 - 01:05 PM, said:

~ 3,000 <===> 7,000 players online (playing at any given time, est. average) based on close beta number and NGNG #79 (start at 49 minutes in)

Just as an fyi...the number given during the NGNG #79 wasn't actually a playercount number. It was a 'whatif' number PGI randomly pulled out of the air during an explanation of WHY they don't give us a player count. Paraphrased, it was:

"We don't give a playercount because we don't want to have players get discouraged because they only see, say, three thousand players online, and start comparing it to other F2P games."

In reality, that number could be bigger or smaller...

Edited by Ghost Badger, 09 July 2013 - 07:35 AM.

[r4plez]

3000. Now counting down..

[Nicholas Carlyle]

I have 3 accounts, so 1mill registered and downloaded doesn't mean much.

[Corvus Antaka]

Nicholas Carlyle, on 09 July 2013 - 03:54 PM, said:

I have 3 accounts, so 1mill registered and downloaded doesn't mean much.

that's right, I'm sure 1 million is a tiny insignificant number...

[Dr B00t]

Colonel Pada Vinson, on 10 July 2013 - 11:45 AM, said:

that's right, I'm sure 1 million is a tiny insignificant number...

could be 950,000 tried this and immediately stopped playing...so that stat is meaningless

[kuangmk11]

Nicholas Carlyle, on 09 July 2013 - 03:54 PM, said:

I have 3 accounts, so 1mill registered and downloaded doesn't mean much.

you are not alone

[Name140704]

Hexenhammer, on 02 July 2013 - 02:03 PM, said:

I don't remember what the numbers were like before the counter was removed. 5-6k?

I think I saw 5k once in CB when Paul released 10,000 beta keys. IGP is advertising Tactics like crazy, but I rarely see MWO ads.

Step 1: Stop advertising tactics

Step 2:

Step 3: Profit

[Tekadept]

Ok.. heres the thing that gets me

• 1,000,000+ users who downloaded and played at least 1 game.
  
• 490,000+ forum members

Now correct me if im wrong, but to play the game you need a MWOmercs.com account riiiight.. and that then in turn makes you a forum member, as you dont signup again to be a forum member, soooo ohow can you have double the amount of players to forum members??

I smell some ponzi math here..

[kuangmk11]

Tekadept, on 10 July 2013 - 04:39 PM, said:

Ok.. heres the thing that gets me

• 1,000,000+ users who downloaded and played at least 1 game.
  
• 490,000+ forum members

Now correct me if im wrong, but to play the game you need a MWOmercs.com account riiiight.. and that then in turn makes you a forum member, as you dont signup again to be a forum member, soooo ohow can you have double the amount of players to forum members??


I smell some ponzi math here..

you have to sign in to the forum at least once for the account to activate

[Tekadept]

kuangmk11, on 10 July 2013 - 04:51 PM, said:

you have to sign in to the forum at least once for the account to activate

But i figure very few people wouldnt sign in, even just to check their precious KDR.. based on that explanation id believe some variation sure, but double? yeh

Edited by Tekadept, 10 July 2013 - 05:03 PM.

[S3dition]

Tekadept, on 10 July 2013 - 05:03 PM, said:

But i figure very few people wouldnt sign in, even just to check their precious KDR.. based on that explanation id believe some variation sure, but double? yeh

Not likely. Most people avoid forums like the plague. Mostly because they are a plague.

[MaxStr]

S3dition, on 13 July 2013 - 02:16 PM, said:

Not likely. Most people avoid forums like the plague. Mostly because they are a plague.

But our forums are so organized and full of positive thoughts, we need to get the word out to those poor players not privy to our wisdom

[Vox Scorpus]

Congrats to the Devs for 1 mil registered. For a game in Beta that's pretty good! People should read and comment in the forums. Especially the ones who complain about the game but still play it. IT'S IN BETA !!! If you don't make a constructive comment then how can the devs adjust or fix anything? Thanks for a kick-*** game so far devs!

[Booran]

It's great progress for this game. Now we need an agressive hype-machine going through august to the release to really expose the game.