Fires of Heaven Guild Message Board - View Single Post - Lineage doesn't count as the biggest MMOG.. But this does.(700k simultaneous conn)

Jait · 01-08-2004, 03:51 PM

Hardly anyone understands why Matrix3 was one of the highest grossing movie openings ever.

Reason is, they opened across the world the same day.

Much the same is happening in mmorpgs.

I love FFXI, but was surprised to find last week there are over 500k subscribers. Why? Same reason Mir2 has 700k, and Matrix3 will go down as one of the most successful movies ever.

Doesn't mean much outside the numbers, there are 1,200,000,000 people in China alone. And Mir2 has subscribers from Europe to Australia.

If EQ had opened world wide they would've hit 1 million easy. As it is combined with their new "Eastern" servers they still retain over 400k, 4+ years later.

01-08-2004, 03:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jait Irritable Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: :noitacoL Posts: 3,497	Demographics Hardly anyone understands why Matrix3 was one of the highest grossing movie openings ever. Reason is, they opened across the world the same day. Much the same is happening in mmorpgs. I love FFXI, but was surprised to find last week there are over 500k subscribers. Why? Same reason Mir2 has 700k, and Matrix3 will go down as one of the most successful movies ever. Doesn't mean much outside the numbers, there are 1,200,000,000 people in China alone. And Mir2 has subscribers from Europe to Australia. If EQ had opened world wide they would've hit 1 million easy. As it is combined with their new "Eastern" servers they still retain over 400k, 4+ years later.