Guild Wars Hits the Million Mark

-pms-mistletoe writes "Hot on the heels of World of Warcraft's breaking the 4 million subscriber mark, Guild Wars has also reached a big milestone with over 1 million users. The differences and similarities between the two games are marked, especially given Guild Wars' lack of traditional sharding and no monthly fee. Are these large numbers of players signals that the popularity of MMORPGs is growing? Or are the same people playing both games?"

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The numbers are skewed though

[rAiNsT0rm]

1 million copies sold != million players. I play GW regularly. Most people are bored and have left the game. Most cities are quite empty as opposed to closer to release. It has no monthly fee so people kind of meander back into the game here and there and leave for a month or so. The real number is pretty nebulus, but I'd say it is most likely closer to 300,000 players based on some math on how many people per district at peak times. Not too shabby but not 1 million for sure... Unless we're talking "Million Man March" math, then it's way over a million :)