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Chinese MMOG Boasts 9 Million Players

Posted by Zonk on from the enjoy-this-statistic-with-some-nacl dept.

Next Generation is reporting that Chinese Massive title Yulgang has hit 9 Million subscribers, just two months after the game's launch. Joystiq has commentary, and clarifications: " First, Yulgang does not require a registration or a subscription fee - and as many of you have pointed out in regards to Guild War's recent milestone, without subscription fees that number can seem quite inflated from the actual number of players. In fact, the maximum number of people playing Yulgang at any one time has been only 215,000. Which is still a high number, but less than one-thirtieth of its registered database."

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  1. This is not the first free asian MMORPG by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 5, Informative
    The site has the exact same layout as the countless of other (mostly Korean) free MMORPG's/multiplayer games, and from the article, also seems to be using the same kind of business model :
    These games can be played for free, and people can buy items/clothes/weapons for real money : The strange thing I always found is that most of the Korean crowd -really- digs to buy virtual clothes for their characters (some clothes don't even do anything : They just look fancy).
    One of these games I really liked for awhile (which is now out of service) was ASDF Hoverboard
    Back on topic, this game looks very nice ; And I hope they'll make an English version soon.

    There was a very extensive list of those free (translated) Korean MMORPG's on Fileplanet, but with their new overhaul of the site it's impossible for me to find atm.