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Project Massive's Latest Findings
The ongoing study into the habits of Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games, Project Massive, has released their latest findings. Next Generation has a breakdown on what the numbers mean with help from the researchers. As always, they have some interesting things to say. From the article: "Saying that developers who are operating a monthly (and not hourly) subscription service have a financial interest in compelling people to spend 40-80 hours a week playing their game ignores the market realities of bandwidth, customer service, and content creation. I had the tools at my disposal to shed some light on this issue and the fact that I have no corporate backing or economic interest in the outcome puts me in a good position to tell the truths that the data reveal." If you're a MMOG player, you can participate in the latest wave of questions.
How good of a game is None overall?
Hmm.
Plus, a lot of the questions are badly worded. For example, one question is:
The options are:
Well, I have online friends, but I didn't meet any of them through gaming; I met them via BBSes and MUDs. This means I'd want to select 0%, but there isn't an option --- I have no online friends simply isn't true.
Plus, there are occasional questions like How many hours do you spend attending to work/school/life responsibilities in the average week? What the hell does that mean? In one sense the answer is All of it, but I think it's actually trying to ask how much time I have that isn't what I consider to be free time. It could be much better worded.
A lot of the questions are like that, and some are worse, and I've had to leave a lot of the entries blank. This doesn't give a lot of confidence in their results...