Mmogchart.com Updated to 20.0

SirBruce writes "Mmogchart.com has been updated to Version 20.0! This is a major update, with updated numbers for many games, most notably World of Warcraft, Eve Online, RuneScape, and most of NCSoft's titles. I've also added three new MMOGs to the tracking data: Tibia, The Matrix Online, and Dungeons & Dragons Online. I've also removed the old subscriber data for Ragnarok Online in Japan, and unified the various total subscriptions charts. Also new to this update is preliminary market data for Asian MMOGs (including Ragnarok Online) that are commonly reported in terms of Peak Concurrent Users and Average Concurrent Users. Given the differences in pricing models, many of these games are not subscription-based, so a direct comparison with subscription MMOGs cannot be made. My thanks to everyone who helped with this update, and thanks to those of you who waited patiently for this update!"

Comments

"Deserving" market share is stupid

[jchenx]

It's stupid to talk about any product "deserving" (or not deserving) market share. Gee, Linux "deserves" to get a better market share because it's OSS and that's a good thing? No, it should get the market share based on its merits. And it's not quite there yet (although arguably close). (You can argue that other products *cough Windows cough* have achieved their market share through less legal means, but that's a different conversation for now)

Accordingly, why should WoW deserve to get less market share because you, of all people, tend not to like it? Is it because it's popular? Heaven forbid that a popular product happens to be a better product, for those who buy it.

Everyone has their own opinions on products. All of those "hardcore gamers" who think that WoW is ruining the genre, or ruining games in general because it happens to be popular, need to look in the mirror. If we really want gaming to be a form of mass-market entertainment (see Nintendo's E3 2006 press conference for a really good speech on this), we need MORE titles like WoW. If you happen to be bored by it, then that's fine. Just don't spout this BS about how it doesn't "deserve" its market share.