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GW2 & Swtor xfire numbers after 1 month. Please feel free to add any other 1st month graphs

bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
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Swtor's 1st month

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/367/view/forums/thread/338691/page/1

 

GW2's first month

http://www.xfire.com/games/gw2/Guild_Wars_2/

 

At the end of one month the these two games are enarly identicle. The difference being SWTOR saw it's drop after the free 30 days. GW2 has constantly slid to the same point throughout the month. I would love to see some other 1st month comparisions from Lotor, RIFT, and TSW. If you have them post them ty!

 

I think it's fair to say SWTOR had a better 1st month as far as less slide in hours played.

 

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  • NewmoonNewmoon Member UncommonPosts: 126

      Apples and oranges. They were released at different times of year. Summer is actually a time of lower participation. Also, the school kiddies and college students went back to school at the end of SWTOR's first month, and GW2 released right at the start of the school year.

      It would be a great deal more accurate to average play over 6 months to see the health of a game.

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  • LoktofeitLoktofeit Member RarePosts: 14,247
    Originally posted by Newmoon

      Apples and oranges. They were released at different times of year. Summer is actually a time of lower participation. Also, the school kiddies and college students went back to school at the end of SWTOR's first month, and GW2 released right at the start of the school year.

      It would be a great deal more accurate to average play over 6 months to see the health of a game.

    Agreed. A six-month frame would be info one could derive some kind of conclusion from. If there was an equivalent graph for the first 30 days of EVE Online one would have sworn the game would never see the light of 2004.

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  • SevenOmaticSevenOmatic Member UncommonPosts: 177

    guild wars 2 on x-fire

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Here's the GW2 stats from xfire. http://beta.xfire.com/games/gw2

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    Originally posted by SevenOmatic

    guild wars 2 on x-fire

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Here's the GW2 stats from xfire. http://beta.xfire.com/games/gw2

     

     

     

    awesome ty!

  • NBlitzNBlitz Member Posts: 1,904

    Can we keep these for major titles released in the West?

    I know you already did that, but just putting it out there in case it was a happy coincidence.

  • TheLizardbonesTheLizardbones Member CommonPosts: 10,910

    There is an XML interface into XFire data. It looks like the individual game data requires an XFire login. This would make it much easier to put together long term graphs of game data.

    For instance:
    http://www.xfire.com/xml/3041/game_details/
    gives detailed information on GW2.
    http://www.xfire.com/xml/3041/gameplay/
    I think gives detailed XFire numbers (maybe) but it requires an XFire login, which I do not have.

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  • RefMinorRefMinor Member UncommonPosts: 3,452
    Originally posted by SevenOmatic

    guild wars 2 on x-fire

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Here's the GW2 stats from xfire. http://beta.xfire.com/games/gw2

     

    Wow, look at the completely irrelevant XFire numbers showing peaks correlating to the day with weekends, how can this be possible when none of my friends in Boondock, Idaho have XFire installed?

  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    Originally posted by lizardbones

    There is an XML interface into XFire data. It looks like the individual game data requires an XFire login. This would make it much easier to put together long term graphs of game data.

    For instance:
    http://www.xfire.com/xml/3041/game_details/
    gives detailed information on GW2.
    http://www.xfire.com/xml/3041/gameplay/
    I think gives detailed XFire numbers (maybe) but it requires an XFire login, which I do not have.

    I have a login, but I don't know how to do anything with that xml data :(

  • alantheceltalanthecelt Member Posts: 122

    stats stats stats

    who says a player of game a is just as likely to be on xfire as a player of game b?

    hell,  Star wars might appeal to a different range of players than GW2...

    more parents are likely to buy their kids GW2 (as it has no sub) self same parents and kids might not run xfire.

    theres a multitude of permutations,

    ALSO

    remember GW2 was unavailable to buy (due to server congestion) for a period

  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    Originally posted by alanthecelt

     

    ALSO

    remember GW2 was unavailable to buy (due to server congestion) for a period

    You could by the box copy at stores like Gamestop.

  • alantheceltalanthecelt Member Posts: 122
    Originally posted by bcbully
    Originally posted by alanthecelt

     

    ALSO

    remember GW2 was unavailable to buy (due to server congestion) for a period

    You could by the box copy at stores like Gamestop.

    here in the UK i couldnt find a copy easily when i looked, it was certainly sold out in the physical shops when i went looking

  • NBlitzNBlitz Member Posts: 1,904
    On topic please lest this thread gets shut down as well.
  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    delete to stay on topic.
  • krakra70krakra70 Member Posts: 122
    I keep seeing claims that it's normal that players/hours drop after the first week. No, it's normal only for FAILED MMOs. WoW/EQ etc gained subscribers  at a steady pace for a few years (4-5 in wow's case) and only then they started to decline.
  • AmanaAmana Moderator UncommonPosts: 3,912
    No, this doesn't fly either. The point of creating a thread in here about Xfire is that it cover all games and be a general thread, not one comparing one or two games. That may look like "multiple" to you, but it's not, because the agenda is to compare the two in the title.

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