player population
Vitae Aeternum: Obsessing over New World’s population numbers is a waste of time
New World is a bit unique in that it is the only major Western MMORPG that is playable only through Steam. The others are...
Steam saw a record-breaking number of concurrent players on its platform this past weekend
The 500-pound gorilla of digital game storefronts beat its chest at the rest of the world this past weekend, then probably went back to...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida addresses the ‘staggering and unexpected’ player population explosion and asks for patience
Everyone's eager to play Final Fantasy XIV's new expansion, and that's why the servers are full. You know, despite the fact that the expansion...
The Daily Grind: Do you trust player census numbers for MMOs?
It's a shame that developers don't really give you any official player numbers any more, but that's the state we live in. Players have...
The Daily Grind: How should studios handle overpopulated servers in MMOs?
It doesn't matter how many servers you have for your MMO, some of them are just going to be more popular than others. That's...
ArcheAge’s server merges will spark another land rush
When ArcheAge first announced that there would be some sort of server consolidation, players were understandably nervous. Merges can be a messy business at...
