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https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/668861

How many people are playing ESO?

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  • rawne1980b16_ESO
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    timebandit_b16_ESO wrote: »
    fanboys

    Oh ... it's you.

    Oi, Zenimax .... how is that ignore feature coming along.

    We kinda need it.
  • demendred
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    According to the psychic friends network, over 10 thousand players.
    All good Nords goto Sto'Vo'Kor.
  • devolutedub17_ESO
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    demendred wrote: »
    According to the psychic friends network, over 10 thousand players.

    I see, pulling out the big guns, the PFN, at least they didn't say it was over 9000. Then you'd know they were just pulling your leg. So the 10k seems legit.

  • mutharex
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    Thechemicals wrote: »
    Ragnar_Lodbrok wrote: »
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    I am not certain but i believe the asian market might not exist because of the look and setting of this game.

    The game isnt allowed in CHina for one because of undead. The chinese have culture laws that prevent depicting honored ancesters in negative ways, ie skeletons/zombies. Zenimax would have to redesign the game for a chinese market.

    So its the look and setting lol. What hapened with warcraft in china? Very popular+ has undead, will travel.

    The undead in chinese WoW have been modified to not resemble... undead
  • Ragnar_Lodbrok
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    mutharex wrote: »
    Thechemicals wrote: »
    Ragnar_Lodbrok wrote: »
    Thechemicals wrote: »
    I am not certain but i believe the asian market might not exist because of the look and setting of this game.

    The game isnt allowed in CHina for one because of undead. The chinese have culture laws that prevent depicting honored ancesters in negative ways, ie skeletons/zombies. Zenimax would have to redesign the game for a chinese market.

    So its the look and setting lol. What hapened with warcraft in china? Very popular+ has undead, will travel.

    The undead in chinese WoW have been modified to not resemble... undead
    Yes the chinese are very strict on cultural identity laws. If only the US was lol.
    Edited by Ragnar_Lodbrok on May 7, 2014 5:21PM
  • dolmen
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    devolutedub17_ESO wrote: »
    3; you, me and a bot program controlling everyone else :expressionless:

    Sorry, but there is only one, me. The rest of you are figments of your imagination.

    The Sidekick Order
  • mutharex
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    wrlifeboil wrote: »
    Ragnar_Lodbrok wrote: »
    Does it really matter how many play OP? Are you looking for some sort of validation like you are popular?

    The reason why experienced mmo'ers watch WoW subscriber numbers is to gauge how much money WoW makes. In the end, that will determine how much money Blizzard can put back into game development, network and customer support and still pay off their stockholders.

    That's why size does matter.

    Totally false, WoW with his supposed million of players doesn't put out much content between expansions (one the main complain in the WoW community) and considering the last 3 expansions, I don't know wtf they do with the money...

    EVE on the other side, with merely 500K is always putting out free expansion and content

    Size matters only in bed and if it isn't your gut....
  • 7788b14_ESO
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    dolmen wrote: »
    devolutedub17_ESO wrote: »
    3; you, me and a bot program controlling everyone else :expressionless:

    Sorry, but there is only one, me. The rest of you are figments of your imagination.

    Wouldn't we be figments of your imagination?
  • dolmen
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    7788b14_ESO wrote: »
    dolmen wrote: »
    devolutedub17_ESO wrote: »
    3; you, me and a bot program controlling everyone else :expressionless:

    Sorry, but there is only one, me. The rest of you are figments of your imagination.

    Wouldn't we be figments of your imagination?

    I thought about that, but since I have no imagination, it has to be you. :)
    The Sidekick Order
  • devolutedub17_ESO
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    7788b14_ESO wrote: »
    dolmen wrote: »
    devolutedub17_ESO wrote: »
    3; you, me and a bot program controlling everyone else :expressionless:

    Sorry, but there is only one, me. The rest of you are figments of your imagination.

    Wouldn't we be figments of your imagination?

    I'm just happy to be an imagination, the figs and mints are icing on the pie.
  • lecarcajou_ESO
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    The real question is... how many bots are playing ESO—and do they outnumber the people?
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  • devolutedub17_ESO
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    lecarcajou_ESO wrote: »
    The real question is... how many bots are playing ESO—and do they outnumber the people?

    iESO, do you?

  • silent88b14_ESO
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    timebandit_b16_ESO wrote: »
    EinionYrthb16_ESO wrote: »
    Eris wrote: »
    there isn't enough drama in these forums. :)]

    A fairly large number of drama queens, though.

    And an even fairer amount of fanboys keeping the game in a state without progress.

    Oh right. It is the critic that causes art, right? Artists merely paint?

    Griping is so very beneficial. Not.
    Behold the great Oak. Just a little nut who stood his ground.
  • mutharex
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    Yeah please timebandit, explain how "fanbois" are blocking the game progress? I haven't seen anyone telling the devs not to fix bugs.

    ?
  • jamesharv2005ub17_ESO
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    They sold 300,000 physical copies. Only zenimax knows how many digital copies were purchased from their website. In my opinion I'd guess 4 times the people got the digital as got the physical. So that means they sold about 1.5 million copies. How many of those stick around after the first month is anyone's guess.
  • devolutedub17_ESO
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    mutharex wrote: »
    Yeah please timebandit, explain how "fanbois" are blocking the game progress? I haven't seen anyone telling the devs not to fix bugs.

    ?

    I would surmise the thought goes like this:

    If they are fixing bugs, then they aren't working on new content. Therefore progress is being blocked.

    which of course is false, since the people fixing bugs aren't the same people working on new content.
  • mutharex
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    devolutedub17_ESO wrote: »
    mutharex wrote: »
    Yeah please timebandit, explain how "fanbois" are blocking the game progress? I haven't seen anyone telling the devs not to fix bugs.

    ?

    I would surmise the thought goes like this:

    If they are fixing bugs, then they aren't working on new content. Therefore progress is being blocked.

    which of course is false, since the people fixing bugs aren't the same people working on new content.

    I don't think is that, I think is more like:

    If you aren't screaming like an obsess and insulting everyone you don't want the game to be fixed

    Or some other silly thing, god knows
  • Melian
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    jamesharv2005ub17_ESO wrote: »
    They sold 300,000 physical copies. Only zenimax knows how many digital copies were purchased from their website. In my opinion I'd guess 4 times the people got the digital as got the physical. So that means they sold about 1.5 million copies. How many of those stick around after the first month is anyone's guess.

    This. Mists of Pandaria sold about four times as many digital as physical copies: http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolpinchefsky/2012/10/04/mists-of-pandaria-digital-sales-outnumber-retail-by-nearly-41/

    It seems to me that would be a reasonable estimate of the proportion of digital to physical copies for ESO.

  • Melian
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    mutharex wrote: »
    Yeah please timebandit, explain how "fanbois" are blocking the game progress? I haven't seen anyone telling the devs not to fix bugs.

    ?

    Didn't you know that the devs don't actually pay attention to bug reports, but just come to this forum and decide which bugs to fix based on how angry and filled with hyperbole the posts are?
  • Knovah
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    I am in no way a fangirl ( gurl) what ever the heck it is now…but I do have tolerance and understanding and support the zos team in efforts they are making .I sometimes wish they would do more about the bots but that is my own frustration and I will give it a little more time.

    If you are so unhappy with the progression they are going at, yelling and insulting people who have some tolerance , will not speed it up. Unsub if you are that angry that you cannot wait anymore and must explode in a white hot ball of troll furry on forums.. then maybe the game is not for you.

    I am not being a smart a** and I am not taking up for the game. I am simply saying using your outside voice on a forums is really not productive. Unsub if they get a ton of people who do ,that will make them take notice, if not than you are right and they don't care and you can come back and do your" I told ya so dance". I will be the first one to eat humble pie if that happens.

    For now numbers are not really anything ,imho they based the game investment off of all 3 platforms once those platforms are established we may see some hard numbers…..maybe…but for me I could care less if I am enjoying and having fun I know they have at least one sub. Soon as I am not I will leave.

    I am not a lemming and can go and do what I please .I do not need a number to validate my choices.
    Video games ......The only legal place to kill stupid people.
  • mutharex
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    Melian wrote: »
    mutharex wrote: »
    Yeah please timebandit, explain how "fanbois" are blocking the game progress? I haven't seen anyone telling the devs not to fix bugs.

    ?

    Didn't you know that the devs don't actually pay attention to bug reports, but just come to this forum and decide which bugs to fix based on how angry and filled with hyperbole the posts are?

    Yeah, disgraceful. Thank god we have all these twa.. people telling them what kind of failure the game is, that it's going F2P and that people who like it are minus habens!
  • Alurria
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    Melian wrote: »
    mutharex wrote: »
    Yeah please timebandit, explain how "fanbois" are blocking the game progress? I haven't seen anyone telling the devs not to fix bugs.

    ?

    Didn't you know that the devs don't actually pay attention to bug reports, but just come to this forum and decide which bugs to fix based on how angry and filled with hyperbole the posts are?

    I'm glad you said that....."throws self down on floor and kicks and screams" I really am having too much fun playing ESO....please make it stop.

    I had too....I was compelled. Damn you damn you all to hell ESO you really did it!
  • silent88b14_ESO
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    From what I have been told it is the normal state on Call of Duty forums to be toxic. Many appear to think what happens over there is normal everywhere, and therefore appropriate here. Thus cultural diversity can have a downside.
    Behold the great Oak. Just a little nut who stood his ground.
  • mutharex
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    silent88b14_ESO wrote: »
    From what I have been told it is the normal state on Call of Duty forums to be toxic. Many appear to think what happens over there is normal everywhere, and therefore appropriate here. Thus cultural diversity can have a downside.

    That would explain a lot, unfortunately many of those have made the jump to MMOs from CS or TF through WoW (the CoD of MMOs)
  • Shimond
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    Gohlar wrote: »
    Which leads me to how people like you hurt the game. You short circuit the feedback process by attacking and trying to silence anyone with criticism. Every thread gets derailed.

    Few of the threads on this forum could accurately be called constructive feedback. Certainly I've seen few posts from you that are such.
  • Gohlar
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    Shimond wrote: »
    Gohlar wrote: »
    Which leads me to how people like you hurt the game. You short circuit the feedback process by attacking and trying to silence anyone with criticism. Every thread gets derailed.

    Few of the threads on this forum could accurately be called constructive feedback. Certainly I've seen few posts from you that are such.

    Shimond you are actually a good example of someone who defends the game but keeps it mostly civil. I have a hard time even talking about the game because of people who rush in a derail it. You do the same thing, but at least you're nicer about it. You seem to think only positive feedback is constructive and this is simply not the case. You don't have to treat every discussion like us vs. them, and you most certainly do.

    I just hope you guys realize that desperately trying to silence everyone is indeed harmful to the game. You really aren't helping anyone. At the very least it would do you guys a lot of good to realize the double standards you apply.
    Edited by Gohlar on May 7, 2014 6:36PM
  • mutharex
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    Gohlar wrote: »
    mutharex wrote: »
    silent88b14_ESO wrote: »
    From what I have been told it is the normal state on Call of Duty forums to be toxic. Many appear to think what happens over there is normal everywhere, and therefore appropriate here. Thus cultural diversity can have a downside.

    That would explain a lot, unfortunately many of those have made the jump to MMOs from CS or TF through WoW (the CoD of MMOs)

    You are one of "those". Few, if any, have insulted more people on this forum than you. You get really nasty and call people names all the time.

    Which leads me to how people like you hurt the game. You short circuit the feedback process by attacking and trying to silence anyone with criticism. Every thread gets derailed.

    Anyways, if you want to do that, fine. Just don't try to take the high road after.

    You mean precious criticism like this?
    http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/comment/774136/#Comment_774136

    Edited by ZOS_SilviaS on May 7, 2014 10:12PM
  • mutharex
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    Shimond wrote: »
    Gohlar wrote: »
    Which leads me to how people like you hurt the game. You short circuit the feedback process by attacking and trying to silence anyone with criticism. Every thread gets derailed.

    Few of the threads on this forum could accurately be called constructive feedback. Certainly I've seen few posts from you that are such.



    Lucky you, I am going through hist post history and can't find ONE
    Well this at least attacks only one person so probably, considering the subject, counts as cosntructive:
    http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/comment/672687

    Edited by ZOS_SilviaS on May 7, 2014 10:13PM
  • Gohlar
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    mutharex wrote: »
    Shimond wrote: »
    Gohlar wrote: »
    Which leads me to how people like you hurt the game. You short circuit the feedback process by attacking and trying to silence anyone with criticism. Every thread gets derailed.

    Few of the threads on this forum could accurately be called constructive feedback. Certainly I've seen few posts from you that are such.

    Lucky you, I am going through hist post history and can't find ONE

    People agree with me at a much higher rate than you and the feedback in my threads is being addressed by Zenimax as we speak. So you are simply wrong.

    That's how feedback works. Desperately trying to silence everyone is incredibly harmful and you should probably stop. It's all drama and sidetracking with you.


    Edited by Gohlar on May 7, 2014 6:40PM
  • Lanatireb17_ESO
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    Gohlar wrote: »
    mutharex wrote: »
    silent88b14_ESO wrote: »
    From what I have been told it is the normal state on Call of Duty forums to be toxic. Many appear to think what happens over there is normal everywhere, and therefore appropriate here. Thus cultural diversity can have a downside.

    That would explain a lot, unfortunately many of those have made the jump to MMOs from CS or TF through WoW (the CoD of MMOs)

    You are one of "those". Few, if any, have insulted more people on this forum than you. You get really nasty and call people names all the time.

    Which leads me to how people like you hurt the game. You short circuit the feedback process by attacking and trying to silence anyone with criticism. Every thread gets derailed.

    Anyways, if you want to do that, fine. Just don't try to take the high road after.
    There were never any words more true on any Forum ever.
    Edited by ZOS_SilviaS on May 7, 2014 10:21PM
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