7 Million

IxSTALKERxI · June 2016

I don't think this is a very good statistic though. It pretty much means millions of people have quit, because we all know there aren't 7 million active players in the game. I suppose they are great statistics for their marketing team who would've played a big part selling those copies. I have to wonder sometimes if they could of managed their spending a bit better though, 7 million accounts is like a few hundred million not including sub fee's or crown store, and yet the game has never been perfect. Sorry to be negative, ESO has a lot of great aspects which a lot of us have enjoyed and overall I think it was a good game but could of been so so so much better, especially with that much revenue.

Moglijuana · June 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

holosoul wrote: »

Chess (the most balanced PVP game) has over 500 million players worldwide

... among which how many actually play it against... a computer ? (=PVE) ?

And how about Minecraft ? The Sims ? Both multiplayer, both top selling, both 100% PVE.

That's false. I play minecraft to go into people's server and kill them. "Hunger Games" is also a very popular game mode on dedicated servers where it's 100% PvP.

Ishammael · June 2016

People are actually arguing that PvE is what maintains a game in the long run?

nudel · June 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

holosoul wrote: »

Chess (the most balanced PVP game) has over 500 million players worldwide

... among which how many actually play it against... a computer ? (=PVE) ?

And how about Minecraft ? The Sims ? Both multiplayer, both top selling, both 100% PVE.

Um...Minecraft is not 100% PvE. There are servers devoted exclusively to PvP in Minecraft and on the servers I played in, you could accidentally PvP someone :P

Ghostbane · June 2016

7m milliseconds...

Sallington · June 2016

Rosveen wrote: »

It's probably 7 mln registered since launch, who knows how many actually active.

The fact that they gave us the total accounts created since launch, and not active players is an indication to how many are actually active.

Mako1132 · June 2016

Ishammael wrote: »

People are actually arguing that PvE is what maintains a game in the long run?

PvP = endless replayability.

How many PvE players would be around if the only thing ever added to the game was a single zone that was just a neutered version of what was promised. PvP communities thrive in games that promote them, and for a long time. As said, those are the most popular games that have the most players as far as PC goes. Sadly for this game ZOS has basically done whatever it could do to force the PvP community out. It's not even about content as far as I'm concerned, it's all of the little things that have added up over time, and a few really massive blunders.

Asgari · June 2016

With all of the sales for the game dropping as low as $5 USD, i wonder after the initial launch of TU how much they have actually made from copies sold.

Sureshawt · June 2016

Just an observation but I rolled an alt last week and while at AD Kenarthi Roost I saw so many players that hell and love if you could throw a rock without hitting another player.

This continued as I leveled up the alt but to a lesser extent but just the fact that I could see so many players in the PvE zones
was surprising at this stage in the games life. Mostly new players or alts is anyone's guess.

This in PC NA

Rohamad_Ali · June 2016

Seven million players . Great ! Wonderful !

I wonder how many rolled DC .

Makkir · June 2016

holosoul wrote: »

If ZOS asked themselves, "Why won't people participate in PVP on ESO?"

The answer is not, "Everyone only wants to PVE and grind"

I would suppose something similar to the following points:
Fear of inadequacy

Lag

Stats/items (built in imbalance)

Locked racial passives

Locked and disjoint classes

Lack of counter-play (think mage vs rogue vanilla WoW)

Lack of active counters (street fighter style real time counters for ex)

Limited diversity

5 skills per bar (dumbing down)

Just to name a few reasons

Your last point (5 skills per bar) is one of the biggest sells for ESO PvP. It's not dumbing down, it's promoting build diversity, skilled play, etc Matter of perspective I suppose.

Ishammael · June 2016

Mako1132 wrote: »

Ishammael wrote: »

People are actually arguing that PvE is what maintains a game in the long run?

PvP = endless replayability.

How many PvE players would be around if the only thing ever added to the game was a single zone that was just a neutered version of what was promised. PvP communities thrive in games that promote them, and for a long time. As said, those are the most popular games that have the most players as far as PC goes. Sadly for this game ZOS has basically done whatever it could do to force the PvP community out. It's not even about content as far as I'm concerned, it's all of the little things that have added up over time, and a few really massive blunders.

Agree completely, which is why I never understood the decision-making process at ZoS to focus exclusively on PvE content. PvP players just need a few small changes or additions every couple of months. They can use my map as a template!

Benawaw89 · June 2016

all dead cause of lag

Anazasi · June 2016

guys the number is generated from sales trends. 50% of those that got the game played the first 30 days and left. Hell launch was like 1 million something.

anitajoneb17_ESO · June 2016

Anazasi wrote: »

guys the number is generated from sales trends. 50% of those that got the game played the first 30 days and left. Hell launch was like 1 million something.

So what ? The number isn't and never was meant to reflect current active players.
You don't have a clue how many people who got the game actually stayed and played and subbed.

If one side has the real info, it's ZOS - and I'm sure they have it. They don't need "sales trends", they have sales numbers. Do they sugarcoat numbers ? sure. Do they lie ? I don't think so.