ESO Players, and how many are there?

oMrRust · July 2017

How many players to date, are there active on ESO?

ArchMikem · July 2017

Active players? No one but ZOS knows.

iGuavaTH · July 2017

1

geonsocal · July 2017

iGuavaTH wrote: »

1

+ 1

Tonnopesce · July 2017

12

GrumpyDuckling · July 2017

They'll (ZOS) give you the number 10 million to describe their player base, but they will not use the word "active."

Sausage · July 2017

6k has signed up for the event on PS4. I would double or tripple that at least to get the real number.

SydneyGrey · July 2017

This site doesn't give the whole picture since it only tells you about the number of players who use Steam to play, but you might find it interesting:
http://steamcharts.com/app/306130

twev · July 2017

If the detailed numbers of players enrolled/live/dormant with timelines to how long dormant players have been gone were published - it could lead to potential players shying away from a 'game losing population', or existing players zerging from a fading game.

DivinityDay · July 2017

I am one. A very nice one.

WarMasterCyp · July 2017

OhAmex wrote: »

How many players to date, are there active on ESO?

None of my friends play ESO anymore. I only log in and log out to check my research, that's about it.

Tasear · July 2017

A decent number, it's hard to find yourself alone in the game.

drakhan2002_ESO · July 2017

Enough to keep the light on, apparently.

Elsonso · July 2017

We could spend a week just discussing what "active" means. Shrug. No numbers are going to be accepted by everyone, even if ZOS were to release them.

Bonzodog01 · July 2017

Xbox One EU has the lowest pop of any server in game, and even that has a decent enough population that you are rarely alone anywhere in game.

zaria · July 2017

lordrichter wrote: »

We could spend a week just discussing what "active" means. Shrug. No numbers are going to be accepted by everyone, even if ZOS were to release them.

This, active can easy be anything from logged in last month to 5 hour week minimum.
Population is healthy is all i can say.

DaveMoeDee · July 2017

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

Enough to keep the light on, apparently.

A few whales help too.

DaveMoeDee · July 2017

zaria wrote: »

lordrichter wrote: »

We could spend a week just discussing what "active" means. Shrug. No numbers are going to be accepted by everyone, even if ZOS were to release them.

This, active can easy be anything from logged in last month to 5 hour week minimum.
Population is healthy is all i can say.

I consider someone who comes back for each DLC as active, even if they don't play in between.

idk · July 2017

Zos has not wanted to state the number of subs or active players. Further, how would Zos define an active player?

Flameheart · July 2017

I once read about 7 million sold game copies and my guess is that the count is now somewhere around 10 millions.

This means (for luck) not active players. Imagine the lag with 10 million active players...

Elsonso · July 2017

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

zaria wrote: »

lordrichter wrote: »

We could spend a week just discussing what "active" means. Shrug. No numbers are going to be accepted by everyone, even if ZOS were to release them.

This, active can easy be anything from logged in last month to 5 hour week minimum.
Population is healthy is all i can say.

I consider someone who comes back for each DLC as active, even if they don't play in between.

I would consider a revenue statement. Active players are the ones who purchase ESO Plus, Crowns and Chapters, and that can be assessed quarterly. Actually logging into the game probably meets some player definition, but people who are spending money on the game are probably logging in, at least to some level, and they only need to play enough to carry over interest so that they continue to make purchases.

Publius_Scipio · July 2017

Well I believe it was said that 10,000,000+ souls have walked Tamriel over the past three years. But it wasn't specifically said they are "active" players.

KingMagaw · July 2017

Publishing these figures would hurt ESO more than ever help it.

ZoS are the most awkward and non transparent company I have had dealings with

Saturnana · July 2017

It's just a little before dinner time in much of the EU, and there's currently ~10K people online through Steam. On evenings, that can double or even triple depending on whether it's a workday or weekend. Also, those are just the PC Steam numbers. There's a large group playing through ESO's own channels as well, not to mention the consoles. I'm guessing on average there might be anywhere between 50-75K people online, all platforms combined?

Anunakis · July 2017

OhAmex wrote: »

How many players to date, are there active on ESO?

few + zergs of bots

Wifeaggro13 · July 2017

Flameheart wrote: »

I once read about 7 million sold game copies and my guess is that the count is now somewhere around 10 millions.

This means (for luck) not active players. Imagine the lag with 10 million active players...

7 million did not sell zos will only staye acounts which is 8.5 monthly activity is about 1 mil players. We have no idea how many copies were sold id say about 6 mil. Retention is horrible though like 15% https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online

Sensei_Brew · July 2017

Half as many as this time last year

Immortal_Dark410 · July 2017

OhAmex wrote: »

How many players to date, are there active on ESO?

They said last year around 1 Million accounts "Bought" prob 1/2 that is active id assume. no clue though really, usually ZOS has info & prob wont release it.

DaveMoeDee · July 2017

I guess the speculation is pointless.

All that matters is:

1) is the game profitable?
2) are there sufficient players for those who want to do particular group content at particular times to be able to do that content?

Pallmor · July 2017

Past estimates have generally been in the six figures range. It was high six-figures at the peak, probably low six figures these days.

Zaindari · July 2017

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

I guess the speculation is pointless.

All that matters is:

1) is the game profitable?
2) are there sufficient players for those who want to do particular group content at particular times to be able to do that content?

Could mean more than that though. I have often wondered if my PUG group might have a ZOS bot in it just to keep the group finder moving, you know the ones that seem to just follow and never say anything or go of path. I really hope this is not true but I could see it being possible. Anyway my guess is 5Mil players.