Raph Koster: Measuring MMOs
MMOG guru Raph Koster has posted an excellent write-up on his blog on how to measure MMOs. I wanted to provide a link to here because it provides a very comprehensive overview of both the advantages and shortcomings of using subscription numbers to track the market. Not only are these numbers imperfect, but they also don’t provide a complete picture. They are only one of a variety of metrics that could be used, if such data was actually made available by those in the industry. We may even be moving towards a point where subscription-based MMOs will be a thing of the past.
