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A copy of the PowerPoint presentation I gave at AGC is now available under Downloads.

Version 21.0 is now available!  This version has updated subscriber numbers for several games, most notably World of Warcraft, several of SOE’s titles, and the recently launched Auto Assault.  I’ve also expanded the mid-range chart a bit; eventually I’m going to have to implement a dynamic graphing system.

Once again, Final Fantasy XI has released a census of its online population.

Just found out this morning that my interview on BBC World Service Radio is scheduled to air tomorrow, June 21.  The program should be available online here, but if you want to listen to it over the radio then you’ll need to check their schedule to find out when the program “On Screen” is scheduled […]

I’m now scheduled to speak at the Austin Game Conference which runs September 6-7-8 in Austin, Texas.  The topic will be “What the Market Research Tells Us - Where MMOs are Going and How Are we Going to Get There”, and in it I hope to provide a review of the research I have provided […]

So, many of you may have read some news stories about Vivendi planning to make all Blizzard franchises, or at the very least Starcraft and Diablo in addition to their Warcraft franchise, into MMOGs.  This was allegedly announced at a public presentation to various Wall Street types.  I was not actually at the presentation, but […]

The site is now getting more and more attention internationally.  My data was featured in the March 2, 2006 edition of Dagens Næringsliv, a Norwegian newspaper, in an article about Funcom.  In addition, I’ve received a copy of Mondi Virtuali: Benvenuti nel futuro dell’Umanità (Virtual Worlds: Welcome to the Future of Humanity), a wonderful Italian […]

This is a little late, but the May 20, 2006 issue of New Scientist magazine contained an article on MMOGs that reproduced a portion of one of my charts.

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 […]

I’ve been slashdotted again.  Also, I’ve made a slight revision to my Analysis and Conclusions section, correcting some typos and adding a clarification regarding Blizzard’s customer definition.

Version 20.0 is now available!  This is a major update, with updated numbers for many games, most notably World of Warcraft, Eve Online, RuneScape, and most of NCSoft’s titles.  I’ve also added three new MMOGs to the tracking data: Tibia, The Matrix Online, and Dungeons & Dragons Online.  I’ve also removed the old subscriber data […]

In advance of my next update, I’m experimenting with a quick and simple RSS Feed so interested parties with an RSS reader can be notified when updates are released on my web site.

I know everyone wants to see new numbers - I’m working on it!  In the meantime, I have returned from this year’s E3 show with my exclusive new E3 2006 MMOG Report, which briefly profiles a total of 28 new MMOGs in development that should be coming out within the next 2 years.  The quality […]

Wow, okay, so it’s been a while.  I updated my data last November, but for some reason the data never got pushed to the web site.  I’ve temporarily released a new Version 19.0 with some of that data, going up to approximately January.  I’m going to try to complete a fully revised set of data […]

Yes, I am alive.  I’ve been completely out of action for the past few months, so I’m afraid I’ve been unable to update my research, or keep previous commitments, or answer all of my email enquiries.  I’m trying to get caught up this weekend, however, so apologies all around and I hope to have a […]