i post the only reputable site that does mmo subscription data and it says(using SE's own number) that currently ffxi has in excess of 180 thousand ACTIVE accounts more than the data you provided and you cannot see where i am coming from?
i also include an approx. of the total box sales using retention rates and "churn factor" and explain what churn factor is...
subscription based products are different.
take a mmo- release it, sell 300 thousand boxes...the first month- at the end of the first month only 150 thousand subscribe to said mmo. that is retention (short term) of 50%. they announce that they sold 300 thousand boxes...which is true, but it is also true (assuming noone buys the game ) that they only have 150 thousand subscribers..
churn rate lets say every month said nameless mmo has sales of 600 boxes ,...and said mmo has 600 cancellations of said subscription ..that is churn,
actual Number of active subscribers per month says Static,,, but the number of BOX sales increases 600 a month...
