Locked: Free Realms BLOWS PAST 3 Million!

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FilaBrasileiro on 12 June 2009

mrstickball said:

darthdevidem01 said:
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wow it has done very well then

I just assumed as its free it doing that well was no big deal. But it has done quite well for itself.

Hopefully the PSN release will push it further

Yes, 3 million unique users for ANY online game is beyond amazing. Sometimes, we get jaded due to World of Warcraft being so huge (and it's beyond huge), but attracting 3 million users to anything is incredible.

To compare FR to something in the Console world would probably be to call Free Realms the Gran Turismo of Online games - something that just comes out of the gate, and does monstorously.

I see your point now that it's done well but I wouldn't go that far, at least not yet. Something like Gran Turismo actually makes money on each game sold, whereas we don't know if FR will ever turn a profit.

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darthdevidem01 on 12 June 2009

mrstickball said:

darthdevidem01 said:
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wow it has done very well then

I just assumed as its free it doing that well was no big deal. But it has done quite well for itself.

Hopefully the PSN release will push it further

Yes, 3 million unique users for ANY online game is beyond amazing. Sometimes, we get jaded due to World of Warcraft being so huge (and it's beyond huge), but attracting 3 million users to anything is incredible.

To compare FR to something in the Console world would probably be to call Free Realms the Gran Turismo of Online games - something that just comes out of the gate, and does monstorously.

yeah we need to really stop comparing every MMO to WOW......its not really fair

I mean thats like comparing every JRPG's sales to Pokemon.....its silly as most/none will ever get that high anyway!

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BMaker11 on 12 June 2009

MrBubbles said:
the number is very deceptive. like sonys other numbers... as it includes everyone who made an account whether or not they continued to use it.

Deceptive? By your definition, the 20 some odd million who are on XBL are deceptive because there are accounts people don't continue to use (for example: me). Or WoW's acclaimed 10 million is deceptive.

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Skeeuk on 12 June 2009

i think sony will push this untill it gets fairly large.

and then announce a ps3 bundle with free realms

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student on 12 June 2009

I wonder if they're seeing profits from this. It's an interesting experiment (though Project Entropy basically did this first) and if it succeeds, it could be huge.

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dsister44 on 12 June 2009

axumblade said:
does anyone on vgc play free realms?

i have five active accounts now xD

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luisgvm on 12 June 2009

wow thats like a lot. congratulations then!!!.

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mrstickball on 12 June 2009

FilaBrasileiro said:

mrstickball said:

darthdevidem01 said:
@mrstickball

wow it has done very well then

I just assumed as its free it doing that well was no big deal. But it has done quite well for itself.

Hopefully the PSN release will push it further

Yes, 3 million unique users for ANY online game is beyond amazing. Sometimes, we get jaded due to World of Warcraft being so huge (and it's beyond huge), but attracting 3 million users to anything is incredible.

To compare FR to something in the Console world would probably be to call Free Realms the Gran Turismo of Online games - something that just comes out of the gate, and does monstorously.

I see your point now that it's done well but I wouldn't go that far, at least not yet. Something like Gran Turismo actually makes money on each game sold, whereas we don't know if FR will ever turn a profit.

My point of equating Free Realms with Gran Turismo is that GT is one of the few series that was created by Sony as a new IP that did unfathomably well at launch.

And yes, the revenue model can be questionable, but I work with that kind of model at InstantAction...If Sony uses it properly, it could be great.

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