The chart below shows a breakdown of MMOs subscriptions, etc. broken down per game, their market share, and genres as well.
ION 2008 an Analysis of MMOG Subscription Growth
Maybe I’m biased, I don’t know, but I think game companies need to realize that the fantasy MMO market is already saturated. Move on people, get to the sci-fi/other world/other time already. But what’s the next big game coming out? Darkfall. It looks great, but it is once again, a fantasy game. Haven’t we done that already? Oh yeah, guess so. The fantasy market holds a resounding 94.2% market share. That is out of whack.
I don’t speak for the masses, but I do speak to them. I would estimate, with a totally unscientific approach to the statistical mathematics involved, that at least 50% of those poeple I’ve spoke with would rather do a sci-fi MMO or other genre, there just isn’t anything out there at the moment that catches their fancy.
The numbers in this chart don’t include releases near the end of 2008 nor do they include any ‘09 release, so it excludes WAR. However, a number of those I’ve spoke with in WAR would rather play a 40k MMO over the fantasy setting. I’ll be setting up a non-biased poll on the WHA site if possible which I’ll link to here so you can see the results yourself.
