A US site has now compared the revenues of various MMOs in an economic report. Surprisingly, the report also mentions clear subscriber numbers for The Elder Scrolls Online. These had previously been kept under wraps.
The site superdataresearch.com states that it received all figures from the developers or publishers. The site calculates a Top 10 of the most profitable games for the year 2013 and surprisingly also provides subscriber numbers for Zenimax’s Fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online.
For June, they were said to be 772,374. That would be a good success for the MMO, though not a triumph. Zenimax has not confirmed this number so far.
The last single-player entry in the Elder Scrolls series, Skyrim, has sold over 20 million copies, the majority of which were for consoles. A console version of The Elder Scrolls Online was pushed back from its announced release date in June to the end of the year. There are now increasing signs that it could even be pushed to a date in 2015. At the moment, Zenimax is working on a redesign of the game in various areas.
Mein MMO states: For the beta of The Elder Scrolls Online, 5 million players registered, and experts estimated that about 20-40% of them would buy and play the retail version at launch. That would have meant between 1 and 2 million visitors in Tamriel. However, sales figures are not known. If 772,374 were still playing after a mixed launch and the free month had ended, it would probably still be within the realm of calculation. Whether the data is correct will surely be clear in the coming days. They seem plausible in any case.
