Bought the game pre-order, loved it but the timing wasn't great, GW2 stole my soul. The B2P announcement came just as I was getting burnt out on GW2, this time perfect timing, at least for me. I love it and will be throwing money at DLC and maybe the occasional outfit.

Really pleased this is working out for them, I hope it's sustainable, really is a great game.

Originally posted by bcbully

So you add a few % and now it's YOOOUR story?

 

 

BCbully 12-19-12

"TSW's Xfire numbers are still way down from launch (ranked 16 at launch), but it looks like it's now growing. Since B2P TSW has increased Xfire hours played by 300%. Its ranking had a high of 43 this weekend with triple the amount of users using xfire. 

 

There still is a long way to go with the pvp content (PvE is rock solid), but this is good news for Funcom and TSW."

 

You'll be hearing from my attorney.

 

I would also like for this to be admitted exhibit b2981, as it adds to our case that Xfire is reliable in predicting trends within the overall mmorpg community.

 

ps. I'll settle out of court for a star. 

Big difference in hours played and the figures Funcom is using lol. Number of active players has increased, number of units sold has increased. 

Xfire doesn't show anything remotely similar in the increase for  number of players lol... 

This would be why people don't use Xfire :P 

Figured I'd add since the B2P conversion I'm part of that 400% as well :P 

Originally posted by FromHell

woohooo congrats, yeah the game is pretty packed right now. Almost too packed for my taste sometimes but good for FC.

 

 

 

 

Wow; which server is that?!

Purchased this too, and I cannot be happier. I have grown tired of questing over the years, but this is such a refreshing way to quest and storylines are very interesting.

I am on the Arcadia server and looking for a Cabal. I do rp a little but not all the time.

Originally posted by rodingo
With these results maybe we will see more B2P titles in the future since this payment model seems to continue to gain traction.  Though TSW isn't my cup-o-tea for several reasons I'm glad to see them go the B2P route instead of F2P, and making it succesfully work for them so far.

Me too.  I bought it directly from them for full price just because I wanted to show support for B2P.  I'm loving that model.

I really hope they do well.  It's a good game and how they integrate the ARG is brilliant.

I played through beta, and maybe a free trial I got in the email. I think there are at least as many people in the first zone as there were in the free trial. I don't think there are as many people now that you can't get those Mayans to spawn, but I see people in every corner of the map when I'm running around. Even when I was running around dead I saw a couple people.

Originally posted by Sora2810

Originally posted by FromHell

woohooo congrats, yeah the game is pretty packed right now. Almost too packed for my taste sometimes but good for FC.

 

 

 

 

Wow; which server is that?!

I think it was either Huldra or Arcadia.. you know there are no separated "servers" by common definition, you can always meet up with people on other dimensions.

The Gridstream events (tsw.gridstream.org) are mostly packed like this.

Tune in to the radio stream, turn off ingame audio and enjoy live radio moderated events with hide and seek games and a lot of other community activities.

http://youtu.be/ziUQFNsJ5oY?t=1m29s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_fxX8AiQV0

Best. Community Events. Ever.

400% means very little for a game that was on life support. Sure 70K sales is good, but SWTOR has sold millions now and was called a flop, and GW2 and WoW Panda sold millions of copies. 

Funny thing about FUncom is that they really messed up on Conan, which is a shame as Arnie is going to reprise the ham roll soon, but the mmo is very much dead for them.

Well atleast now TSW is a moderate success and not an utter flop like it was with P2P model. Good for them, sadly these profits are not enough for FC to save jobs and regardless of bumps in sale numbers lot of people are going to lose their livelihood.

I hate it when people lose their bread and butter. ;(

Originally posted by Illyssia

400% means very little for a game that was on life support. Sure 70K sales is good, but SWTOR has sold millions now and was called a flop, and GW2 and WoW Panda sold millions of copies. 

 

Funny thing about FUncom is that they really messed up on Conan, which is a shame as Arnie is going to reprise the ham roll soon, but the mmo is very much dead for them.

 

 

 

yea. GW2 and MoP have sold over 200k since the b2p switch by funcom. it's still not really competing.

and fc is still unraveling.

Originally posted by bcbully

So you add a few % and now it's YOOOUR story?

 

 

BCbully 12-19-12

"TSW's Xfire numbers are still way down from launch (ranked 16 at launch), but it looks like it's now growing. Since B2P TSW has increased Xfire hours played by 300%. Its ranking had a high of 43 this weekend with triple the amount of users using xfire. 

 

There still is a long way to go with the pvp content (PvE is rock solid), but this is good news for Funcom and TSW."

 

You'll be hearing from my attorney.

 

I would also like for this to be admitted exhibit b2981, as it adds to our case that Xfire is reliable in predicting trends within the overall mmorpg community.

 

ps. I'll settle out of court for a star. 

 

secret world installs xfire.