Dota 2 Attracts More Simultaneous Players Than Skyrim

[Zealous]

Eh, that's not really too surprising to me. Everyone and their dog got a mountain of beta keys forced onto them and it's insanely popular to boot. It was really just a matter of time before it became the top game on Steam.

 

[marurder]

I don't think the comparison is fair. But it was a publicity announcement so when it may start actually costing money, they can point and say "look how many other people there are".

 

[Jamous]

I'll be honest; the fact that there are FAR too many free copies flying through Steam inventories might just have something to do with that. My friend has about twenty for crying out loud; he can't even offload them because everyone he knows already has one.

 

[Zealous]

I don't think the comparison is fair. But it was a publicity announcement so when it may start actually costing money, they can point and say "look how many other people there are".

It's going to be free to play on release though. The only purchases will be the cosmetic items in the store (a la TF2), same as it is now.

 

[Frostbite3789]

This just in, new multiplayer game has more concurrent players than single player game that came out a year and a half ago!

 

[marurder]

I don't think the comparison is fair. But it was a publicity announcement so when it may start actually costing money, they can point and say "look how many other people there are".

It's going to be free to play on release though. The only purchases will be the cosmetic items in the store (a la TF2), same as it is now.

So would a comparison between a F2P game and a full price game be fair? I think not. Indeed you bring up a better choice for the topic. TF2 would be better. But again, that would be dividing up your own customers. How silly of me... The yare going after other devs customers

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

This just in, new multiplayer game has more concurrent players than single player game that came out a year and a half ago!

This just in!

The multiplayer game is beating the singleplayers record number of users that it gained shortly after release.

As you can see, when Skyrim was released on November 11, 2011, the game drew a massive 287,411 simultaneously players. That was the highest number of gamers simultaneously playing any Steam title up to that point, and it stood as the high water mark until March 2, when Dota 2 saw 297,010 players enjoying the strategy title at the same time.

I've enbolded the relevant parts for you.

The graph in the link shows it better than the article, it would have been a better image than the generic shot of DOTA2.

 

[Frostbite3789]

This just in, new multiplayer game has more concurrent players than single player game that came out a year and a half ago!

This just in!

The multiplayer game is beating the singleplayers record number of users that it gained shortly after release.

As you can see, when Skyrim was released on November 11, 2011, the game drew a massive 287,411 simultaneously players. That was the highest number of gamers simultaneously playing any Steam title up to that point, and it stood as the high water mark until March 2, when Dota 2 saw 297,010 players enjoying the strategy title at the same time.

I've enbolded the relevant parts for you.

The graph in the link shows it better than the article, it would have been a better image than the generic shot of DOTA2.

Still, they aren't comparable games. One has a $60 barrier to entry. One has beta keys they can't give away fast enough. I have like...9 in my inventory right now. And have literally no use for them. And I didn't even pay, I got a beta key from someone else.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Still, they aren't comparable games. One has a $60 barrier to entry. One has beta keys they can't give away fast enough. I have like...9 in my inventory right now. And have literally no use for them. And I didn't even pay, I got a beta key from someone else.

Wha?

Your statement appeared to show that you drew a faulty conclusion from the article and I showed you what you missed as well as that the article could have been clearer with its content.

And while it is true that comparing the two games would be like comparing apples and oranges, having even a Free to Play game who's primary form of advertising and distribution is through word of mouth beating a record set by a franchise title with a massive advertising budget is still remarkable.

Also is anyone else getting Error 500 messages when using the Escapist?

 

[Strazdas]

This isnt really a fair comparison.
on one hadn you got steam-only game where 100% of players are counted towards the steam users active.
on the other hand you got a game where unknown number of players are playing while not connected to steam, considering the nature of the game and the average type of gamer these games attract, i woudl dare guessing that majority of Skyrim players are uncounted in this graph.

not to mention free to play vs 60 dollars.