May 2008 Concurrency Numbers

Post by **Rollie** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:54 am

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It's that time of the month again and we have calculated the May concurrency numbers provided by the <a href='http://www.warcraftrealms.com/censusplu ... susPlus</a> UI Addon.

May continued to show a decline in concurrent player activity, which is not unexpected. With Sunwell having been opened a few weeks now, Age of Conan having been released, and a couple of weeks yet before Arena Season 4 debuts, there isn't much to keep many players coming back for more.

With Season 4 coming out soon, I would expect to see a bit of an uptick, and we'll see if it is enough to level out the inevitable decline as more people log on less due to summer and content stagnation.

After Season 4, there is nothing in view to keep folks playing until <a href="http://www.wotlk.com">Wrath of the Lich King</a> is released later this year. With the glut of upcoming MMO's, it will be interesting to see how many players stick it out and aren't stolen away to other games.

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Nirit · Post by **Nirit** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:57 am

The diagram for US & EU only shows concurrency numbers until April, somehow May has not been updated.

Hybuir · Post by **Hybuir** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:12 am

I see up to month 5

Post by **Rollie** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:06 pm

Showing all for me, try doing a hard refresh on those screens (CTRL+F5)

gmmmpresser · Post by **gmmmpresser** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:43 pm

Eventhought the numbers seem to be going down, why does the % figure for Level 70 players always seem to staying the same. On the several servers that I supply data for, the figure always seems to be around the 49-51% figure.

Jokester · Post by **Jokester** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:49 am

gmmmpresser wrote:Eventhought the numbers seem to be going down, why does the % figure for Level 70 players always seem to staying the same. On the several servers that I supply data for, the figure always seems to be around the 49-51% figure.

Yeah I've noticed that before, the ratio of non 70s and 70s on mature realms always seems to be about 50/50, though if the realm has been recommended recently it changes to anything upto about 66/33.

I suspect that people are more likely to quit once they are level 70 but there's a constant stream of new players reaching 70 to keep the proportion the same (and new players obviously starting the game or alts).