How many people still play EQ (Live server)

[Shin Noir]

Originally Posted by ChaosSlayerZ

numbers from last year were like:

430k for eq1
and
250k for eq2

EQ live population for both games has been rather stable since the big drop when WoW/Eq2 come out.
Some people occasionally drift between EQ1/2 and WoW and back but numbers hold for last few years.

I think above quote is wrong, it doesn't sound realistic at all. When EQ was at it's peek it was around 550k subscribers, and it has taken a huge hit over the years (especially at WoW release) but still has a steady loyal community playing on it.

This guy collects it from various reports and press releases, not sure it is entirely valid but I see his numbers more realistic, and his says at 2007 EQ had less than 200k active subscriptions, and EQ2 had around 200k. I don't think they've released the info for 2008/2009 yet at least in a way easily accessible to the guy doing that chart, but the site is nifty

http://www.mmogchart.com/charts/

P.S. WoW isn't on that chart, it's on the 200k+ chart:
(This shows you how stupidly popular WoW is vs other mmo's)


It's interesting to think Lineage 2 right now has double the live subscribers of EQ at it's prime. Hehe.