Wildstar only has 500k subs maybe

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Originally posted by Stonergravy

http://mmoculture.com/2014/08/ncsoft-wildstar-game-sales-impresses-in-latest-financial-report/

so it clearly says that the sales for wildstar are 28,048. so i broke the math down to see how may possiable subs. now this is only an estimate cause some may have bought the bigger pack, but lets say everyone spent 60$ for the game.

28,000,000 / 60 = 466666.6666

so the math seems to show give or take around 500k  play wildstar.

You can't use math like this when they have a system in place called C.R.E.D. that allows you to purchase game time with in game gold. If anything it would possibly be more.

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Originally posted by Frigiddeath

Originally posted by Spankster77

This whole post goes on the assumption that NCSoft gets $60 for each game sold, which they don't.  You have resellers, retailers, etc that get a fair portion of the $60.  Not to mention that Carbine studios also gets a piece of the pie I would presume. 

 

So to be just as speculatory as the OP, lets say NCSoft gets $35 of the $60, that would mean almost 1 million copies sold. 

$35 is actually still a little bit high.  Usually the publisher gets about 30 to 40% of the total sale price of the box sale.  So at $60, they are getting anywhere between $18 to $24 a sale.  Which is why you could sell the game on websites like G2A or GMG for $45.  With an digital sale, you remove most of the distribution chain.  NCSoft and Carbine still get their normal $18 to $24 per sale.

 

At $24 to NCSoft per sale, Wildstar probably sold about 1.1 to 1.2 million copies in the first month.  The normal retention rate for a new MMO is around 25 to 30% after 3 months or so.  So Wildstar current user base is probably around 286k to 360k.  It could be higher or lower depending on actual sales and retention rate.  This is just a safe estimate based on normal MMO trends and sales.   

 

Agree

rojoArcueid

So based on the OP link Lineage is #1 and GW2 is #2 money makers at NCSoft. Although i think its still two early to predict Wildstar´s future, it doesnt look very bright. Too bad because the game is very pretty.... if only the game played as good as it looks. There is still hope if they plan a full expansion with massive feature upgrades.