Posts with tag online games

comScore, a company earning its way in the world by compiling and analysing consumer data, tells us that there are currently 217 million people in the world playing games online. (Of course, this number only sounds impressive until you realize that there are over 6 billion people living in the world today.) But the numbers themselves seem to leave a lot to be desired -- over at PlayNoEvil they have a detailed analysis of the other things this data seems to have overlooked:

• All of the companies comScore seems to be tracking are US-based. What about the large online gaming market in Asia?
• Smaller game sites aren't considered. (Smaller than Yahoo, MSN, WildTangent, etc.)
• Client-based games like World of Warcraft are excluded.
• People playing in internet cafes (common in Asia) aren't counted.

So, from this data we can definitively determine that there are 217 million people in the world enjoying online gaming -- or maybe more. While it's interesting to see attempts at quantifying the online gaming market, I'd be interested in seeing some more inclusive estimates.

[via The Forge]

In what has to be the single coolest punishment ever devised for anyone, the makers of the MMO Roma Victor have responded to the actions of a particularly disruptive player and hung him on a cross for seven days, for all to see. The full story can be read here.

I don't know why it's taken this long for something like this to happen. Aside from being almost poetic, it's got to really tick off the gamer who's dedicated enough to cause that much trouble in the first place. Blizzard GM's, take note...there's a lot of empty road on that long stretch leading into Orgrimmar....I say line that whole road with timber & string up all the gold farmers!