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Hilmar announces Dust has around 400k active players
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Billy Hix
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#1 - 2014-02-06 22:16:41 UTC
Not sure if this is news or not.

Hilmar did an interview where he claimed 900k total active accounts including Dust. So Dust has around 400k active accounts according to Hilmar if we assume Eve is still around 500k as per the last news we had on accounts.

Quote:
The entire “EVE” Universe claims 900,000 players, spread out between the “EVE Online” and ”Dust 514″ games.


http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/how-the-eve-online-tv-series-could-become-the-next-game-of-thrones-1201088301/
Karen Avioras
The Raging Raccoons
#2 - 2014-02-06 22:18:42 UTC
Lots of targets for us to bombard Big smile
Collie Buddz
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2014-02-06 22:22:16 UTC
Depends what they classify as "active" on a free game. I don't play Dust so I don't know, is there any beneficial reason to have more than one account like in Eve?
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#4 - 2014-02-06 22:22:20 UTC
active dust accounts don't require a subscription.

An active dust account is anyone who as played dust.

"**CCP is changing policy, and has asked that we discontinue the bonus credit program after November 7th. So until then, enjoy a super-bonus of 1B Blink Credit for each 60-day GTC you buy!"**

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PotatoOverdose
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-02-06 22:24:07 UTC
I wonder how they define an "active" dust account.

Looking at eve offline for the last 24 hrs, eve peaks at just over 45k concurrent users, dust peaks at just under 4k concurrent users.

Is an active account one that tried the "free" game on the play station network for an hour two months ago and then didn't bother logging on since? The news (400k dust bunnies, 500k eve players) is of course great if true, but it kinda doesn't jive with known server graphs.
stoicfaux
#6 - 2014-02-06 22:28:54 UTC
Why are we assuming the numbers are in base 10?

Pon Farr Memorial: once every 7 years, all the carebears in high-sec must PvP or they will be temp-banned.
Qalix
Long Jump.
#7 - 2014-02-06 22:32:09 UTC
The article says 900k but that isn't a quote from Hilmar.
Sura Sadiva
Entropic Tactical Crew
#8 - 2014-02-06 22:35:14 UTC
4-500k accounts for a free to play title is nothing. On F2P they reason in term of milions.
Also don't say if counting the chinese server too. And is fun doesn't say how many of these 900 are from EVE and how many from dust.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#9 - 2014-02-06 22:36:44 UTC
Does anyone else think about it in Bill Clinton's voice?

"Well, that depends on what your definition of 'active' is..."

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
mechtech
Ice Liberation Army
#10 - 2014-02-06 22:49:31 UTC
Dust has like 4,000 concurrent players per day, it's really quite low: http://eve-offline.net/?server=dust

Eve has 40k concurrent players and 500k subs (active players), so I'd wager dust really has 50k or so active players in reality.
Tul Breetai
Impromptu Asset Requisition
#11 - 2014-02-06 22:51:25 UTC
Batelle wrote:
active dust accounts don't require a subscription.

An active dust account is anyone who as played dust.

http://dustboard.com/global

Alas, how 2 internet? How 2 internet?

There's nothing worse than an EVE player, generally considered to be top of the food chain in the MMO world, that cannot smacktalk with wit and coherency.
Mr LaboratoryRat
Confederation of DuckTape Lovers
#12 - 2014-02-06 23:32:35 UTC
oh so how does dust finaly worked out? has it died yet?
Billy Hix
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#13 - 2014-02-06 23:34:31 UTC
Mr LaboratoryRat wrote:
oh so how does dust finaly worked out? has it died yet?


TBH it seems to have stabilized at 3k to 4k Concurrent players max in 24 hours.

So while its not getting worse it really isn't getting any better.
Your Dad Naked
Doomheim
#14 - 2014-02-06 23:36:15 UTC
For some crazy reason, I read that as "Hitler" at first. Shocked

EDIT: Holy smokes, you can't say the name of Germany's WW2 dictator? Shocked again!
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#15 - 2014-02-06 23:39:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Scipio Artelius
Mr LaboratoryRat wrote:
has it died yet?

Together with EvE. They're both in the process.

WoD is going to be stillborn.
Terranid Meester
Tactical Assault and Recon Unit
#16 - 2014-02-06 23:53:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Terranid Meester
Your Dad Naked wrote:
For some crazy reason, I read that as "******" at first. Shocked

EDIT: Holy smokes, you can't say the name of Germany's WW2 dictator? Shocked again!


Stalin!
Milosevic!

Not all mass murderers are blocked it seems.
Adunh Slavy
#17 - 2014-02-07 00:35:19 UTC
Collie Buddz wrote:
Depends what they classify as "active" on a free game. I don't play Dust so I don't know, is there any beneficial reason to have more than one account like in Eve?



"Active" is whatever classificaton gives the marketing department the biggest number.

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.  - William Pitt
Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
#18 - 2014-02-07 01:10:35 UTC
Apparently "Dust" is living up to it's name.

Zzzzzz.

http://youtu.be/t0q2F8NsYQ0
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#19 - 2014-02-07 01:18:46 UTC
mechtech wrote:
Dust has like 4,000 concurrent players per day, it's really quite low: http://eve-offline.net/?server=dust

Eve has 40k concurrent players and 500k subs (active players), so I'd wager dust really has 50k or so active players in reality.



There was a time when 4,000 online was a record day for EVE. They kept at it and today we have over 50,000 on many days.

It's the nature of making outside-the-box games. Dust is still new and if CCP keeps improving it, it will keep growing as well. Just because everyone wants it to fail for their own malicious reasons, doesn't mean it will fail.

While I'll never play it myself as I'm a die hard PC gamer, I only wish the best for CCP to make dust live up to it's potential.

Mr Epeen Cool
ACE McFACE
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2014-02-07 01:25:55 UTC
Katran Luftschreck wrote:
Apparently "Dust" is living up to it's name.

Zzzzzz.

No it would only live up to its name if it was called Tumbleweed514

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
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