For total market size, these are the top 5 largest game markets:
- World of Warcraft
- Fifa 15
- RS2007
- Archeage
- Final Fantasy XIV
Warcraft: Might be difficult to get into because the gaming population is broken up in MANY different servers, of varying population sizes. Not recommended for a one man operation. For WoW, it's either go big, or go home. You'll need to account for expenses with regular banning of farming accounts, loss of assets, purchasing game licenses, and VPNs to diversify your IP range. You'll also have to keep your computer super clean, due to Blizzard's controversial "
Warden"
Fifa 15: PA has yet to break into this market. So anyone starting a business here, will be an "early adopter" on PA and thus get access to a ton of new users once Fifa 16 launches this year. Competition is heavy in the market, but not on PA.
RS2007: I don't think I need to say much about this other than to say, that we purposely separated RS2007 and RS3. RS was on a steady rate of decline over the years, but after the launch of RS2007, the game market has been revitalized, and RS as a whole is larger and performing better than pre-RS2007
Archeage: A new game, with serious potential. It has two key elements which will likely see Archeage become a staple MMO in the future a) it's sandbox design and b) it's in-game economy which supports GAMBLING:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7AdyaHRBew
This makes Archeage a game that follows very closely with RS.
FFXIV: Kind of a surprise to be honest. The game flopped when it first launched. Square Enix, nixed the latest design, and re-did the whole game engine, to re-launch a year later to which it was then well received.
There is another game PA will be introducing to Sythe users in January. It is a game that
allows RMT on the PA platform. We're just working out deals right now to see if we can secure some special perks for you guys before we make an announcement, so that you guys can get in early before the large announcement and start staking land/assets before the rush.
Cheers,
jake
Sr. Product Manager
