http://www.onlinegamingfun.com/online-gaming-industry-revenues/
how big is the mmorpg industry in regard to revenues?
mmorpg, online games, annual revenue,
In June 2002, Jeff Harrow, in his influential and eponymous “Harrow Technology Report”, analyzed the economics of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG). These are 3-D games which take place in comprehensively and minutely constructed environments – a medieval kingdom being the favorite. “Gamers” use action figures known as avatars to represent themselves. These animated figurines walk, talk, emote, and are surprisingly versatile.
Harrow quoted this passage from Internetnews.com regarding Sony’s (actually, Verant’s) “EverQuest”. It is a massive MMORPG (now with a sequel) with almost half a million users – each paying c. $13 a month:
“(Norrath, EverQuest’s ersatz world is) … the 77th largest economy in the [real] world! [It] has a gross national product per capita of $2,266, making its economy larger than either the Chinese or Indian economy and roughly comparable to Russia’s economy.”
Thats just from one game have to think with the Sims, World of Warcraft and Ultima Online and hundreds of others its alot higher
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