Cpvr Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 NCSoft and Amazon Games' Throne of Liberty earned over 3 million players within its first week, the companies revealed. The MMORPG released on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on October 1. Collectively, that player count translated to 24 million hours of playtime. Amazon's MMO launches For some comparison, Amazon's 2022 MMO Lost Ark opened to 1.32 millionplayers in its launch weekend, and New World had over 700,000 players on launch day. Both first launched solely on PC. "We’re so pleased to see the results as players join the game," wrote Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartmann. "We’re only getting started, and we have a series of updates planned, including our first castle siege coming soon." Amazon acquired Throne & Liberty's publishing rightslast year, which covers North and South America, Japan, and Europe. The game is Amazon's third major MMO behind Lost Ark and New World. In August, the publisher lost an MMO when Bandai Namco announced its plans to scrap Blue Protocol early next year and killed Amazon's previously established deal to publish the game outside of Japan. Despite Blue Protocol's loss, Amazon plans to publish several games in the future. Along with the next Tomb Raider from Crystal Dynamics, an open-world driving game from its in-house team Maverick Games, and a Lord of the Rings MMO with Embracer. source: Gamedeveloper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 3 million players is great, but do you think the player retention will be strong in the long run? Both Lost Ark and New World had their highs and lows after launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
