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12489: RE: [MUD-DEV] a shrinking pool of players?
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From: "Sellers, Michael" <MSellers@maxis.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 07:12:17 -0800
Organization: Kanga.Nu
JD wrote:
> MSellers@maxis.com writes:
>
> >> it's between 10,000 and 200,000 at the extreme high end. Probably
around
> >> 50K. Just a gross estimate, but I've run these numbers before and I
think
> >> we tend to overestimate them. >>
>
> Heh, EQ alone can testify to the 50k mark...
I was speaking of the number of *text* MUD players. If the patterns we saw
on M59 are any guide, most UO/EQ/AC players have never played a text MUD,
and have no intention of doing so. These are largely separate markets.
Mike Sellers
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