So Hows PS2 Doing (Numbers?)

[MonsterBone]

Big fan of PS2 here. Looks like everything is going well with the launch.

But how is the game doing number wise? Anyone here any dollar/player/sales numbers from any reputable source?

[Figment]

Peak for PS2 today, on a sunday, ON STEAM ONLY, was 16K. That's about the size it was a month after launch too, on a tuesday.

Was around 30K on Steam a week or two after launch, on a tuesday.

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

[Rolfski]

It's doing great so far: 1,6 million registered users. It's already their biggest game: http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/12/sony-online-entertainment-chief-says-planetside-2-online-frag-game-is-a-smashing-success-interview/

[Beerbeer]

They could have a billion users, but the only number that counts is active users, who actually play, and it's not good.

Edit: merge servers IMO.

[Rolfski]

They could have a billion users, but the only number that counts is active users, who actually play, and it's not good.

Edit: merge servers IMO.

Define good. It's not getting the numbers like COD but that was never to be expected. And from a revenue point of view they don't seem to be complaining.

[Beerbeer]

Good is crowded continents, a myriad of battle sizes, lots of people attacking and defending multiple points on the map simultaneously. The first two weeks had this.

Poor is one marginally-filled continent, the rest empty, one zerg running around capping empty bases. This is today's reality.

And revenues: the less people, the less money. You don't need a degree in economics to figure this out and I doubt Sony will EVER come out and say they aren't making money. They never have to-date.

[MonsterBone]

Right now on Steam PS2 has almost as many players as BO2. Well that's encouraging.

Current Peak Today Game

82,641 208,194 Dota 2
49,452 74,369 Team Fortress 2
30,036 40,024 Sid Meier's Civilization V
24,466 40,327 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
18,078 26,135 Borderlands 2
15,697 20,527 Garry's Mod
15,543 57,558 Counter-Strike
15,064 60,151 Football Manager 2013
12,460 35,392 Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Multiplayer
11,324 40,433 Counter-Strike: Source
11,311 16,404 Planetside 2

[Hamma]

Not bad :D

Honestly the only folks who really know how well it's doing are SOE and I doubt they will say much in the near term.

[DirkSmacker]

I'm wondering how many people are like me who originally had the Steam version, but downloaded the normal version. Steam takes up too many resources in an already resource-intensive game?

[GR Opzoleet]

I don't play through Steam. When I close the game launched from Steam, something doesn't close and the menu music continues to play until I manually stop it from playing. SO I just launch it from the non steam download.

[Cajual]

I use normal, not steam. As do all of my friends.

[Frotang]

Yeah who the hell uses steam? Dont think ive used that since DoDs came out in 2005.

[TheMarz]

I use steam for quite a few different games just not PS2, there advantages and disadvantages that come with it.