Is GW2 doing as well as anticipated?
You’ll probably have to wait for NCsoft’s next quarterly report for real data. GW2 was lanched shortly after the third quarter report. I don’t have the link right now… just head to the investor section of NCSoft’s site. Every publically traded company is required to make that info available.
He might start thinking he knows what’s right for you.
—Paul Williams
It’s a mystery.
Given that Arena.Net had to halt digital sales shortly after launch I would say that they were successful for the initial stage. How many people stick around is anyones guess.
They also run a very different business model compared to subscription or most F2P MMOs. GW2 is buy to play much like their predecessor GW which was very successful. I know that I personally love the game and the world they have given us. Other people may disagree, some may outright hate the game but every gamer has different tastes. My server is still going strong and everyone I know are still having an amazing time and its been a month after launch already. I doubt I could ever go back to the everquest style MMOGs after playing this. I will probably only play GW2, BF3 and a few single player games now. The great thing is, I can still try new MMOs when they come out and not have to juggle more than one subscription.