Guild wars - statistics - Guild Wars Forums

Likeaberry · Dec 17, 2008, 09:38 PM // 21:38

Hello,

I am looking for some statistics (like graphics) of :
- the number of GW players currently (over the world)
- and more precisely, the number of GW players for each job played currently (over the world too)

Do someone know where i can found those informations?

Thanks.

_Nihilist_ · Dec 17, 2008, 10:15 PM // 22:15

Likeaberry,

I don't think that you can get those stats from any resource. Your closest chance would be to ask players here on Guru for their info and compile the stats yourself. Maybe ask a mod if you can get a poll posted for country, as well as profession. Even then, so many players have multiple characters/accounts, a simple poll probably isn't going to give you the stats you are looking for - the only thing I can think is to have people here give you their location, characters, and which character is their Main.

I'll be glad to start it though, my main is in bold type:

Location: USA
Professions: Monk, Necromancer, Warrior

Sin City Gamer · Dec 17, 2008, 10:27 PM // 22:27

I'll go along with it, too, considering I can't think of anywhere to get the info.

Location: USA
Professions: Mesmer, Monk, Necromancer, Paragon

Koudelka · Dec 17, 2008, 10:38 PM // 22:38

Go go Excel-made pie chart inserted into a uber-pro powerpoint presentation!

In the meantime...

Location: United Kingdom (England: oh yeah ;D)
Professions: Mesmer, Monk, Elementalist, Dervish, pretty much all of the professions :P.

*Some pictures of English things to make my post look cooler*

I can't say about any detailed statistics about GW. I can't even presume anything really, except that there aren't enough British players...

go cubs · Dec 17, 2008, 10:50 PM // 22:50

Location:USA
Professions:Dervish, Monk, Necromancer

subarucar · Dec 17, 2008, 11:08 PM // 23:08

For the number of players, you could try contacting A-net and finding out how many accounts are in their database.

Location: New Zealand
Prof: All

Likeaberry · Dec 17, 2008, 11:54 PM // 23:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyrael_Eveningsong

Likeaberry,

I don't think that you can get those stats from any resource. Your closest chance would be to ask players here on Guru for their info and compile the stats yourself. Maybe ask a mod if you can get a poll posted for country, as well as profession. Even then, so many players have multiple characters/accounts, a simple poll probably isn't going to give you the stats you are looking for - the only thing I can think is to have people here give you their location, characters, and which character is their Main.

Okay..
I was asking cause i know many corporate video games are doing it.
Then I was looking for official informations, ArenaNet or NCsoft did not publish similar ones in the past?

Moreover, when you compare the number of players some months ago (3,5 millions) and the one of the members list GWguru (180 000 without identify only actives people), you can see there is a huge gap.

But your suggestion could be an (maybe the only one..) interesting alternative.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyrael_Eveningsong

I'll be glad to start it though, my main is in bold type:

Location: USA
Professions: Monk, Necromancer, Warrior

If some other have an idea to complete or to improve this suggestion, it would be really appreciated.

Quote:

Originally Posted by subarucar

For the number of players, you could try contacting A-net and finding out how many accounts are in their database.

Okay, i will try.

_Nihilist_ · Dec 18, 2008, 12:07 AM // 00:07

This is one of a few different GW Fansites floating around the 'Net. Not every player knows about these Forums, or even if they do, have signed up here. You aren't going to get the full demographic data that you are searching for from this, or any other GW Fansite.

subarucar had a good suggestion, which is probably the only place you are going to find all of the information you seek. Even then, ANet can still say no. The most I'd look for there is how many accounts have been created since game launch, I doubt they are going to dig much further than that as far as Professions used, or even active accounts.

Eddie Frenzy Spam · Dec 18, 2008, 01:00 AM // 01:00

This is pretty hilarious, you guys actually think you can complie a list of all the people who actively play GW and their professions and locations by posting in a thread? What an epic suggestion. Like 20 people at the most will bother with it and the rest will see it as the waste of time it is. The other 70% won't even bother opening the thread.

As for getting the information from ANET, they have stated before the number of copies of the game they have sold which is about 4/5million I think. However this is not an accurate picture of the number of accounts and active players as a lot of those 4 or 5 million sales will be going to the same account as in people buying all 4 games will be counted as 4 sales, not 1 account. It also doesn't take into account people who have bought the game and don't play anymore.

When asked for the information regarding the number of accounts specifically they have said before that they will NOT release this data. God knows why....

Likeaberry · Dec 18, 2008, 05:43 AM // 05:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddie the reaper

This is pretty hilarious, you guys actually think you can complie a list of all the people who actively play GW and their professions and locations by posting in a thread? What an epic suggestion. Like 20 people at the most will bother with it and the rest will see it as the waste of time it is. The other 70% won't even bother opening the thread.

I agree of course!
But with the help of the community and moderators (like topics or polls picked, and some "pub" on other main forums) i am sure we can get easely like some hundreds of answers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddie the reaper

As for getting the information from ANET, they have stated before the number of copies of the game they have sold which is about 4/5million I think.

That is exactly 5 millions and that have been said in february 2008.

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddie the reaper

However this is not an accurate picture of the number of accounts and active players as a lot of those 4 or 5 million sales will be going to the same account as in people buying all 4 games will be counted as 4 sales, not 1 account. It also doesn't take into account people who have bought the game and don't play anymore.

Of course.

Quote:

the number of players some months ago (3,5 millions)

Then I quote myself:

Quote:

Then I was looking for official informations, ArenaNet or NCsoft did not publish similar ones in the past?

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddie the reaper

When asked for the information regarding the number of accounts specifically they have said before that they will NOT release this data. God knows why....

Nice, that is better. I didn't read this information. That is I wanted to know.

But the suggestion of Tyrael_Eveningsong is still valid.
It can be a funny experience but this implies a really good organisation, and the essential support of the moderators of this forum.

Yang Whirlwind · Dec 18, 2008, 10:14 AM // 10:14

It is very simple: Anet's official stand is that they have sold 5 million + games.
Since a lot of us have all 3 games (Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall), that number should be divided by at least 2.
A lot of people have stopped playing since the game was released more than 3?? years ago, and many of those accounts have been given over to function as storage accounts (and extra Xunlai predictions) for other players. Even if we got the statistic for "accounts logged into during the last month", that number would be far higher than the actual number of active players.

By refusing to give us more than "the total number of games sold", Anet is trying to make possible buyers believe their game is more popular than additional statistics would support. As we all know: success breeds success!

Quaker · Dec 18, 2008, 03:54 PM // 15:54

I really don't think you would get any meaningful stats by getting people to post in this thread. The number of people who have "joined" these forums (let alone the number who would actually read this thread) is far less than the number of games sold, and even the number of active accounts.

Dec 17, 2008, 09:38 PM // 21:38	#1
Likeaberry Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Dec 2008	Guild wars - statistics Hello, I am looking for some statistics (like graphics) of : - the number of GW players currently (over the world) - and more precisely, the number of GW players for each job played currently (over the world too) Do someone know where i can found those informations? Thanks. Last edited by Likeaberry; Dec 17, 2008 at 09:46 PM // 21:46..

Dec 17, 2008, 10:15 PM // 22:15	#2
_Nihilist_ Will Bull's Strike for $! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Isle of the Dead	Likeaberry, I don't think that you can get those stats from any resource. Your closest chance would be to ask players here on Guru for their info and compile the stats yourself. Maybe ask a mod if you can get a poll posted for country, as well as profession. Even then, so many players have multiple characters/accounts, a simple poll probably isn't going to give you the stats you are looking for - the only thing I can think is to have people here give you their location, characters, and which character is their Main. I'll be glad to start it though, my main is in bold type: Location: USA Professions: Monk, Necromancer, Warrior

Dec 17, 2008, 10:27 PM // 22:27	#3
Sin City Gamer Academy Page Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA Guild: Death Design Cult [DDC]	I'll go along with it, too, considering I can't think of anywhere to get the info. Location: USA Professions: Mesmer, Monk, Necromancer, Paragon

Dec 17, 2008, 10:38 PM // 22:38	#4
Koudelka Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Guild: The Khaotic Empire (TKE) Profession: Me/Mo	Go go Excel-made pie chart inserted into a uber-pro powerpoint presentation! In the meantime... Location: United Kingdom (England: oh yeah ;D) Professions: Mesmer, Monk, Elementalist, Dervish, pretty much all of the professions :P. Some pictures of English things to make my post look cooler I can't say about any detailed statistics about GW. I can't even presume anything really, except that there aren't enough British players...

Dec 17, 2008, 10:50 PM // 22:50	#5
go cubs Jungle Guide Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicago Guild: [SIR] Profession: D/	Location:USA Professions:Dervish, Monk, Necromancer

Dec 17, 2008, 11:08 PM // 23:08	#6
subarucar Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Zealand Guild: None	For the number of players, you could try contacting A-net and finding out how many accounts are in their database. Location: New Zealand Prof: All

Dec 18, 2008, 12:07 AM // 00:07	#8
_Nihilist_ Will Bull's Strike for $! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Isle of the Dead	This is one of a few different GW Fansites floating around the 'Net. Not every player knows about these Forums, or even if they do, have signed up here. You aren't going to get the full demographic data that you are searching for from this, or any other GW Fansite. subarucar had a good suggestion, which is probably the only place you are going to find all of the information you seek. Even then, ANet can still say no. The most I'd look for there is how many accounts have been created since game launch, I doubt they are going to dig much further than that as far as Professions used, or even active accounts.

Dec 18, 2008, 01:00 AM // 01:00	#9
Eddie Frenzy Spam Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2007 Guild: Old N Dirty [ym] Profession: W/E	This is pretty hilarious, you guys actually think you can complie a list of all the people who actively play GW and their professions and locations by posting in a thread? What an epic suggestion. Like 20 people at the most will bother with it and the rest will see it as the waste of time it is. The other 70% won't even bother opening the thread. As for getting the information from ANET, they have stated before the number of copies of the game they have sold which is about 4/5million I think. However this is not an accurate picture of the number of accounts and active players as a lot of those 4 or 5 million sales will be going to the same account as in people buying all 4 games will be counted as 4 sales, not 1 account. It also doesn't take into account people who have bought the game and don't play anymore. When asked for the information regarding the number of accounts specifically they have said before that they will NOT release this data. God knows why....

Dec 18, 2008, 10:14 AM // 10:14	#11
Yang Whirlwind ~ Retired ~ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (GMT +1) Profession: E/	It is very simple: Anet's official stand is that they have sold 5 million + games. Since a lot of us have all 3 games (Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall), that number should be divided by at least 2. A lot of people have stopped playing since the game was released more than 3?? years ago, and many of those accounts have been given over to function as storage accounts (and extra Xunlai predictions) for other players. Even if we got the statistic for "accounts logged into during the last month", that number would be far higher than the actual number of active players. By refusing to give us more than "the total number of games sold", Anet is trying to make possible buyers believe their game is more popular than additional statistics would support. As we all know: success breeds success!

Dec 18, 2008, 03:54 PM // 15:54	#12
Quaker Hell's Protector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Guild: Brothers Disgruntled	I really don't think you would get any meaningful stats by getting people to post in this thread. The number of people who have "joined" these forums (let alone the number who would actually read this thread) is far less than the number of games sold, and even the number of active accounts.