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Online games worth $1.3bn in 2004

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Dhruin
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Online games worth $1.3bn in 2004

BBC news is <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3403605.stm" target="_blank">reporting</a> that MMO games will generate around $1.3bn in subscription revenues and online property sales in 2004:<blockquote><em>"It's clear that the online gaming portion of the industry continues to experience surging growth, especially in the area of subscription-based games," said Alex Macris, editor of the report and co-founder of The Themis Group. <br> <br>He said over the next year $1.1bn of the $1.3bn generated worldwide by online, multiplayer games will come from subscriptions.</em></blockquote>It's worth noting that much of the growth is coming from Asia. Interestingly they name Final Fantasy as a successful transfer over to the MMO arena but SWG a failure - aren't the numbers were relatively similar?

Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:34 pm

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Numbers may be similar, but FFXI steadily grows up whereas SWG is on decline.

Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:35 pm

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