Some Facts on Maple Story
April 21st, 2006 Jun Sok Huhh Posted in news |
Maple Story is one of most successful MMOGs in Korea. Its popularity is not limited to Korea. Recent presentation article(written in Korean language) by the studio boss of developer(Widget of Nexon) shows that the game would be the first Korean game that has truthful world-wide player base. Following facts are from the article.
In Korea
- The game launched in year 2003
- The number of accumulated subscribers(as of Feb. 2006) amounts to 14M.1
- The number of concurrent users is 200K.
- The total revenue during 3 service years is 200B Won(1,000 Won = 1 USD).2
- The total revenue from licensing during 3 servicing years is 110B Won.3
World-wide service situation
(the number of subscribers is as of Feb. 2006)
- China since Dec. 2004, 18M subscribers
- Japan since Nov. 2003, 9M subscribers
- Taiwan since Jul. 2005, 3.5M subscribers4
- Thailand since Oct. 2005, 550K subscribers
- Singapore/Malaysia since Oct. 2005, 550K subscribers5
- Gobal(US) since Oct. 2005, 1.5M subscribers
Sample world-wide revenue profile
- Monthly world-wide revenue of Feb. 2004 was 2.1B Won.
- Monthly world-wide revenue of Feb. 2005 was 5.0B Won.
- Monthly world-wide revenue of Feb. 2006 was 16B Won.
May 1st, 2006 at 8:58 am
Good data! As I noted on my blog, it would be awesome for someone to put the numbers together on the Asian MMO market from both a size a dollars perspective!
http://playnoevil.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/395-Great-Metrics-on-Maple-Story-Very-Popular-Korean-Asian-MMO.html
May 12th, 2006 at 11:26 pm
this is one of the best games that i have ever played
May 22nd, 2006 at 10:19 pm
Best addictind game i’ve played SO FAR.
other than dota and WW.
next would be Pangya - Golf game.
Worst MMORPQ would be Water Margin online.
totally waste of time with poor support site and dont know what im playing for.
that game has no soul.
November 28th, 2006 at 6:47 am
Maple Story Rulez!!!!!!!
November 28th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
Hi,
I have played Maple Story in Thailand Version for 1 month.It is my dream comes true. However, I have many new friends too.
I would like to know about player’s age in this game.Please, do you have information?
regards,
Mohabbatein
November 28th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Now, Maple Story is internationally popular game!
At least in Korea, general population of the game is dense at children in their elementary school years. One of enduring fun-factors in the game is the reputation competition among these younger players.
November 30th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
Hi,
It is my second time report from Thailand. Maple Story just had 1st year
anniversary on Novvember, 19th 2006.
I am surprised that the registration queue for Maple Birthdy very very long. And, I read from Thailand Maple Story BBS that this took long time from morning till 19.00 pm. It is proved How popular it is.
However, I am Magician at level 29 and today I will up level to 30 to be
Cleric. Thanks Maple Story. I love this game.
I have question Who is programmer
to develop this game. It should have
a book about the history of Maple Story.
I would like to study how this game
developed as What where why when and How.
Regards,
mohabbatein
December 4th, 2006 at 9:52 am
At first, let me show you my personal short knowledge on the game.
Maple Story started it service at Apr. 29th of Y2003. It was developed by very small company named, Widget that is now integrated into Nexon. The mastermind behind the game has very unique taste about online game. Before he started his own company, Widget, he developed one of early popular casual game in Korea, Quiz Quiz. It is just plain Quiz show, but users was very happy to play the same old one by Internet. When Maple Story launched, many analyst looked down on it for its anachronism. Few did read the potential that friendly 2D graphic-based game environment has such a great charming to gaming population.
Actually, there are little to say about the inner and behind story about the game, because Korean gaming developing society is not familiar with such a record on its own history.
December 4th, 2006 at 11:39 am
Hi,
Thanks for your answer. I plan to write more about Maple Story in this
BBS. However, I would like to share my study to more places.
If you have other topics about this game please tell me .Where?
or if you have other website to
guide me please tell me, too.
Regards,
Mohabbatein
December 9th, 2006 at 1:12 am
I recently read somewhere (but now forget where) that Maple Story had reported 50M subscribers globally - these numbers come up just over 30M (still HUGE!). Is that 50M accumulated subscribers (who may not be active), or just a bogus ‘marketing number’? Any idea? Thanks
December 12th, 2006 at 12:05 am
It’s not marketing number definitely. As you well know, it is free-to-enter game. So, subscription number do not mean high revenue directly.
Still, the number itself is huge, and the revenue from micro-payment business model is still more surprising than the number.
December 13th, 2006 at 11:19 am
Hi,
I think the huge number is possible because it is free online game. In my opinion, the game quality is superb.
However, the revenue come from the refill card in thailand named A-CASH. I enjoy to use this card sometime with the option to where
many of masks as bear, duck ,etc.
It helps to make more surprising in this game when nobody will have exactly same outfits.
In Thailand, all options will expire in 30 days after that you have to buy A-CARD to recover the previous again. It is o.k.
December 20th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
This is really a very good game. I have an 81 Axe Sader in Global. I’m in my mid 30s yet I find this game very addicting. I’ve been playing video games since my elementary school days and I think Maple Story ranks among the best.
I want to play KMS, too, and I have a level 45 fighter. I just play it in an Internet Cafe but I want to play it at home, too. But after downloading the game client and installing it, I get an error message. What should I do?
December 30th, 2006 at 11:30 am
Actually, the game started with Wizet company, which was a project off Nexon. They then merged a few months ago…
Great game though
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April 27th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
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P.S Im lvl 33 fire wiz, and i have been playing now for 1 month a 3 days, also i got married 4 days ago.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Hello plz help me with maplestory i have problems like gamegaurd error 340, plz help me.
Im lvl 33 fire wiz, and i have been playing now for 1 month a 3 days, also i got married 4 days ago.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
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May 15th, 2007 at 10:48 am
i would say this game is one of the best next to Rakion
but i would give this a 10/10 if you would score it
the fantasy put into the game makes it feel so “YOU”
i would recomend this game to anyone with a taste of
fantasy.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:58 am
I need tips on how to level
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I need tips on how to level AND I LOVE MAPLESTORY, I THINK ITS REWENING MY LIFE THHOUGH CAUSE OF ADDICTION
July 30th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
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maple story sux!especially mapleSEA.wad a cheap,2-D game.it looks like mario.so many hackers too.
August 6th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Whether the game roxs or suxs totally depends on the person itself. But MapleStory is considered quite well-done since it is just a 2D game, which is uncomparable to 3D game. And because it is a 2D game, of course it requires less maintainence and etc, thus it is cheap and free of charge. Cant expect too much~ Anw, compared to Mario, MapleStory is really different from it.
Cant stand those hackers and the lag lah…
August 19th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Maplestory is an average game, gets repetitive. one of the worst ‘grind’ games!
September 8th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Sorry If I said a lot. But, I read from some other forums the other day that GlobalMS is the most hacker-infested version currently right now… Maple SEA is Second, JapanMS is 3rd, EuropeMS is 4th but hacking level in Europe is rising (It may surpass JapanMS by November 2007. Most Common Reason: Only GlobalMS, Maple SEA, JapanMS and EuropeMS are the only MapleStory versions that does not require some sort of an citizenship/identification number. Most preferably Age Requirement (normally 13+). KoreaMS age requirement is 5+ and under 80. Sucks, eh?
PS: I play both KoreaMS and GlobalMS. Plus I used to be one of the 100,000 players in KoreaMS Tester Version (Tespia).
September 9th, 2007 at 12:07 am
Sorry for what I said about the Citizenship/Identification Number if you don’t get it. I actually mean that in KoreaMS, ChinaMS, TaiwanMS, ThailandMS, and MapleSEA, you need a citizenship/identification number to register (KoreaMS asks for real name, social security number, adress of residence, home phone number, etc. to register properly) (although in MapleSEA, you can make up a identification number).
December 31st, 2007 at 6:57 pm
i played maple story (Global) about a year and a half ago, and i really liked it.
i loved it. it was ALMOST perfect (ALMOST, not because of the game, but because of personal technical reasons).
except that i grew tired of the tedious grinding i had because of my slow connection (w/c results to frustration).
i guess i need to reconsider playing maple story again, now that i have changed to a better ISP (a whole lot better, i might say). hehe!
chow!
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February 17th, 2008 at 7:51 am
What a big dispointment……..after playing the korean version….
all I can say is……wow this game is a big pile of sh!T
Its even a bigger pile of sh!T then those other baby games out there….
I mean God WTF people making games for babies now days too? because Old mature and Intelligent people like me….not to mention good looking would waste my time on this GARBAGE……..thank god my friend let my tried it before I download this pile of SH!T on july 24…….amen
lol
That’s all I got to say.
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January 14th, 2009 at 3:39 am
maple story is really fun i cna’t wait for maple story ds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MAPLESTORY
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不过已经没人玩了…
汗,
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哪天玩玩GMS.
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and also nexon doesnt care about complaints i sent in a complaint saying i was a hacker and for them 2 ban me and got a reply saying “sorry for the inconveince we will try to fix this problem soon as possable. Nexon” shows how much they really care
This is not a lie either! try 4 yourself about 1000 other nexon members saw this message and quit because of that.
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