What does underselling mean

The Elephant in the Room I figure this morning I would cut with any sidebar discussions and get straight into the topic that was on everyones lips yesterday…  the Blizzard Q2 Earnings call.  If you remember during the Q1 2015 earnings call they announced a drop to 7.1 million subscribers after a peak of 10 million during the Warlords of Draenor launch bump.  I think we all knew that the numbers would be down, at least incidentally based on our own experiences from the game.  I have to say that I thought WoW token would be more of a game changer, and when they announced that World of Warcraft was down to 5.6 million subscribers I figured that the Token numbers would bolster this amount.  However based on further information it appears that this number does include token subscribers as well.  In truth this number likely does not fully account for the actual loss.  Personally I would consider myself no longer playing World of Warcraft, but my … [Read more...] about Blizzard Does Not Need WoW

Today's a huge day for Albion Online with its free to play launch. Veterans and the new generation of players will be able to enjoy all of the numerous updates made to Albion since launch, up to and including the recently released Oberon update. F2P doesn't mean that development stops either. Sandbox Interactive has big plans for large updates throughout 2019, so it's a great time to dive into the innovative game world.  advertisement  Of course, a milestone of such major importance must come with a brand new trailer, so without further ado, check this out:Phew...exciting, isn't it?So, What Does F2P mean?From today forward, players will no longer have to purchase the game but can play through without any restrictions. This means that all of Albion Online's celebrated features are available to everyone. Significant features include: a robust player-driven economy hardcore full-loot PvP no class restrictions on gear a single, massive server for all players … [Read more...] about It’s April 10th & That Means Albion Online is Free to Play! (SPONSORED)

You want to make money blogging? You do? I can help you. But don’t think I am going to give you yet another 101 ways to make money online. Because it doesn’t work that way at all. Seriously. If you already have a blog and is exploring ways to monetize your blog then here’s a list of over 40 Google AdSense alternatives to make money blogging. Over the past several months, I have been trying to scale-up my content creation process — to create more blog posts per month in a consistent way. However, I was not able to do it and is yet to find a way that works for me. But the good thing is, I ended up doing a lot of maths. I love maths. No, not the stuff that you and me learned at school — differentiation, integration, algebra, matrices, etc. — but the one applied in real life. In fact, that’s how I ended up writing a fun blog post about How Much Traffic Do You Need To Make $100,000 a few years back. It was all about traffic and income and … [Read more...] about What Does It Take To Generate 1,000,000 Pageviews & $3,000 Per Month

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Ironically, the term “meaningful” has a long history of not meaning much of anything with MMOs. Back in 2015 I did a Perfect Ten about terms that we can really get rid of for good reason, and meaningful was on the list. It was on there for a good reason, too; “meaningful” is so easily, well, stripped of all meaning by applying it anywhere. Saying that a game has meaningful combat doesn’t inherently mean anything because the dictionary definition of the word can be applied to almost anything without technically being incorrect. That doesn’t mean that the concept of meaningful interactions isn’t useful, though. It just means that we have to talk about the term, what it’s supposed to mean, and why we still want it to have a purpose even if it doesn’t. So let’s start with the very beginning. What’s the point of something being meaningful in an MMO? As an adjective, “meaningful” is usually applied to something … [Read more...] about Vague Patch Notes: The meaning of ‘meaningful’ in MMORPGs