Aion

Seems like NCsoft has a hit on their hands.

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Korean gamers love their MMO games, but apparently they're loving on one more than most. That one is Aion: The Tower of Eternity from NCsoft. The open beta test for the game launched earlier this week over in the land of...Korean things, and already they've surpassed 170,000 players - and that's concurrent. 170,000 players all at once, all for Aion. Knowing Korean gamers, they're still playing right now, or at least the survivors are.

“The response we’re seeing in Korea is incredibly exciting,” said David Reid, president of publishing for NCsoft West in Seattle. “Our Aion community in North America and Europe is also rapidly growing. We’ve got aggressive plans for the western launch in 2009”.
 

Well by the figures given by the developer and analysts.  This number is currently limited by the amount of servers they have.  Last time I checked, they were still in Korean OB, so this figure is a nice start at least.

However, as I have said plenty of times to WoW fanboi.  Player number doesn't equal gameplay quality.  I'll have to wait till I tried it before I can say anything else.  After all, fairness means being objective to all sides.  

Aionsource.com has some nice and balanced feedback on the game from the testers, check the General forum, and  no they are not all rosy and throwing perfumed petals at Aion... ;)

Originally posted by Gameloading

Seems like NCsoft has a hit on their hands.

kotaku.com/index.php

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Korean gamers love their MMO games, but apparently they're loving on one more than most. That one is Aion: The Tower of Eternity from NCsoft. The open beta test for the game launched earlier this week over in the land of...Korean things, and already they've surpassed 170,000 players - and that's concurrent. 170,000 players all at once, all for Aion. Knowing Korean gamers, they're still playing right now, or at least the survivors are.

“The response we’re seeing in Korea is incredibly exciting,” said David Reid, president of publishing for NCsoft West in Seattle. “Our Aion community in North America and Europe is also rapidly growing. We’ve got aggressive plans for the western launch in 2009”.
 

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That isn't easy to do.. but in Asia.. it's probably alot easier. 170k concurrent means 170,000 people playing AT THE SAME TIME.

That's crazy good.

Aggressive plans? I like that! :D

Cheers.