Top Moneymaking Online Games Of 2009

[Antox]

I tought maybe some are interested in this article i found on the net. Its a list of the top moneymaking MMOS of 2009.

THE LIST

Discuss

[k3lster]

For people who are lazy to view the statistics...

1. "World Of Warcraft" by Blizzard Entertainment (U.S.): $1 billion
2. "Fantasy Westward Journey" by NetEase (China): $400 million
3. "Perfect World" by Perfect World (China): $300 million
4. "Lineage I" and "II" by NCsoft (South Korea): $270 million
5. "Tian Long Ba Bu" by Changyou (China): $250 million
6. "Aion" by NCsoft (South Korea): $230 million
7. "MapleStory" by Nexon Corporation (South Korea): $200 million
8. "ZT Online" by Giant Interactive (China): $190 million
9. "The World Of Legend" / "Legends Of Mir" by Shanda Interactive Entertainment (China): $150 million
10. "Final Fantasy XI" by Square Enix (Japan): $117 million

I'm amazed FWJ made it as the second.

[danilotron1]

WoW(usa) got 1,000,000,000$dollars in 2009...only in 2009.. thats so impressive.

[Clone]

I had no idea WoW raked in that much revenue.... wow

[Minti]

blizzard rulz

[remaru]

mmm i just wowed at WoW, anyway there are some games that i never heard of

[SeeMeTrollin]

Now I understand why people are making games with similar gameplay to WoW.

Trying to rake in them of them lovely pennies.

[matey]

WOW hit the top of the world there,that is really good

Some of these games here i never even heard of xD

[Alivada]

I doubt Aion is 6th now, as in 2009 they were selling boxes.
Not surprised at all by WoW.

[hooptyman]

and the fact that blizzards making new expansions, and letting people BUY mounts, I wouldn't be surprised if they make it to 2 Billion in 2011.

I have to laugh at people who bought a Mount called My little Pony for $20-$25
Are these people that stupid? For that much you could a got a expansion pack with a hell of a lot more content.Really what these people did was open a door for suckers and its going to make it hard later down the road for the rest of us..

[Cingal]

Suppose people will buy anything if you hype it up enough.

[ChiChu`]

I have to laugh at people who bought a Mount called My little Pony for $20-$25
Are these people that stupid? For that much you could a got a expansion pack with a hell of a lot more content.Really what these people did was open a door for suckers and its going to make it hard later down the road for the rest of us..

Yup, and blizzard made a couple hundred million off of that one mount. Blizzard pretty much just said it is viable to have Cash Shops on P2P games, so expect more companies to do something of the likes.