Free Realms destroys the 1 million account speed record

At what point did it become our responsibility as consumers to know/care about content producers' financial success? What do subscriber metrics or profitability have to do with how much you enjoy a given product? Let the developer's accountants worry about the numbers and let's stay focused on having fun in their games.

Personally, I play and enjoy Free Realms (as a paying subscriber who's also spent $20 on Station Cash, for what it's worth). One million subscribers is a milestone worth noting, and I applaud SoE for reaching it.

I enjoy many game styles, FPS (L4D, CS:S) MMOs (WoW, LOTRO, WAR), any RTS and flash games so my tastes are all around.

And no I do not have a Wii but loved games with mini-games for the N64. I think FR is a fun game that is addicting but the play style and artistic view of the game is not for everyone.

Ever played an SOE game? EQ, EQ2, SWG, PlanetSide, Vanguard, etc?

Guess, what? Whether you are active in these, or cancelled 4 years ago, you are now one of the million users of Free Realms. That's right, your old account is activated and "subscribed" to Free Realms.

Way to cook the books. SOE, will Smed ever get his due?

A lot of those 1mil players are probably people like me who played it for an hour or so and then decided 'this is not for me'.

D. CONSENT TO MONITOR

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look what i found in encyclopediadramatica... i think that says it all