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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[One million new adventurers in Dungeons and Dragons Online]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/one-million-new-adventurers-in-dungeons-and-dragons-online/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/one-million-new-adventurers-in-dungeons-and-dragons-online/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/one-million-new-adventurers-in-dungeons-and-dragons-online/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/dungeons-and-dragons-online/" rel="tag">Dungeons and Dragons Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-to-play/" rel="tag">Free-to-play</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/dungeons-and-dragons-online/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2010/02/ddokoboldsyaykv580.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
For all that the Penny Arcade guys <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/penny-arcade-digs-on-ddo-encapsulates-modern-mmo-industry/">may have made a joke</a> about the old <em><a href="http://www.ddo.com">Dungeons and Dragons Online</a></em> format, there's no disputing that the <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/06/09/ddo-adds-free-to-play-with-eberron-unlimited/">change to a hybrid free-to-play model</a> has given the game a new lease on life. Groups aren't hard to find; the cities are bustling; and players have great things to say about their hybrid model which allows you to either work for rewards or pay a small fee for the level of content you want. Add to that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Turbine/">Turbine</a>'s wonderful graphics and passionate devotion to their games -- and player-base -- and you can see why <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/dungeons-and-dragons-online/"><em>Dungeons and Dragons Online</em></a> is just getting better.<br /><br />That's why it should come as no surprise to hear that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/09/ddo-unlimited-launch-day-round-up/">since relaunching as a hybrid F2P in September</a>, <em>DDO</em> has managed to amass more than 1 million new players who had never played the game before. According to Turbine, <span style="font-size: 10pt;">there are over twice as many paid subscribers as there were prior to the change. The revenue from <em>DDO</em> store transactions is now also over 500% -- three times the industry standard for similar titles!</span><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/one-million-new-adventurers-in-dungeons-and-dragons-online/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>One million new adventurers in Dungeons and Dragons Online</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/one-million-new-adventurers-in-dungeons-and-dragons-online/">One million new adventurers in Dungeons and Dragons Online</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/one-million-new-adventurers-in-dungeons-and-dragons-online/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19374877/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/one-million-new-adventurers-in-dungeons-and-dragons-online/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>breaking</category><category>ddo</category><category>ddo-4th-birthday</category><category>dungeons-and-dragons-online</category><category>f2p</category><category>fernando-paiz</category><category>free-to-play</category><category>hybrid-model</category><category>jim-crowley</category><category>one-million-players</category><category>turbine</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krystalle Voecks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
