AION 2 has 400 thousand active players after global launch

AION 2 quickly grew its audience following its global launch.The MMORPG team announced 400 thousand active players and sent users a gift in honor of the new milestone.

Steam provides an additional scale reference.According to Inven Global, the peak online version for Valve's service approached 398 thousand concurrent players.This is not the same as the publisher's active audience figure, so the two numbers cannot be added together.

The global version launched on October 5.Before the release, AION 2 was already in early access, but it was the full launch that dramatically expanded the audience.

For an MMO, this is a particularly important indicator of the first day: a large online presence speeds up the selection of groups and revitalizes the economy, but in itself does not guarantee the long life of the project.Jagex is now preparing a similar fight for a large permanent audience with its new MMORPG RS4 on Unreal Engine.

The next test for AION 2 will begin after the initial burst.In just a few weeks it will become clearer whether the game retains a significant part of the audience that came.