What’s up, World of Warcraft? You think you’re so big and bad with your 12-million-strong-and-then-some player base? You won’t be quite so intimidating if Sony Online Entertainment head John Smedley’s vision for Free Realms comes to fruition. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry, Smedley said, “I think it could take five or six years – that should give you some idea [of the time frame we’re looking at]. But I don’t see any reason why it can’t go to 100 million [players], because there are so many kids out there.”
The game’s current player base stands at 17 million, which should increase naturally with the game’s recent launch on PS3. However, though we appreciate Smedley’s “children are our future” outlook, we think it’s gonna take a little something extra to net the other 83 million he’s hoping for.
That’s right. It needs more unicorns.
Smedley: Free Realms on track to 100 million players originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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