How Do Neverwinter Player Numbers Compare to Warframe?

Roughly two weeks ago we compared Neverwinter’s player numbers to those of Black Desert Online and concluded that it’s not looking too bad for our title against the MMO competitor. BDO however is partially pay-to-play so we were kind of comparing apples and oranges there. That’s why it’s great that free-to-play game Warframe recently turned five and released its numbers of registered accounts as well. It means we have some more data to play around with! Let’s quickly recap Cryptic’s own numbers that they’ve dished out in the past when there were certain milestones to celebrate.

• In roughly two months following its release on Xbox, Neverwinter accumulated 1.6 million accounts on the platform
• In roughly two months following its release on PS4, Neverwinter accumulated over 2 million accounts on the platform
• In April 2017, Perfect World reported 15 million players for the game on all platforms.

Neverwinter vs. Warframe

Warframe currently has 38 million accounts after five years, which isn’t really telling us as much as we don’t have a corresponding number for Neverwinter. At their respective four year marks however, Warframe pretty accurately featured twice as many accounts as Neverwinter (30 million to 15 million). Both games are free-to-play and operate on PC, Xbox and PS4, making this a very valid comparison. You gotta admit when you’re beaten, and there’s no doubt that the devs at Digital Extremes have the edge here.

Two things though: First of all, as MassivelyOP pointed out, Warframe continues to defy expectations. It’s a surprise hit, not quite as surprising as PUBG, but still. Digital Extremes seems to really have developed a gem and based on that, being half as good might still be pretty decent. Second, we’re again doing our apples and oranges dance. Warframe is no MMO, it’s a cooperative third-person shooter with MMO elements. That genre, especially on consoles, is more popular and you would expect a game like Warframe to perform better than a game like Neverwinter.

Anyway, we do like these little comparisons and we hope you do as well. What’s your take on the numbers? Share your thoughts on our social channels, in the comments below, or visit the corresponding thread on our message board!

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