Aion 2, the highly anticipated large-scale MMORPG targeting the global mobile and PC cross-platform market in the second half of the year, has successfully captured the global market with overwhelming user traffic metrics shortly after its release.
NCSoft’s MMORPG ‘Aion 2’ has set a massive box-office record, surpassing 6.3 million cumulative character creations in about three weeks since its official global release.
According to the released performance infographic data, ‘Aion 2,’ which began early access on September 30 and opened its global servers on October 5, easily surpassed 6.3 million cumulative character creations by global users on October 20โjust 20 days after the early access opening. The total cumulative timeline played by users worldwide in ingame live battlefields also recorded 108.2 million hours, proving an explosive retention rate.
Top-tier concurrent user metrics and platform-specific financial performances were also detailed. Alongside the launch of official service, it broke the barrier of 400,000 peak concurrent users globally, and during its first week, it proudly claimed the number one spot on the weekly global sales chart of Steam, the world’s largest PC game distribution platform. On the global game streaming media platform Twitch, cumulative viewing time for ‘Aion 2’ themed broadcasts hit 35.6 million hours, rapidly emerging as a globally popular game broadcasting IP.
Detailed proportions of the preferred classes most chosen by global users within the in-game build were also unveiled. The most popular class was the ‘Gladiator,’ which possesses high tactical versatility and accounted for 17% of the total share, followed by the ‘Chanter’ and ‘Sorcerer,’ each marking a 13% selection rate. The number of party dungeon completionsโa core infrastructure of combatโrecorded a cumulative 21.1 million times, while the instance dungeon category achieved a total of 53.2 million clear metrics, promising to solidify its monopoly in the global MMORPG market for the second half of the year.
