Noby Noby Boy players hit all time low, Mars 2000 days away
It seems that as little as 1000 people are playing Noby Noby Boy right now, and at this rate it will take 2000+ days for GIRL to reach Mars. The news comes from a website set up to track multiple stats for the game, which follows how many people play, how much they play, what they do, how many new people play, and how long it will take to reach a certain goal.
Other news from the site reveals that the total number of players that gave the game a go is around the 60,000 mark. However it seems not many stick around, as BOY daily activity has sat around the 1500 mark for the last month, hardly ever pushing past 2000, and getting dangerously close to falling below 1000 at times.
The site also states that the number of new people to join the game fluctuates from between 300-500 daily, but with people continually leaving as well the growth of GIRL is also falling daily, which means it will take longer and longer to reach certain goals as more and more people cease playing.
The games creator, Keita Takahashi, recently said that it would take around 820 years to connect the entire solar system, but it is now very likely that number has climbled even higher.
5 comments ↓
Nate
April 9th, 2009
Is this really a surprise? I don’t have to play the game to know its b.s. I never played it and don’t want to play it. It just looks plain dumb and boring. It was just a big crap load of hype that made this game seem so ‘awesome’, good thing I never fell for it.
Yeah, I’ll keep playing my other more enjoyable PSN games thank you very much.
Lloytron
April 9th, 2009
I bought it and enjoyed it for a while. I certainly got 2.99’s worth of fun out of it, but it sure as hell didn’t last long.
If anything this was more of a tech demo and should have been free.
Satans_Pen_is
April 9th, 2009
I agree with the others. There was a solid 10 mins of fun there, but it offers nothing, absolutely nothing, that would keep anyone interested. It isn’t even a particularly fun sandbox. The concept of a massive amount of people working together to unlock content is very interesting, but ultimately it would work better in a GAME that was actually FUN.
Bob
April 9th, 2009
@ Nate
I’ve never seen you or talked to you but judging from your comment you just have to be dumb and boring.
See what I just did there?
I used your superb argumentation technique!
III SPLIFF III
April 9th, 2009
Nice one Bob!