Chapter 03 · Online era
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Spiral Arcade Annual Report
Data slide
FY 1999 — FY 2001
Players didn't
log on
— they
moved in.
Online hours / player / week
Spiral Arcade telemetry · 28-day rolling median · n = 412,608 modem sessions
Online play
Offline play
24h
18h
12h
6h
0h
Q4 99
Q1 00
Q2 00
Q3 00
Q4 00
Q1 01
Q2 01
Q3 01
PEAK 22.4 HRS
PSO LAUNCH · Q4 00
Baseline · 6.1 hrs/wk · Q4 1999
Δ + 16.3 hrs/wk over 24 months