WoW Up to 10 Million Subscribers, Garrison Campaign Quests Active, Nov 19 Hotfixes

[Nilinor]

you know trial accounts count as subs right?

Thats funny, seeing how they specifically say active paid accounts.

Weird how all those are trials.

[Mellrod]

That's awesome! Definitely explaisn the huge ass launch issue. 10 million is 2 million away from WotLK at it's finest! It's funny how before the x-pac the shitstorm of doomsayers and negative nancies complaiuend about how lacking the x-pac was and how bad it'd be. Oooh, the sweet irony. Just proves that the complaining is always a part of the xpac cycle.

will obviously go down in the next few months tho

Obviously it goes down over time, but this is the largest jump any expansion has experienced since WotLK, which is pretty well regarded as one of the best expansions. If Blizzard keeps it up like this, it may end up being another really good expansion.

[Amorac]

you know trial accounts count as subs right?

You know that isn't true right? Read the link if you doubt.

[Nachturnal]

its already down to like 8 mill with this terrible release. one week after and garrisons and dungeons still do not work

Source? Or is your ass trying to talk?

[Galathir]

it'll drop by 3mil in 6 months. Expansions always bring back subscribers.

My thoughts exactly. Also funny that it's pretty much the same number as start of MoP.
The jump is a lot higher than end of Cata though.

[MihaiKrieger]

#wowisdying

[Deleted]

you know trial accounts count as subs right?

Another one. No, they don't...

OT: Awesome news! I am having a blast playing WoD, hoping they will manage to keep up such high quality over the course of the expansion. Go, Blizzard!

[Deleted]

I...didn't think this was possible.

probably true Still, this is an *unprecedent* amount of returning player
awsome

[Samurai]

you know trial accounts count as subs right?

No it doesn't

It is in the link

World of Warcraft’ s Subscriber Definition
World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet game room players who have accessed the game over the last thirty days are also counted as subscribers. The above definition excludes all players under free promotional subscriptions, expired or cancelled subscriptions, and expired prepaid cards. Subscribers in licensees’ territories are defined along the same rules.

[Leat]

it'll drop by 3mil in 6 months. Expansions always bring back subscribers.

No it doesn't, look at... Well any of the other expansions. There wasn't a huge increase or decrease when it released.

[tehpwner]

And that's without the Korean and, more astonishingly, the Chinese numbers are in. That's quite the jump

[Vermicious]

it'll drop by 3mil in 6 months. Expansions always bring back subscribers.

Yup just like prior expansions where they gained 30% in a month or two... oh wait.

[MonsieuRoberts]

It's almost like MoP was just a bad idea.

[Runeshear]

Anyone else satisfied with this? At least thats a great reason for queues to me.

[Zoaric]

Well, color me impressed. Nice job on getting people excited, Blizz.

Guess this explains how the servers were exploding- everyone logging in at once. The
servers in Wrath were fine because not everyone was logging in at the same exact time.

[Shampro]

And that isn't counting the East numbers, that's pretty crazy for a 10y old game. Congrats to the devs, they deserved it, the quality shows for sure.

[Arbs]

Wait What?!, That means we are like only 2 Million from the peak & They gained 3 Million after that.

Holy Shit!

[Frozenbeef]

Obviously it goes down over time, but this is the largest jump any expansion has experienced since WotLK, which is pretty well regarded as one of the best expansions. If Blizzard keeps it up like this, it may end up being another really good expansion.

Ironic that you say wotlk was the best expansion despite during wotlk/cata tbc was considered the best :S Hell the entire reason for making dungeons hard in 4.0 was because people hated wotlk dungeons so much :S

[HoopyHobo]

Why does it say December 2014 when you mouse over the last dot?

[Spiralphoenix]

The 10 million chart point shows December 2014, should it not be november?

It is the same number as it was at release of MOP, but keep in mind it also jumped up from a much lower number this time around. Almost 3x the increase.

Looks like their biggest subscriber jump since June 2005