Tom Chilton - Subscribers at 10,1 mil

[Sentynel]

Its because he is boosting the numbers based on the new subscriber models from China. Based on the old metrics it would be 4-5MM max. Probably more like 4.

What the fuck are you talking about?

No offense at all, just curious.

[tss]

Counting tokens as subs doesn't count.

Yes it does. Who do you think paid the 20 bucks to sell it to you on the AH for your gold?

[Nitromonger]

^^Exactly. Those tokens don't just appear from nowhere, someone paid $20 for it and then put it up for sale.

[Banquetto]

from reading..
it's amazing what "nonsense" you find after reading nearly everything a blizzard employee has said or leaked

they weren't included because they don't automatically renew so they technically aren't active
the only type of gametime they do include is for china where some people can pay per hour but that service is still a subscription because it's actively set on their account untill they disable it manually

Why would you post such nonsense? Every press release about sub numbers from Blizzard, from 2004 onwards, has had an incredibly clear definition of what their subscriber numbers mean:

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.

So I have no idea where you got the completely wrong idea that prepaid game time cards weren't counted.

The only controversy there has ever been is that the Chinese numbers included everyone who had ever paid a few yuan to play an hour of WoW any time in the last month.

[Goradan]

if the subs were at 10,1 at the end of the expansion, i'd be like: Damn son you got some skillz after all.

[Darsithis]

Multiple sources are reporting that Blizzard has claimed the 10.1 figure is a misquote and is not valid.

There isn't anything else to discuss, I guess.