That free week of WoW playtime couldn't have dropped at a more painful time for WildStar. In the same few weeks, the playing field has looked like:
WildStar
- Servers had to be merged, but population is still low
- Content patch drops delayed
- 60 employees laid off
vs
WoW
- Announcing new Australian servers
- Subscriber numbers up by 600k
- Free week offered to all players
- Expansion launch in 3 weeks