WoW Down to 7.1 Million Subscribers

[bryroo]

Well hopefully they'll start making some major changes going forward and the game will change course.

I hope we can expect some communication from them soon

[Deleted]

That graph is amazing. Tells the whole story so far, and perhaps points towards the end.

[Thyranne]

Stupid post but..what does FX mean?

[Jester Joe]

Hah, not even MoP lost that many so quickly, despite it "being so awful" like some people claim.

[Dezrow]

Oh, sick, I guessed right about the sub loss.

Sucks to be Blizzard, though. : /

Lol how does it suck to be Blizzard? They have a game that has been around for over 10 years with millions of people paying monthly for it. they still have over 6 million players and thats nothing to sneeze at.

[Kaneiac]

For those talking about the token, this does not include them.

This is Q1 for 2015, the tokens are part of Q2.

Even then, I'm still expecting Q2 to be even worse unless dramatic changes are made.

[Zanryu]

WoW tokens count as being subbed. They don't check who's buying WoW tokens and who isn't, they check what your account is flagged as, and if you would go and look at your account management page, It still says "Subscribed" even with WoW token active instead.

I canceled my sub and bought gametime via ingame option to buy a token for gold when my time expires. My Account doesn't display any sub, only:
Game Time
WoW Token Game Time
Expires: 5/28/2015 9:01 PM

[Vestig3]

WoW is dying

Lol someone just had to say it...

[Deleted]

Holy... Fuck

Not entirely unexpected though. Hopefully will open devs eyes.

[Nize]

The subs no longer count since everybody who is really into WoW get their gametime through gold -> WoW Token.

XD! What? 20 dollars > 15 dollars. It's a profit.

[Banzhe]

Once again, wowcensus accurate. Shambles of an expansion, such a shame as it showed so much promise at the start.

Personally, I blame the Garrison as the root of most of the issues for pve players.

I don't and I'm one of the 2.9m that pulled the plug.., my main issue is the entire setup described as content a'la 4 difficulties and now coming to dungeons also.
It isn't content, it doesn't get more interesting as you push Mythic, it does in fact just get 100% more repetitive and boring, no amount of items, mounts, titles or anything will ever make me return to the current setup of WoW as it stinks more than watching paint dry!

Did I care about using my gold to buy game time?- Hell no, why would I, it isn't changing the overarching issue.

[Deleted]

I canceled my sub and bought gametime via ingame option to buy a token for gold when my time expires. My Account doesn't display any sub, only:
Game Time
WoW Token Game Time
Expires: 5/28/2015 9:01 PM

If you have active Playtime you count as a Sub...

[amzraptor]

Looks like Garrisonville couldn't entertain people lang enough.
Got 21 days on my account left, looks like I'm following the trend.

Put people in a hamster ball and hang the #ForeverAlone flag... = Garrisonville

[SL1200]

I say give us back our flying mounts. I hope the trend isn't reversed until they do.

[bryroo]

So their plan seems to be to just let the game bleed out and to continue to find more ways to charge the people who keep playing.

Expect to start seeing in game gold costs to shoot up to encourage players to purchase more tokens.

Well. Good 10 year run.

[Sills]

Not unexpected. The expansion really disappointed after launch. I've unsubbed for only the 2nd time since I've begun playing. Hopefully this makes them take a good long look in the mirror at what they've done and what they are planning to do in the future.

[Frozenbeef]

Kinda deserved, timeless isle alone had more endgame than wod 6.0-6.1 combined >.<

[Azerox]

Hahahahahahaha.

Never thought I would say that on a topic like this before.

Even i don't play it anymore. Time to step their game up.

[Nize]

That graph is amazing. Tells the whole story so far, and perhaps points towards the end.

Lol, get real, man. They're still making a massive profit from this game and will for a long time. The end will come, but it'll be many many years. These numbers will have a diminishing return the lower it gets.

[gkai]

Is anyone really surprised by the numbers? This is the most bland expansion to date. Why make the Garrsion a primary place to go? It's a RPG so losing the aspect of traveling and exploring puts a strong dampen on the game. WoD had high expectations and the hype to go with it only to drop the ball again. Son, I am disappoint.