WoW Stable at 10.2 Million Subscribers
Activision Blizzard's press release states that World of Warcraft is still at 10.2 million subscribers as of 3/31/12. This is the same amount of subscribers from Q4 2011. A few other interesting points:

  • Battle.Net has 10 million users.
  • 1.2 million people bought the Annual Pass.
  • 2 million people played the Diablo 3 open beta.
  • Pre-orders for Diablo 3 have set a new record for Blizzard. This number includes units pre-ordered as part of the Annual Pass promotion, as well as retail and digital pre-orders.
  • Blizzard renewed their license with NetEase for the distribution of World of Warcraft in mainland China, and it will continue for an additional three years following the expiration of the current license agreement.

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  1. mmocf2da6d465d's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by chaud View Post
    WoW Stable at 10.2 Million Subscribers
    Activision Blizzard's press release states that World of Warcraft is still at 10.2 million subscribers as of 3/31/12. This is the same amount of subscribers from Q4 2011. A few other interesting points:

    • 2 million people played the Diablo 3 beta.
    • 1.2 million people bought the Annual Pass.
    • Pre-orders for Diablo 3 have set a new record for Blizzard. This number includes units pre-ordered as part of the Annual Pass promotion, as well as retail and digital pre-orders.
    • Blizzard renewed their license with NetEase for the distribution of World of Warcraft in mainland China, and it will continue for an additional three years following the expiration of the current license agreement.

    For a 7 years old game I would say this is a very good new and I'm glad to know it.
    Business is everywhere in the world but a great strategy is not for all....isnt so simple, easy and fast to have the results, eheheh, you must be a Master in that....and very skilled.
    A great game like WoW and the capacity in many years to be a champion its the proof that Blizzard is a genius and they know how to handle it.
    So I'm happy to have my annual pass and to play their future games.
    Congratulations to them.

    Sorry for my english but I'm italian.
  1. gnomemonster's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Drakhar View Post
    TOR -400k
    WoW no change

    Many lawls are had.
    I would like to see a comparison of WoW at how many months SWTOR has been out. That would be a real representation, but then you could argue that MMO's were not as popular then, or that they were just taking off. SWTOR also has to deal with the people that are already content with WoW and when they tried SWTOR, it just didn't give them that "wow" feeling again, no pun intended. Tough to be amazed by an MMO these days after playing one of them for the first time.
  1. thrill's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by McFrotton View Post
    We will talk about it when we have swtor number with asia (they just entered there in april)
    Who cares about swtor? I'm just saying it's impossible to gauge how well WoW is doing based on official subscription numbers, since blizzard no longer breaks it down by region.
  1. Queen of Hamsters's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Mionelol View Post
    Replace addiction with the term of your choice defining attractiveness and being appaled to play.
    You want to play, you don't want to play and thus do not play. If you both keep playing AND paying to keep playing, then sadly, YOU = the issue here...not the game.

    That's all. A game being engaging and fun and perfect for long-time commitment ain't the same as it being addictive. I could stop playing this game today, the game I've been spending so much time in for so many years, and I'd not feel any withdrawal. Would I MISS it? Of course, I love the game and it's a source of enjoyment. That's not the same as addiction.
  1. slackjawsix's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by gnomemonster View Post
    I would like to see a comparison of WoW at how many months SWTOR has been out. That would be a real representation, but then you could argue that MMO's were not as popular then, or that they were just taking off. SWTOR also has to deal with the people that are already content with WoW and when they tried SWTOR, it just didn't give them that "wow" feeling again, no pun intended. Tough to be amazed by an MMO these days after playing one of them for the first time.
    i think ur right after having played wow and knowing so much about how the game works idk if id be comfortable learning a whole new system that has a new feel to it
  1. Black Rider's Avatar
    Where are u haters?
    Nice to see that sub numbers are stable now ^_^
  1. manniefaces's Avatar
    So many so angry WoW is still the one true MMO king.
  1. McFrotton's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tietoso View Post
    ppl are so blinded by their own fandom that they cant accept that WoW is done.
    other mmo's are better but they still stuck to wow cuz thats all they know and thats where their time and money was spent in.
    seriously why pay to play a sucky ass mmo if theres one even better for free? and if you do have the money to burn theres a better option than wow in swotor, rift and tera.
    OMGHERD PERP .....Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one and everyone thinks everyone else's stinks.

    Srly you dont like it its ok, stop acting like everyone else think the same lol.
  1. Queen of Hamsters's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tietoso View Post
    you are one sick individual and i feel sorry for you. how about you educate yourself before going off and spouting venom on the internet with the cloak of anonymity
    http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode...addiction-pt.1
    I'm not at all sick and you don't have to feel sorry for me. And I'm very well educated on addictions (as I said, I've experienced it) and I still laugh at anyone claiming to be addicted to a video/PC game that they have to both pay for AND keep installed on a computer, especially when they at the same time state they do not enjoy the game.

    Doesn't have anything to do with anonymity either, just common sense and real life experience of the real deal, not people having a weird relationship to an optional game.
  1. Ghul's Avatar
    as long as people keep talking about wow - good or bad doesnt matter here - its gonna keep going strong.
  1. chuck123's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tietoso View Post
    ppl are so blinded by their own fandom that they cant accept that WoW is done.
    other mmo's are better but they still stuck to wow cuz thats all they know and thats where their time and money was spent in.
    seriously why pay to play a sucky ass mmo if theres one even better for free? and if you do have the money to burn theres a better option than wow in swotor, rift and tera.
    What high horse are you riding to tell me what i have to like more or less ?
    Get a grip, its your opinion as a single individual, nothing more, nothing less!
  1. aggression's Avatar
    I guess WoW is dead, haters.
  1. Amethystlyn's Avatar
    I'm kind of sad. I was hoping for a subscriber loss. Why, you ask? Because there are still more trolls and haters in my game and I wish for them to go away. They be hatin, but they still payin.
  1. Kaneiac's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by gnomemonster View Post
    I would like to see a comparison of WoW at how many months SWTOR has been out. That would be a real representation, but then you could argue that MMO's were not as popular then, or that they were just taking off. SWTOR also has to deal with the people that are already content with WoW and when they tried SWTOR, it just didn't give them that "wow" feeling again, no pun intended. Tough to be amazed by an MMO these days after playing one of them for the first time.
    WoW was at something like 1.5 million after 5 months and still rapidly growing. It hit about 2.5 million in June, where it launched in China, and then it hit 5 million by December.

    http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/11/..._of_warcra.php
  1. MoanaLisa's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Pancaspe View Post
    Watching Haters Writhe in Agony, it is a very good day.
    I suppose that, given everything, you deserve to be first in after the main post.

    Best to you good sir. Enjoy the day.
  1. Tietoso's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Rorcanna View Post
    I'm not at all sick and you don't have to feel sorry for me. And I'm very well educated on addictions (as I said, I've experienced it) and I still laugh at anyone claiming to be addicted to a video/PC game that they have to both pay for AND keep installed on a computer, especially when they at the same time state they do not enjoy the game.

    Doesn't have anything to do with anonymity either, just common sense and real life experience of the real deal, not people having a weird relationship to an optional game.
    highly doubt you are educated on addictions.
  1. quras's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by wg15 View Post
    So, Swtor losing 20% of subs (without the fail of 1.2 which will decrease the numbers again) and wow holding subs? Well done. Haters gonna hate. And I am still laughing.
    Talk about haters.

    Which of the two games you mentioned has lost over a million active players since let's say, Dec 20?

    How quickly you seem to laugh and also forget all at the same time.
  1. Xerra's Avatar
    Although the fanboism is pretty thick in here I will say that it seemed unfortunate that regardless of the quality of patch or whatever people want to use to blame the supposed decline of subscriptions that it is unfortunate that with the scroll of res boons that the numbers actually didn't go up at all. Would this represent then an unsuccessful promotion or just a method to maintain player base size?
  1. Queen of Hamsters's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tietoso View Post
    ppl are so blinded by their own fandom that they cant accept that WoW is done.
    other mmo's are better but they still stuck to wow cuz thats all they know and thats where their time and money was spent in.
    seriously why pay to play a sucky ass mmo if theres one even better for free? and if you do have the money to burn theres a better option than wow in swotor, rift and tera.
    WoW is far from done, only proper idiots would call a game this big and enjoyable (subjective, again) done.

    I've tried other mmos (Rift, SWTOR, GW2)...none won me over enough to take WoW's place.

    Sorry, you'll just gotta accept that people speak with their wallets here. In the end most people play games they feel attracted to, if SWTOR, Rift and soon Tera and GW2 don't take the cake, then that means people simply aren't as attracted to them as to WoW.
  1. Suikoden's Avatar
    Take that yeh haters!

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