Nice, Front Page News.

[bullseyed]

http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/706...aft-in-trouble

Now it's on. The AP picked it up.

[Powell]

So they lost 5% of their players.
The majority of other mmorpgs couldn't even keep 95% of their players after 7 years.

Don't make an elephant out of a fly.

[Mimp]

i lol'd when i saw that picture

[Deleted]

Lol'd...

It's quite impressive that only around 600.000 subs have cancelled in 6/7 years

[Deleted]

Is world of warcraft in trouble?
Short answer: No
Long answer: Nooooo.

[Deleted]

So they lost 5% of their players.
The majority of other mmorpgs couldn't even keep 95% of their players after 7 years.

Don't make an elephant out of a fly.

It's a dire situation. Both old and new players are finding themselves bored with the expansion, more so than in previous years.

[Zhalseran]

If you are someone who pays even the slightest attention to the news articles that Yahoo tends to put on their front page, you should know that 98% of the time they are completely ridiculous and/or poorly, if at all, substantiated by fact.

[Simca]

Lol'd...

It's quite impressive that only around 600.000 subs have cancelled in 6/7 years

No, the influx of new players and returning players is now surpassed by the outgoing players cancelling in such a way that 600k subs were lost.

However, considering that they were only -barely- gaining subs (new and returning were only slightly above outgoing), it isn't that big of a surprise.

[Osmeric]

Lol'd...

It's quite impressive that only around 600.000 subs have cancelled in 6/7 years

That's the net loss in Q1, not the total number of quits.

[Rukah]

I want around Tornado dog's stunning trek tbh

[Amry]

This is news now?

Also, we should care, why?

[Melarose]

so it's finally going down? its called a trend. all things get old at some point. they still have plenty of cash, i assure you.

[bullseyed]

Lol'd...

It's quite impressive that only around 600.000 subs have cancelled in 6/7 years

You can't be serious.

I'm going to err on the side of trolling rather than utter lack of intelligence.

---------- Post added 2011-05-27 at 02:19 AM ----------

If you are someone who pays even the slightest attention to the news articles that Yahoo tends to put on their front page, you should know that 98% of the time they are completely ridiculous and/or poorly, if at all, substantiated by fact.

Hey, the article about Justin Bieber's tattoos was completely serious. COMPLETELY.

Her GF is hot.

---------- Post added 2011-05-27 at 02:22 AM ----------

This is news now?

Also, we should care, why?

Are you familiar with the length of time between when something happens and when second rate news services like the AP pick them up?

You should care because the casual bads who don't read sites like this DO read yahoo news. When they see Yahoo posting that WoW is dying they'll look for a new game. The spiral has begun!

[Karteli]

From the Article:

And it bodes well for upcoming titles, including the EA's highly-anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic.

More than 1.5 million people have signed up to participate in the beta for the upcoming game, which some industry observers see as the title that stands the best chance of giving WoW a real run for its money in subscribers.


Can't wait. It's the biggest budgeted game ever, costing like 300 million to make. Wow only has about 4 million subs in EU/US, and they need good competition. GW2 is going to suck more players from WoW too.

[Smurfcat]

damnit, I was thinking about writing this article a week ago. I should have!

[Amry]

You should care because the casual bads who don't read sites like this DO read yahoo news. When they see Yahoo posting that WoW is dying they'll look for a new game. The spiral has begun!

I "commend" you on your knowledge on the habits of "casual bads". I don't know which generalization to laugh at, the assumptions that most WoW players are "casual bads", the fact that they do read Y! News, or that they'll abandon ship like rats. Oh well...

That is not the point. In my realm, there are still tonnes of people I can sell Enchanting velli to. My PUG time as DPS is still within acceptable limits (7-10 minutes). Therefore, I should be concerned with subscriber numbers, why? My needs are still fulfilled, and I don't have stock in Blizzard.

[dan828]

Are you familiar with the length of time between when something happens and when second rate news services like the AP pick them up?

The AP is a second rate news service? O.o

[Sackman]

No, the influx of new players and returning players is now surpassed by the outgoing players cancelling in such a way that 600k subs were lost.

However, considering that they were only -barely- gaining subs (new and returning were only slightly above outgoing), it isn't that big of a surprise.

And the fact that the growth had to end at sometime. I think 12 million is a fucking exceptional target to hit, I would never have expected to hit that much. If they take it further now then it will just be even more impressive. I hope they kick it into overdrive instead of being lazy with all the premium shit that any smalltime developer with debt for income would be forced to push out in 1/100th of the time it takes Blizzard.

[Bjarne]

Lol'd...

It's quite impressive that only around 600.000 subs have cancelled in 6/7 years

Not sure if serious

[Karteli]

And the fact that the growth had to end at sometime. I think 12 million is a fu**ing exceptional target to hit, I would never have expected to hit that much. If they take it further now then it will just be even more impressive. I hope they kick it into overdrive instead of being lazy with all the premium sh*t that any smalltime developer with debt for income would be forced to push out in 1/100th of the time it takes Blizzard.

So they sell Cataclysm is China an get more subs. Losing 2 million English speaking people from EU/US and gaining 4 million Chinese doesn't really do much for English server population.

(Currently there is about 4 million subs from EU/US and 8 million from China. Losing 600k subs is more like a 15% drop in subs for the EU/US. If they were bots Blizzard would proudly boast this on their website, which they didn't - so they weren't bots)