Absolutely none of what you've said is actually an answer to whether Classic has lost the majority of its players, as the person I was responding to claimed. No one said that there was absolutely no reduction in population, but if people want to claim that even half of Classic players have left, I'm going to need some evidence. Especially given that Warcraft Logs sampling sites still show that most servers seem to have retained 60~80% of their active raiders, which is discounting players that have since stopped raiding in favour of grinding out ranks in PvP.
I have no evidence to suggest some massive exodus of players since launch, but I do have evidence that player numbers seem stable relative to their all-time peaks.
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I can understand how the report may be difficult to read, but subscriber counts doubled. You need to read the reference text.
Which, if you read further than just for a quote snipe, also says:Originally Posted by Activision Blizzard Q4
Active player community is measured by monthly or longer-term subscriptions.Originally Posted by Activision Blizzard Q4