Originally Posted by
RobertMugabe
Now we don't know the sub numbers for sure, and WoW absolutely is bleeding subs, however every WoW expansion release so far has been a bigger and bigger day one success in terms of sales. More people bought SL (and every xpac since actually) than Wrath for example.
It wouldn't surprise if every time a new expansion comes out, WoW comes back to close to 10 million subs and then just quickly drops off most of these subs after 1-2months (just like how it was in MoP, WoD and Legion).