I guess the free level 80 give away which was convieniently placed in the month to ensure people were subbed for the end of the quater worked well enough.
I guess the free level 80 give away which was convieniently placed in the month to ensure people were subbed for the end of the quater worked well enough.
I was a tad surprised that it didnt drop a bit given that "content consumption" was an issue. With the new recruit a friend program that could have helped leveled the subscription numbers. The leveling off potentially shows that there are not much players who seem to want to come back to the current expansion(Cata) even with its LFR system and other aspect of the game getting easier. With MoP and its focus on bringing more things to do from solo to group based players instead of the streamlined and gutted experience we got in Cata, I hope to see an increase in returning players. The growing toxicity of the community however is something I would like to go down.
The night is dark and full of terrors...
Correction...
Better-than-expected quarter driven by:
-Annual Pass subscribers
So ....
CATA just got better ...
This makes me happy I can see MoP bringing in even more! The beta is amazing, cant wait for the real thing!
Blizz has the AP and they had the recent scroll of ressurection that many people have used to resub old acounts for the mount. I'm sure that the scroll brought the count up. Also, they are adding a new RAF mount to the game soon, so people will once again be resubbing old accounts and what not to bring up the count.
Let's come back when the 15 mil are announced. What Haters don't understand is Pandas are wildly popular, combine that with Pokemon, and you have a wave of new subs.
WOW has sold over 30 million copies. That means there are 20 million people out there that played WOW and quit. It is not hard to see 5 million of those returning for MOP
@Ghostcrawler:Some advice: [My pet issue] is why there were sub losses is one of the weaker arguments players use. Players don't have that data.
haters gonna hate thats what haters do, Annual pass doesnt change a thing about sub numbers it is just offering bonus and perks to those of us that would been subbing regardless it is a perk for the most loyal of customers they got. That is probably why the attempts to discredit the numbers. Not to name any names of any other game but if they had showed no decline they would be cheering and saying it is rebounding.
a very good report for sure for blizzard. Future is looking promising. Still some minor issues that needs tweaking mostly involving a handful of servers that have seen an disproportionally big impact of the sub losses. While other servers orgrimmar and stormwind is as packed at night as they have ever been.