9.0 Millions, no where near the quality of WOW classic and TBC. WOW doesnt even have 20% of the hours played of League of Legends.
9.0 Millions, no where near the quality of WOW classic and TBC. WOW doesnt even have 20% of the hours played of League of Legends.
"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon
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not really eve online has 400k subs and they have 2 expansions per year.
The only thing it would do was decrease the amount of money they can dedicate to other projects. and with only 500k subs, the upkeep cost of servers will be dramatically lowered since there is no need of that many servers.
I am not sure why you are quoting my post and saying it came from 2007. However in 2007 WOW was on an unstoppable rise in popularity today it is not, that does not make it bad game. Do you think that WOW is going to gain subs and if so what do you think Blizzard is going to do that they have not already tried?
What have "new games" got to do this thread?
"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon
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the quotes from 2007 are from the link he posted. hes saying that people have been saying the exact same things about wow since it came out which is true.
in vanilla ER MAH GERD WOW IS SO EASY LRN TO PLAY EVERQUEST LIKE A REAL GAMER YOU CARE BEARS
in bc OH MEH GOD THIS SUCKS GIVE US VANILLA ONLY SERVERS WOWS DEAD
in wrath OH MEH GOD THIS GAME IS SO EASY AND FOR CASUALS OH MEH GOD BC WAS BEST
in cata OH MEH GOD THIS GAME IS FOR HARDCORES AND GEAR IS TO EASY TO GET ITS FOR CASUALS AND WRATH AND BC WAS BEST OH MEH GOD
in mists its ER MAH GERD KUNG FU PANDA AND POKEMON AND DAILIES OH MEH GOD IS LIEK ARGENT TOURNAMENT ALL THE TIME WITH PO JUMPIN WIT A PIKACHU ER MAH GERD\
next expansion ER MAH GER BLIZZARD BURNING LEGION? SRSLY? REHASH TRYING TO GET BC PLAYERS BACK ER MAH GERD I WANTED ERMERLD DRAIME
"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon
FC: 3437-3046-3552
No the same wording of your post about declining WOW can be searched for as early as 2007. I put your quote first and then added just a random post you could find anywhere on the internet back in 2007.
In 2007 everyone of these dudes agreed WOW would decline from now on and in this case it would be 2010 before 1 million subs would be reached.
The "new games" back then were just the usual WOW killers announced like Lotro (just released), Tabula Rasa, Age of Conan, Warhammer, and yes the man was a reknown GW2 promoter (even back then)...
All these "new games" would take huge parts of that greedy Blizzard game and certainly its subscriber base ...
Your post is the exact same: WOW subs will decline. Sure. Back then in 2007, after all Blizzard was already 3 years old, it would decline to 1 million in 2010...
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cf...24170/page/748
I'm sorry I don't understand most of what you have posted. But do you think that WOW is facing a decline in sub numbers or is going to gain players? What do you think Blizzard can to do to turn around previous losses?
Times have changed in six years. In 2007 WOW was an unstoppable juggernaut now it has faced almost two years of decline which only an expansion launch has this turned around. Given that Blizzard cannot launch a new expansion every couple of months do you think that WOW is going to gain subs? If so what do you think Blizzard will do differently?
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I predict this topic will turn in to a shit storm of wow players vs wow haters, i also suspect most of us are sick of said topics.
and no more then 200k loss
its to early to guess right now. my gut says it will decline slowly over time and have ups and downs insubs. but it really depends on how subs are by the end of mists. if they go down the entire time like in cata then its not likely to ever go up much higher again. if they continue to fluctuate at or around 8.5 - 10 million throughout the expansion then its up in the air
"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon
FC: 3437-3046-3552
"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon
FC: 3437-3046-3552
I am in agreement with you that WOW is going to slowly decline, that does not mean I hate WOW I am quite enjoying my time in it at the moment, in case people were wondering. I think that the population is going to become more transient in the future and I am interested in how Blizzard will react to this.
Honestly you need to stop taking what people say about WOW so personally. Oh and I like your thinly disguised Inspector Gadget insult.
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"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon
FC: 3437-3046-3552
Since the quote I referred to was from Mar 2007, that's 6 years already
It shows that indeed these kind of threads always existed and it is always the "next report" or "next year" that will certainly hunt down Blizzard.
Could be ? Sure, but SO many unknown and uncontrollable facts are involved that making these claims are useless.
Examples? too many to choose from but : ... another payment scheme, or a BETA access to Titan for those getting WOW subs.. etc, a graphical overhaul, the deletion of realms, ... you name it.
What these people forget is that Blizzard has the keys of control, and the position of being the only ones left with such subscription numbers.
In fact 2013 is much calmer for WOW subs than 2012... Who knows what they'l bring in 2014
And by 2015 there is this movie thing coming. Perhaps an ideal way to give free subs for 2 months for all movie ticket owners ...
Not sure if that is a typo but WOW dropped to 9.1 million prior to 5.0 when it went back up to 10 million.
So do you think WOW will gain or lose subs? As Titan is rumoured to be free to play why do think people will pay to play a beta version? If past performance is anything to go by 2014 will bring nothing for several months and towards the end there will be an expansion. 2015 is a long way away and there is no guarantee that the movie will be out by then and that it would appeal to non-WOW players. Free subscription seems like a bad idea to me, the majority of people that go to see the movie will already be subscribers thus they will lose sub money those that are not are unlikely to spend £80 plus buying WOW plus four or five expansions in order take advantage of a free subscription.
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