To be honest, we're at the point in a content patch where there is really fuck all to do apart from logging in thrice a week to raid. For people who don't raid, I really don't think there is enough to do to justify a sub.
To be honest, we're at the point in a content patch where there is really fuck all to do apart from logging in thrice a week to raid. For people who don't raid, I really don't think there is enough to do to justify a sub.
No? It was a major disappointment and the sales were based entirely on the game's name and the content that was expected to be released.
There will probably always be a somewhat large decline in wow's subs when a new expansion has been released and people have done their leveling and gearing. Some people play the game just to go through the lore of the leveling and then once that's complete, they quit the game again. That in combination with PVP being worse than ever before, even worse than S5, leading to a decrease in subs is perfectly reasonable. It'll most likely shoot up a bit when the new tier comes.
So its lost a few subs, big freakin deal. Its still one of the biggest played MMORPG out there, and all other mmo's still can't compare to it.
Those saying the games dying from this have been saying the same thing at any chance they can, just like end of the world doomsayers.
However, I can speculate several reasons why people quit, mists making the game to grindy, people quitting because they don't feel like special snowflakes, quitting because of the theme. Its the same old stuff.
The sub numbers have not been below 9 million since TBC and many are still bound by the annual pass. Whilst sub will still ebb and flow if after a launch of an expansion WOW has not held on to its subscribers I fear that the only direction it is going from now is a slow decline.
Oh noes the game is dead what can i ... wait, how many lives does wow have, I'm pretty sure it has died like 10 times already
Yet you try to prove your point with an opinion. A lot of people eat McDonalds every day does that make it good food? Just because more people played to see the LK story finish doesn't mean it was the best. Hell, I know people that think Cata was the best. Claiming any portion of this game as being the best is all subjective.
Since when did the subscription number is the number that the "investors" care the most about? o.O
They didnt drop as much as I expected.
It is so hilarious to watch the pathetic predictions, or should I say pleading, of The Haters.
WOW has AT LEAST 20 Years left.
That is a long time to hate.
And it was better to have us grind away at specific dungeons only in TBC or any dungeon in LK/Cata? I am certain there are similar numbers of people who do not like spamming dungeons as there are those who do not like doing dailies. I understand the change. I do not mind the change I wish they went for a balanced approach. I offered a suggestion of a total of 10% rep a day weather you grind mobs, do quests, PvP, run dungeons, or scenarios. That way you have multiple choices and you can only gain a certain amount per day no matter what you do.