Only 7.6 million players left?? Time to pack it up, guys!
Only 7.6 million players left?? Time to pack it up, guys!
Eh not bad, will probably go up another 700k-1M for next expansion.
Damn, not bad at all.
I'm guessing the next closest MMO has < 2 million subscribers? Still doing very well then.
Cancel blizzcon! But seriously.. I think they'll take that.
That's really not bad at all.
I'm sort of expecting to hear changes to Blizzard's subscription/expansion system at BlizzCon. For instance, instead of selling an expansion every 2 years or so, they can sell "content patches" in smaller, bite-sized chunks.
Everyone will see mechanics/systems changes to the game, but landmasses/raids/etc. may end up as DLC. Imagine if, at MoP launch, you could've chosen to purchase MSV, HoF, and ToES (or not). Purchase the Operation: Shieldwall pack. The Isle of Thunder (and ToT) pack. And the Siege of Orgrimmar pack.
Then, when kids save their parents' credit card info for buying content packs, they can also buy the pets/mounts/etc. and Blizzard will make a few more bucks.
Oh, no! 7.6 million? That's only the population of Toronto.
$15/month x 7.6 million = $114 million? Yep, that's not enough for a good Expansion!
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np next expansion they all come back...yes they all do
Lower than I expected. Well done, Blizzard.
Think it's just because of the loss rate bottoming out, or because of changes to the game?
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Pretty much nothing.
Other mmorpgs lose 3/4 of their subscriber base within the second year after release.
Still more than my country's population
Oh noes only 7.6 million.. guess the baths in tubs filled with 100 dollar bills will have to be scaled down to 6 times a week instead of 7!
We're all dooooomed!
Can't wait to see how badly trolls try and spin 100k.
when wow announce they have 800k subs, lot of people will say thats pretty good, EVE have 500k we are still in the first place! Seriously 100k subs seem too little but it is the whole decline thing that I think makes them worry. Hopefully with the developers they got back from titan and now that they are free from vivendi they are going to fight back I have faith on them and they should start remembering their old good shelf...saying nothing is happening and everything is fine and we are still first is not gonna end well for them or the people who really love this game
I'm one of those subs, but I plan on coming back once the new expansion is released.
I am glad it's not dropped too much but the wait between expansions all ways takes a fair toll on the user base.
For me there are just a few other games I want to spend some time on and a new console to entertain me over Christmas and that's a hard thing to do when you play WoW and have a full time job. Can't drop the job so had to drop WoW.
Not that bad. Less than most people would predict. But I kind of expected the drop this quarter will not be that high. I based that on game time tracked by Xfire and Raptr which I keep following for various games. While most people dismiss those apps saying that most people dont use them, also those same people seems to be forgetting about statistical sample. So far I was able to put pretty accurate (well, general in nature, but still...) predictions just basing on Xfire.