Wow sub numbers now below Burning Crusade

[Cæli]

Can someone explain me why does the subscription number matters ? And especially the fact that WoW's number are below Burning Crusade numbers ?
I don't know are you planning to choose to play or not to play based on sub numbers which is dependant on other people's action ? xD

[But I Hate You All]

And what king doesn't get paid monthly or yearly by it's citizens?
But nice try, though..

Wow does not get paid monthly by asia player, nice try, though.

age of wushu is the KING OF MMORPGS

Wow is currently the top dog of the monthly sub market. I would supect it would still be top dog if you took away the Asian pay by the min subs but damn sure does not have 7 million int he west

[McNeil]

Apparently having more subs means its instantly a better game, just like Justin Bieber is an amazing singer...

[Deadite]

Also how many of wow subs are paying a monthly fee? Asia Sure is not.

I guess by Blizzards own definition of 'Subscriber' you could say that Age of Wushu has 20 million subscribers.

Subscriber Definition: World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet Game Room players who have accessed the game over the last thirty days are also counted as subscribers. The above definition excludes all players under free promotional subscriptions, expired or cancelled subscriptions, and expired prepaid cards. Subscribers in licensees' territories are defined along the same rules.

Since that is the predominant method of playing online games in China and they don't pay a sub fee over there you could technically call them subscribers. Hooray for them!!

[But I Hate You All]

I guess by Blizzards own definition of 'Subscriber' you could say that Age of Wushu has 20 million subscribers.

Subscriber Definition: World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet Game Room players who have accessed the game over the last thirty days are also counted as subscribers. The above definition excludes all players under free promotional subscriptions, expired or cancelled subscriptions, and expired prepaid cards. Subscribers in licensees' territories are defined along the same rules.

Since that is the predominant method of playing online games in China and they don't pay a sub fee over there you could technically call them subscribers. Hooray for them!!

Good point. So yes age of wushu 20 million subs number 1 mmo rpg

[McNeil]

Never even heard of that game. Is it worth a try?

[But I Hate You All]

Never even heard of that game. Is it worth a try?

it's very Asian themed

[McNeil]

Nvm then, I got MoP for that

[But I Hate You All]

According to your graph, WotLK almost killed WoW. You know what I mean by "wow killer".

Interesting subs peaked in WOTLK and the beginning of cata

[But I Hate You All]

It didn't go up at the same rate as during Vanilla and TBC.

and cata/mop was the wow killer causing a mass exodus

[Siberia]

What still ceases to amaze me is whenever people freak out about Blizzard losing subscribers. It's like, oh damn guys we're down to EIGHT MILLION people playing our game. Guess we better just toss in the towel.

[DrStiglit]

(Meanwhile every sane person will just blame it to the old age, like with every single fucking game out there)

I agree.. But their aren't many sane people on these forums...

[hrugner]

What still ceases to amaze me is whenever people freak out about Blizzard losing subscribers. It's like, oh damn guys we're down to EIGHT MILLION people playing our game. Guess we better just toss in the towel.

You can't just ignore the context of their previous sub level though. If everyone did that you'd have posts like "WoW loses more subs this quarter than every other MMO combined", and you could repeat that most every quarter and have it be true. So, it's probably best to mind the context is all I'm saying.

[But I Hate You All]

Yes, you are right.
Especially for you we'll blame Cata and MoP for the exodus.

(Meanwhile every sane person will just blame it to the old age, like with every single fucking game out there)

old age? So it peaked at the start of cata and omfg old age hit 3 mo in to it.



The old age must be a nice band wagon

[Fagatronics]

Yes, you are right.
Especially for you we'll blame Cata and MoP for the exodus.

(Meanwhile every sane person will just blame it to the old age, like with every single fucking game out there)

You know it is possible that it's more than one factor. Like it's not just because of MoP/Cata or just because of old age. Could be both! Could even be more reasons! Think about it.

[darxide]

If WoW subs drop below 8 million, how will Metzen afford another pool?

[Dormie]

Is Skyrim a game that keeps millions of players paying a fee every month for 9 years?

In a year or so nobody will care about it, so they could learn something from Blizzard.

No but they don't need to and aren't trying to.

And I guarantee people will care about Skyrim for longer than a year.



I meant they could learn some things from them as far as keeping the world interesting and just some fun features in general. In all honestly, WoW really isn't that great a game. If they didn't have 5 expansions worth of content and a franchise legacy going for them they wouldn't be popular at all at this point. If WoW started at Cata and we were at MoP it'd be getting whooped by other MMOs.

[Daffan]

Yes, you are right.
Especially for you we'll blame Cata and MoP for the exodus.

(Meanwhile every sane person will just blame it to the old age, like with every single fucking game out there)

EVE online is still growing (Launch 2003)

you sir, just got owned.

[But I Hate You All]

If WoW subs drop below 8 million, how will Metzen afford another pool?

They are allready below 8 million

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EVE online is still growing (Launch 2003)

you sir, just got owned.

But but the game is old!!!!!

[McNeil]

If WoW subs drop below 8 million, how will Metzen afford another pool?

I guess he'll have to.... sell his 4th private jet .

Well, he could always buy a smaller ship, those cruise ships of his are really filling up the bays in Irvine