Here's an article on Eurogamer about the same topic, but with key facts that the the OP article left out
- "NetEase is paying over USD 300 million over three years to operate WOW in China, says Edge Online. Although the WOW player-base in Asia is said to be huge - up to half the 11.5 million players the game has worldwide - it's less profitable there than in other regions, accounting for only 10 per cent of revenues, analysts reckon"
I've been over parts of Asia, and WoW is big in several of those places, so China is huge, it's hardly 6 million
- "Yahoo reports that Chinese WOW players have been flooding onto Taiwanese servers, while rival game operators have stepped up their advertising budgets to tempt idle players onto their games."
So, the accounts are still active, and people are still playing to play WoW.
- "Although it's successful in China, WOW has had a rough time there recently, with the Wrath of the Lich King expansion still unreleased in the country after getting tangled up in government red tape."
WOTLK has been out for 8-9 months, and Chinese players haven't gotten into the action...so...they are SO OUT OF THE LOOP, unless they have some other connection to WoW. This article is complete bunk, with no facts to support his estiamte that only 5 milion players are playing WoW.
OOPs, the link:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/chinese-wow-has-been-offline-for-a-month
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