Pokémon as big as WoW?

[Yakuzaice]

Khuutra said:

Yakuzaice said:

Khuutra said:

Squilliam said:
Its probably bigger to be honest. Whats the typical sales? Somewhere up near 10M?

Well over, usually. And I think the Op was talking about a potential Pokemon MMO, not Pokemon as it is now. Pokemon is already bigger than WOW by that metric.

Not really, unless you are going back to the gameboy releases.  WoW has probably sold similarly to Diamond/Pearl.

16 million, eh? I suppose that's fair, but at the same time that's how many people continue to buy Pokemon every time it's released. At any given time, that's roughly Pokemon's installbase: WoW has never gotten that high in terms of registered users, not ever.

They only release how many people are currently paying.  No trial accounts, no frozen accounts, etc.  People continue to not only buy the WoW expansions, but also pay up to ~$15 a month.  Do you really think 12 million people still play Diamond/Pearl even when it costs them nothing beyond the initial investment?