WoW loses 1.3 million players!

[MonstaMack]

Nem said:

MonstaMack said:
Guild Wars 2? Try not to laugh, but a few of my former interwebz friends said they won't go back to WoW because GW2 is free. Lots of new free to play MMOs out there to, Ragnarok Online 2 released a few days and is more of a WoW clone and It's free to play.

Other thing being WoW jumps up in subscriptions every time a new expansion comes out, only to dip a few months later.

My guess is it will hit 6.5 million by years end, and if things get even worst then project titan will be pushed to come out faster.

Guild Wars 2 is a really bad game and is struggling ALOT more than WoW is. They dont have enough players for the RvR queues. Its a really overated and actually really boring and pointless game if you play for more than 2 weeks.

Anyways look here at an indicator: http://www.xfire.com/games

GW2 has 2 times less customers and is free. Good for the consumer? yes. Are they making good money? Doubtful.

 

Have to say though, that the market is now getting lots of free to play MMO's and the sub model will not surive for much longer. This is the year where the giant tumbles. Theres no new expansion in sight to inflate the umbers and if things carry on at this pace the game will be down to 4mil by the end of the year.

Their numbers were always inflated because of their eastern sales. Now that that market seems to be changing focus the game is finally in its last legs. Actually, it has been for a very long time. Its an old and tired game and a "WoW2" has been in need for a very long time. Press that reset button and solve all the intricate issues with the game. It needs a revamp of the combat, graphics and questing system.

Not sure what RvR (Race vs Race?) is but if you mean WvW there are plenty of people. Guild Wars 2 also has a lot of cosmetic items for you to purchase using gems. My wife's been playing it non-stop since release and has enjoyed it quite a bit. They seem to be happy with the sales and the amount of cosmetic purchases are staggering. But hey, It's all an opinion: You feel the game is boring and over rated and she loves it. I think I'll go with my wifes opinion over someone on VGChartz :)