Call of Duty 5, Guitar Hero IV, new James Bond game and new racing game from Bizarre (Makers of Project Gotham Racing games) mentioned. World of Warcraft subscription numbers have passed 9.3 million users.
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| ckmlb said: Call of Duty 5, Guitar Hero IV, new James Bond game and new racing game from Bizarre (Makers of Project Gotham Racing games) mentioned. World of Warcraft subscription numbers have passed 9.3 million users. |
WoW subscriptions are down? I thought it would be around 10.5 million by now...
ssj12 said:
WoW subscriptions are down? I thought it would be around 10.5 million by now... |
No, that's still an increase, it's just a very slow increase at this point. I expect another surge for Wrath of the Lich King (to 10 million+ subscribers) followed by slowness or even decline afterwards.
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There are far fewer than 10 million subscribers on WoW.
Bliz counts "subscriptions" as people who have subscribed, not people who are still subscribed.
The churn rate for WoW is the unknown here.
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| Smash_Brother said: There are far fewer than 10 million subscribers on WoW. Bliz counts "subscriptions" as people who have subscribed, not people who are still subscribed. The churn rate for WoW is the unknown here. |
No, this is incorrect. They only count active subscribers, and have been very clear about this.
Blizzard's operating income for the year is 511 million. That's more than EA has made in the last two years combined, as a reasonable comparison. And Blizzard only has 1 game that they're actively supporting: World of Warcraft.
The game really, honestly, genuinely is that huge: almost 10 million ACTIVE subscribers.
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Bodhesatva said:
No, this is incorrect. They only count active subscribers, and have been very clear about this. Blizzard's operating income for the year is 511 million. That's more than EA has made in the last two years combined, as a reasonable comparison. And Blizzard only has 1 game that they're actively supporting: World of Warcraft. The game really, honestly, genuinely is that huge: almost 10 million ACTIVE subscribers. |
it really is a monster
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I wonder how many billions WoW has made? I wish Blizzard had separated a lot sooner. Vivendi has been feeding on the gravy train too long.
Videndi is still feeding on that gravy train. Vivendi Games division has simply been renamed, and restaffed.
| Smash_Brother said: There are far fewer than 10 million subscribers on WoW. Bliz counts "subscriptions" as people who have subscribed, not people who are still subscribed. The churn rate for WoW is the unknown here. |
It is worth pointing out just how wrong you are here. As Bod has already stated that is completely wrong. More important is the fact that Blizzard is the only MMO company that has anything resembling a clear definition of what a subscriber actually is. They do use China and Korea to pad their numbers even though the subscription model is completely different over there. They do not count inactive accounts, however, and that is clearly stated everytime they have a new high.
I'm surprised one of the big 3 hasn't approached Blizzard to make a WoW game (or something similar) for console.
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