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Will WoW survive?

Duh! of course 46 22.33%
 
Yes, but the market is a downward spiral 71 34.47%
 
No 21 10.19%
 
meh i dont five a f*ck 67 32.52%
 
Total:205
archer9234 on 12 May 2013

There's 18,000 people in the sever when I was playing a few minutes ago.



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aikohualda on 13 May 2013
Kasz216 said:
It's not that surprising. As I recall they're down to about ~12M Players from a high of ~19 right?

They drop off and hope for new expansions to buoy them back up for a little bit.

They've been going on for so long it can't last forever.

As for the next WOW.... I don't think there will be.

im still waiting for the next farmville :P



 

benji232 on 13 May 2013
yum123 said:
benji232 said:
VGKing said:
That article makes it sound like WoW is dying. It's FAR FAR from it. No other MMORPG even close close to it in playerbase. Not even free to play titles.

Uhh. It is dying. If an mmorpg loses more players than it is gaining, then IT is dying no mather how many more players it still has left. World of Warcraft has been constantly losing players for the past few years (a part from the small boost MoP gave it). If you don't consider that a dying mmorpg, then idk what to tell you. It's not dead, far from dead, but it is dying.


It is impossible to call an ACTIVE userbase of 8.3 million dying. considering thats still the highest for any game in the genre then no. it is declining but has more life than any other in the genre

You don't understand what I meant... A dying game is a game that has been losing more players then gaining right? Then going by that definition, World of Warcraft IS dying even if it still has one of the biggest userbase of any mmorpg. How can you not call a game that has been constantly losing players for the past couple years a dying game. Please explain me your definition of a dying game.  Now obviously, WoW is a game that will still be there in 5 years, hell, maybe even 10. But the fact remains that it is losing more players then it's gaining and this perfectly matches the definition of a dying mmorpg.



Predictions for LT console sales:

PS4: 120M

XB1: 70M

WiiU: 14M

3DS: 60M

Vita: 13M

Kasz216 on 13 May 2013
Kresnik said:

Kasz216 said:

It's not that surprising. As I recall they're down to about ~12M Players from a high of ~19 right?


19m players? O_o

This article seems to think the all-time-high was > 12 million. 


Hm, maybe it was.  I might of been thinking of LOL 19 Million daily vs WoW's high of 12.   I know that 19 million is from something.



aikohualda on 13 May 2013

Most of the people on VGCHARTZ... dont give a F*ck about WoW.... wow.... XD



 

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Carl on 13 May 2013
the_dengle said:
Still waiting for WOW to die completely so I can have Warcraft 4.

Who am I kidding, that's not happening.

I think WarCraft 4 will actually come after Legacy of the Void. Arent there 2 more WoW expansions planned too? I can imagine the WarCraft/StarCraft timelines going like this...

 

  • November 23rd 2014 WoW Expansion 5 / 10th Anniversary of WoW / 20th Anniversary of WarCraft.
  • Late 2015 / Early 2016 SC2: Legacy of the Void
  • Mid-Late 2016 WoW Expansion 6 that will lead to...
  • Late 2017 / Early 2018 WarCraft 4
Obviously mixing in whatever they have planned for Diablo 3 and TITAN. A man can dream, right?

 



                            

aikohualda on 13 May 2013
Carl2291 said:
the_dengle said:
Still waiting for WOW to die completely so I can have Warcraft 4.

Who am I kidding, that's not happening.

I think WarCraft 4 will actually come after Legacy of the Void. Arent there 2 more WoW expansions planned too? I can imagine the WarCraft/StarCraft timelines going like this...

 

  • November 23rd 2014 WoW Expansion 5 / 10th Anniversary of WoW / 20th Anniversary of WarCraft.
  • Late 2015 / Early 2016 SC2: Legacy of the Void
  • Mid-Late 2016 WoW Expansion 6 that will lead to...
  • Late 2017 / Early 2018 WarCraft 4
Obviously mixing in whatever they have planned for Diablo 3 and TITAN. A man can dream, right?

 

in 5 years???? noway!!!



 

yum123 on 13 May 2013
benji232 said:
yum123 said:
benji232 said:
VGKing said:
That article makes it sound like WoW is dying. It's FAR FAR from it. No other MMORPG even close close to it in playerbase. Not even free to play titles.

Uhh. It is dying. If an mmorpg loses more players than it is gaining, then IT is dying no mather how many more players it still has left. World of Warcraft has been constantly losing players for the past few years (a part from the small boost MoP gave it). If you don't consider that a dying mmorpg, then idk what to tell you. It's not dead, far from dead, but it is dying.


It is impossible to call an ACTIVE userbase of 8.3 million dying. considering thats still the highest for any game in the genre then no. it is declining but has more life than any other in the genre

You don't understand what I meant... A dying game is a game that has been losing more players then gaining right? Then going by that definition, World of Warcraft IS dying even if it still has one of the biggest userbase of any mmorpg. How can you not call a game that has been constantly losing players for the past couple years a dying game. Please explain me your definition of a dying game.  Now obviously, WoW is a game that will still be there in 5 years, hell, maybe even 10. But the fact remains that it is losing more players then it's gaining and this perfectly matches the definition of a dying mmorpg.

no its not dying as ive explained it is a declining game but fare from dying. a dying game is a game that has little players and is relatively close to being dead. WOW is simply declining but no where near dying there is plenty of life in it.



aikohualda on 13 May 2013
yum123 said:
benji232 said:
yum123 said:
benji232 said:
VGKing said:
That article makes it sound like WoW is dying. It's FAR FAR from it. No other MMORPG even close close to it in playerbase. Not even free to play titles.

Uhh. It is dying. If an mmorpg loses more players than it is gaining, then IT is dying no mather how many more players it still has left. World of Warcraft has been constantly losing players for the past few years (a part from the small boost MoP gave it). If you don't consider that a dying mmorpg, then idk what to tell you. It's not dead, far from dead, but it is dying.


It is impossible to call an ACTIVE userbase of 8.3 million dying. considering thats still the highest for any game in the genre then no. it is declining but has more life than any other in the genre

You don't understand what I meant... A dying game is a game that has been losing more players then gaining right? Then going by that definition, World of Warcraft IS dying even if it still has one of the biggest userbase of any mmorpg. How can you not call a game that has been constantly losing players for the past couple years a dying game. Please explain me your definition of a dying game.  Now obviously, WoW is a game that will still be there in 5 years, hell, maybe even 10. But the fact remains that it is losing more players then it's gaining and this perfectly matches the definition of a dying mmorpg.

no its not dying as ive explained it is a declining game but fare from dying. a dying game is a game that has little players and is relatively close to being dead. WOW is simply declining but no where near dying there is plenty of life in it.

do you think they can revive it though?



 

yum123 on 13 May 2013
aikohualda said:
yum123 said:
benji232 said:
yum123 said:
benji232 said:
VGKing said:
That article makes it sound like WoW is dying. It's FAR FAR from it. No other MMORPG even close close to it in playerbase. Not even free to play titles.

Uhh. It is dying. If an mmorpg loses more players than it is gaining, then IT is dying no mather how many more players it still has left. World of Warcraft has been constantly losing players for the past few years (a part from the small boost MoP gave it). If you don't consider that a dying mmorpg, then idk what to tell you. It's not dead, far from dead, but it is dying.


It is impossible to call an ACTIVE userbase of 8.3 million dying. considering thats still the highest for any game in the genre then no. it is declining but has more life than any other in the genre

You don't understand what I meant... A dying game is a game that has been losing more players then gaining right? Then going by that definition, World of Warcraft IS dying even if it still has one of the biggest userbase of any mmorpg. How can you not call a game that has been constantly losing players for the past couple years a dying game. Please explain me your definition of a dying game.  Now obviously, WoW is a game that will still be there in 5 years, hell, maybe even 10. But the fact remains that it is losing more players then it's gaining and this perfectly matches the definition of a dying mmorpg.

no its not dying as ive explained it is a declining game but fare from dying. a dying game is a game that has little players and is relatively close to being dead. WOW is simply declining but no where near dying there is plenty of life in it.

do you think they can revive it though?


Nope. game is simply to old. everything dies eventually and the trend is downwards. and ofcourse once blizzard lauches a new mmo wow will be close to dying then.