WOW loses over 1 million subscribers - Eurogamer

Apparently in the last six months the number of players has dropped 10%

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-08-world-of-warcraft-loses-1-1-million-subscribers

I haven't played a lot of MMO's myself.

I don't think they are particularly healthy because of how conditional they are. People are playing for ridiculously long hours of the day because they feelthey have to get their monthly dollars out of it.

To me, thats not what gaming should be about.

Cata is really scarce on high level content. It may have had the best questing and NPC component, but it is the high-level addiction that keep people going.

It's amazing how this is news though. I mean it's one of the easiest predictions in gaming. Every game declines after a while. It's done exceptionally well and Blizzard are probably very pleased with it. It's raised the bar for MMOs, which is a good thing. Now perhaps developers will try and put out quality games that get frequently updated and maintained by a good team of support staff.

I don't think they are particularly healthy because of how conditional they are. People are playing for ridiculously long hours of the day because they feelthey have to get their monthly dollars out of it.

To me, thats not what gaming should be about.

biggest_loser

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]I don't think they are particularly healthy because of how conditional they are. People are playing for ridiculously long hours of the day because they feelthey have to get their monthly dollars out of it.

To me, thats not what gaming should be about.

Dan_Lero

It's actually 800,000 subscribers lost from the last conference call.

March Conference Call - 600,000 lost

August Conference Call - 300,000 more lost

November Conference Call - 800,000 more lost

Total: 1.7 million subscribers lost since Cataclysm release

The subscribers seem to be up and down. The lower lost number in August my guess is because patch 4.2 came out around that time. A small group of potential "quitters" decided to stick around after those content patches. But the quadruple-whammy of a long wait for patch 4.3, the disappointing Panda expansion, TOR's soon release, and Diablo 3 as well caused an even bigger loss. I wouldn't be surprised if they start losing 1 million every 3 months until the next expansion.

Well the game has been out for 7 years now! That's a long time I mean usually a new game doesn't last that long with popularity in its multiplayer after few months. People should be surprised that this game lasted this long instead of how the game lost a million subs.

ehh.. I assume that if Blizzard gets around to making a WoW2 then they could probably get subscribers back.

It's amazing how this is news though. I mean it's one of the easiest predictions in gaming. Every game declines after a while. It's done exceptionally well and Blizzard are probably very pleased with it. It's raised the bar for MMOs, which is a good thing. Now perhaps developers will try and put out quality games that get frequently updated and maintained by a good team of support staff.

-Unreal-

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"]

It's amazing how this is news though. I mean it's one of the easiest predictions in gaming. Every game declines after a while. It's done exceptionally well and Blizzard are probably very pleased with it. It's raised the bar for MMOs, which is a good thing. Now perhaps developers will try and put out quality games that get frequently updated and maintained by a good team of support staff.

KHAndAnime

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]I don't think they are particularly healthy because of how conditional they are. People are playing for ridiculously long hours of the day because they feelthey have to get their monthly dollars out of it.

To me, thats not what gaming should be about.

Dan_Lero

This isn't surprising, WoW is at cash cow status.

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"][QUOTE="-Unreal-"]

It's amazing how this is news though. I mean it's one of the easiest predictions in gaming. Every game declines after a while. It's done exceptionally well and Blizzard are probably very pleased with it. It's raised the bar for MMOs, which is a good thing. Now perhaps developers will try and put out quality games that get frequently updated and maintained by a good team of support staff.

-Unreal-

[QUOTE="Dan_Lero"]

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]I don't think they are particularly healthy because of how conditional they are. People are playing for ridiculously long hours of the day because they feelthey have to get their monthly dollars out of it.

To me, thats not what gaming should be about.

biggest_loser

diminishing returns is at work here, seriously, nothing stays fresh forever, no matter how many attempts at re-invigorating you try.

i've been on and off for a while now, and in a few days, my sub will be running out for good hopefully, MoP seriously looks like its trying something new, but I feel it's going to fail because of it. Blizzard is never good at implementing new mechanics in WoW.

Well its a good thing Blizzard has Diablo 3 and another MMO in the works. Blizzard is well overdue for something really different. Frankly, Im surprised more people didn't get burned out earlier. Whether this is the beginning of the downfall or just a decline for the time being. Its time Blizzard does something new.

I don't think they are particularly healthy because of how conditional they are. People are playing for ridiculously long hours of the day because they feelthey have to get their monthly dollars out of it.

biggest_loser

I was one of those WoW players. I only subscribed during the summer when I didn't have ****s and had a ton of spare time. Game can be pretty fun, but man, it's such a time sink.

[QUOTE="Dan_Lero"]

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]I don't think they are particularly healthy because of how conditional they are. People are playing for ridiculously long hours of the day because they feelthey have to get their monthly dollars out of it.

To me, thats not what gaming should be about.

biggest_loser

It's actually closer to 2 million, but they said 6 months which is probably why they arrived at one.

This is why Blizzard has resorted to gimmicks to keep their subscriber base intact. They are hoping by giving you a free copy of Diablo 3 and a new sparkle pony that you won't go out and buy ToR.

This is why Blizzard has resorted to gimmicks to keep their subscriber base intact. They are hoping by giving you a free copy of Diablo 3 and a new sparkle pony that you won't go out and buy ToR.

RossRichard

I bought into it. A free copy of D3 and some free stuff in WoW is more than worth the year commitment.

This is why Blizzard has resorted to gimmicks to keep their subscriber base intact. They are hoping by giving you a free copy of Diablo 3 and a new sparkle pony that you won't go out and buy ToR.

RossRichard

never liked the gamplay

should be more like final fantasy 12

Still the most played subcription mmo. Game was bound to decline at some point people can only play the same game for so long even with new content. WoW has plenty of life left but there will trying something different with Titan to caputure a new audience and not have it feel like a wow reskin really hope it is a fps mmo.

I wonder how much it will decline with the Panda Pack biggest_loser

It'll set new records.

Its still all to do with addiction though rather than fun. biggest_loser

You don't want to believe it, but you know what you just said makes no sense whatsoever.

Hopefully Blizzard will soon be ready to show off Titan and get it launched before WoW completely loses all of its steam.

I don't think it's surprising that WoW is starting to steadily decline after 7 years. More surprising that it managed to keep growing for 6 years, I'd say.

I quit when Rift came out, and then sold my Rift acct with a decked out Hammerknell geared mage (top 10 world guild) and used the cash to pre-order SWTOR, D3, Skyrim, BF3, and Batman AC. I dont think were sick of MMO's, just WOW, Bring on Star Wars and Guild Wars!

I wonder how much it will decline with the Panda Pack biggest_loser

It won't. Don't worry. New expansion packs tend to increase the playerbase, not reduce it. :roll:

it is seven years old, folks. It is going to continue losing subscribers until a certain point, but at that time Blizzard will have Diablo 3 and even Titan out.

WoW is going to remain a viable game for decades, though, especially with a company like Blizzard supporting it. Wait and see.