World of Warcraft loses 1.1 million subscribers, down to 9.1 million

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• 16.9 million Battle.net users logged in last month, up from 10 million just 3 months ago.
• 10 million D3 copies sold, with 1.2 million of those from the Annual Pass. It was the best-selling PC game for the first six months of 2012.
• Most of the WoW Subscription losses were from the East.
• Losses are from people playing Diablo 3 and leaving for other things to do until the new expansion.
• Mists of Pandaria will utilize TV and online ads leading up to the launch.
• The China launch Mists of Pandaria will launch as soon as possible, not likely in Q3.
• 4.7 million people watched the event at MLG for Heart of the Swarm.

Frankly, considering it's been about 9 months with zero new content since the release of Dragon Soul, it's a wonder that they haven't lost more than that considering what's gone on in gaming recently (D3, Guild Wars 2 beta, etc.).

...It's still 9 million more players than SWTOR, too. :lol:

damn that sucks they will probobly get those figures back once the new expansion arrives. hopefully its better than what cata was

Wait until GW2MonsieurX

Oh man you just cursed GW2... take it back.... TAKE IT BACK QUICK!

Everytime someone says wait til "GAME X" comes out it'll put a dent in WoW... well you know what happens.

I hope you're right.... but the curse.... THHHEEEEEE CUUUURRRSSEEEE!!!!!!

I'm jumping on the GW 2 bandwagon..... I vowed that last time I quit WoW, it was the final time.... I'm not going back, I MUST NOT....

though I still get the itch somedays.

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Wait until GW2moistsandwich

Oh man you just cursed GW2... take it back.... TAKE IT BACK QUICK!

Everytime someone says wait til "GAME X" comes out it'll put a dent in WoW... well you know what happens.

I hope you're right.... but the curse.... THHHEEEEEE CUUUURRRSSEEEE!!!!!!

I'm jumping on the GW 2 bandwagon..... I vowed that last time I quit WoW, it was the final time.... I'm not going back, I MUST NOT....

though I still get the itch somedays.

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Wait until GW2moistsandwich

Oh man you just cursed GW2... take it back.... TAKE IT BACK QUICK!

Everytime someone says wait til "GAME X" comes out it'll put a dent in WoW... well you know what happens.

I hope you're right.... but the curse.... THHHEEEEEE CUUUURRRSSEEEE!!!!!!

I'm jumping on the GW 2 bandwagon..... I vowed that last time I quit WoW, it was the final time.... I'm not going back, I MUST NOT....

though I still get the itch somedays.

[QUOTE="moistsandwich"]

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Wait until GW2MonsieurX

Oh man you just cursed GW2... take it back.... TAKE IT BACK QUICK!

Everytime someone says wait til "GAME X" comes out it'll put a dent in WoW... well you know what happens.

I hope you're right.... but the curse.... THHHEEEEEE CUUUURRRSSEEEE!!!!!!

I'm jumping on the GW 2 bandwagon..... I vowed that last time I quit WoW, it was the final time.... I'm not going back, I MUST NOT....

though I still get the itch somedays.

WoW numbers decrease between every expansion? STOP THE PRESSES

Wait until GW2MonsieurX

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Wait until GW2-Unreal-

Not surprised, zero new content for months, I expect numbers to rise after MoP release.

Sept 25. can't come any faster

It's the price of dumbing down the game in an attempt to grab casuals.

It's the price of dumbing down the game in an attempt to grab casuals.

TopTierHustler

damn that sucks they will probobly get those figures back once the new expansion arrives. hopefully its better than what cata was

Dreams0fChaos

From what I've played, I didn't enjoy it at all, especially the Monk. It 'looks' better, but it doesn't play any better.

The game needs an "item squish" (vastly lowering the ilevel and stats of items to reasonable numbers), new mechanics I'm utterly sick of this hotkey combat, the monks weren't even supposed to have auto attack, and they do. And it could use a new stat system, the whole 98% of your damage is based on your weapon alone is lame, prevents you from using fun weapons (like Thunderfury).

Blizzard deserves the massive drop. They gave Cata a very bad end raid, and no new content for like 8 months. Cataclysm has been nothing but ****

Maybe Diablo 3 is stealing some numbers because a lot of people just want to kill things with their friends, and would like to not pay a monthly fee to so it? :PKell_the_Gamer

Wait until GW2MonsieurX

Only 9.1 million? Blizzard are doomed.

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Wait until GW2Kell_the_Gamer

They hired someone from Nexon to handle the in game cash shop. The game is already dead to me.

"b-but its optinal-" NO! ST*U! Every free to play MMO says that about their own cash shop, and they hired someone from NEXON to be in charge of it.

[QUOTE="Kell_the_Gamer"][QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Wait until GW2Inconsistancy

They hired someone from Nexon to handle the in game cash shop. The game is already dead to me.

"b-but its optinal-" NO! ST*U! Every free to play MMO says that about their own cash shop, and they hired someone from NEXON to be in charge of it.

WoW numbers decrease between every expansion? STOP THE PRESSES

wis3boi

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

WoW numbers decrease between every expansion? STOP THE PRESSES

Jebus213

Well, the game is almost 8 years old now. They can't just milk it will new expansions forever. It'll slowly be time for something totally new (World of Starcraft?).

[QUOTE="Jebus213"][QUOTE="wis3boi"]

WoW numbers decrease between every expansion? STOP THE PRESSES

Kell_the_Gamer

Well, the game is almost 8 years old now. They can't just milk it will new expansions forever. It'll slowly be time for something totally new (World of Starcraft?).

nameless12345

Well, the game is almost 8 years old now. They can't just milk it will new expansions forever. It'll slowly be time for something totally new (World of Starcraft?).

nameless12345

Diablo is MUCH more likely to be turned into a MMORPG. They already have like half the work done.

A Starcraft MMORPG would look too much like SW:ToR

Well, the game is almost 8 years old now. They can't just milk it will new expansions forever. It'll slowly be time for something totally new (World of Starcraft?).

nameless12345

Blizzard deserves the massive drop. They gave Cata a very bad end raid, and no new content for like 8 months. Cataclysm has been nothing but ****

RoccoHout

I find this very concerning because it could mean COD will die very slowly as well.

They will go up atleast 2 million in september.

Square Enix had said that it wanted Dragon Quest X to be supported for about ten years, but it needs the success of World of Warcraft to last that long.

I never got into that crap game anyways. I don't see why everyone loves it so much.

Gave that game like 3 chances and it never got me

I never got into that crap game anyways. I don't see why everyone loves it so much.

Gave that game like 3 chances and it never got me

Burnt_Brains

Well Diablo 3 is pretty much dead so I wonder how those numbers would switch around for this month.

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Wait until GW2Kell_the_Gamer

[QUOTE="RoccoHout"]

Blizzard deserves the massive drop. They gave Cata a very bad end raid, and no new content for like 8 months. Cataclysm has been nothing but ****

Allthishate

Wait until GW2MonsieurX