WoW subs at 9.3 million News
PC News by Robert Purchese
Vivendi financial results have shown that World of Warcraft has an active subscriber base of 9.3 million people.
That means in six months it has added nearly 300,000 users, showing the ageing MMORPG and expansion The Burning Crusade are still retaining and attracting fans. It also recently launched on China, its hot strategy for breaking the elusive 10 million mark.
All of this makes for some very hefty figures. For the first nine months of fiscal 2007 (the third quarter has just finished) Vivendi has made a whopping EUR 716 million - 50 per cent higher than this time last year. Impressive; I bet it has a MacDonald's in its house like Richy Rich.
World of Warcraft is due to expand again next year with Wrath of the Lich King, unless all the other MMORPGs team up and bash it to pieces in a back alley that smells like piss.
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quantumsheep
15/11/07 @ 14:05
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I've just started playing it, mainly for the machinima possibilities, but I grudgingly admit, after having avoided it for so long, that I'm enjoying it.
Shoot me now. |
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RamblinSydRumpo
15/11/07 @ 14:16
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9.3 million seems to be very popular. That's also the number of Wiis Nintendo claim to have shipped. Perhaps the next announcement could make up a different figure?
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hp_on_toast
15/11/07 @ 14:32
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"Perhaps the next announcement could make up a different figure?"
And one that doesn't feature "million" in it at all. |
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They are banking 120 900 000 € (13 € a month?) EVERY MONTH on subscription fees alone. That makes blizzard more powerful than a lot of publishers in this world. And still they refuse to spend money on the good games of old.
Blizzard must be laughing their arses off all the way to the bank when they plan to buy a small country and fund a new world order. |
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reality_cheque
15/11/07 @ 15:10
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So the advert mentioning 600,000,000 subscribers is a lie then?
I did think than 10% of the human population seemed a bit much. |
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Xerx3s - They're not banking anywhere near that amount of money. A large part of those 'active subscribers' are in the asian market with a number of different payment models, hardly any of which are a monthly fee. Lots are by the minute I believe. A large proportion of the subscribers are Chinese, and Blizz actually makes very little money per subscriber compared to the US and Europe. I'm not saying they're not making a fortune from it, just not the huge figure you came up with.
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Laserbream
15/11/07 @ 21:15
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Lapsed 2 year player here as well.
The faster levelling in the new patch is tempting - I left a load of alts in the dull zones between 20 and 60. |
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CouldntResist
15/11/07 @ 21:42
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Really impressed by how well it's done, although i don't play.
Definitely a good thing, as it brings gaming that much closer to the mainstream. |
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hula hoops
15/11/07 @ 22:53
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Blizzard must be laughing their arses off all the way to the bank when they plan to buy a small country and fund a new world order.
Nah, all transaction is usually done by cards .. no need for Blizzard to walk to the bank (while laughing). 9.3 million idiots the official world figure wow, and I suppose you are Mr. Genius? |
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Seriously, there needs to be a study done to see why WoW is so damn addictive....I was a massively hardcore player for 2 years and stopped playing when we had a baby.
But I also still pay my subscription every month - and very occasionally get a chance to help our 11 year old with a quest here or there and still enjoy it immensely. I can't put my finger on what it is that I enjoy so much - certainly not the social side of it as I always solo'd unless raiding. |
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