World of Warcraft sheds another 1.5 million subs
Andy Chalk
World of Warcraft is still the undisputed champ of subscription MMOs, but its numbers continue to slide. Activision Blizzard's second-quarter financial results have revealed that it is now down to 5.6 million subscribers. That figure represents a loss of 1.5 million monthly grinders since May, when it dropped dramatically from roughly ten million users to 7.1 million.
That's obviously not good—according to VentureBeat, it represents the lowest number since 2005—but having 5.6 million subscribers is still the kind of problem literally every other MMO maker on the planet would love to worry about. Blizzard also said that the release of Fury of Hellfire, "one of the largest non-expansion updates to date," helped stabilize the subscriber count near the end of the quarter. More importantly (to Activision, anyway), Blizzard's revenues for the quarter actually increased year-over-year, thanks to "strong performance on the expanding Blizzard portfolio."
Original post found here: http://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-sheds-another-15-million-subs/
My Take on it
Not surprised. Went downhill ages ago. Now its just ripping off everything in a desperate attempt to get money back but its the end of an era to some gamers. Oh well, life moves on.
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