No More WoW Numbers [Nov 04, 2015, 10:33 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Activision Blizzard says they will no longer announce subscriber counts for
World of Warcraft, their subscription MMORPG. In
yesterday's
financial reporting they revealed the game is down to 5.5 million
subscribers, which is still impressive, but well under half the game's peak.
With their user count getting smaller every time around, they no longer feel
this is in their best interests to continue publicizing the game's gradual
decline.
GameSpot quotes how they explained this during their post-earnings
conference call: "Note that this is the last quarter that we plan to provide
subscriber numbers," the company said. "There are other metrics that are better
indicators of the overall Blizzard business performance."
I love WOW, it is simply the best MMO there is. I will continue to play it as long as I can.
One can already see the parallels between WOW and the now moribund and mostly deserted Anarchy Online, a once popular MMO that was put on "benign neglect" by its parent company Funcom, while the company focused on new more profitable games.
Anarchy Online is still online, but your lucky if you see more than a handful of players anywhere in any zone. It took years to get to this point, but you will no longer see the same decline in numbers with WOW reported, Over years you may see it with your own eyes in game by the slowly declining number of players in-game.
This comment was edited on Nov 10, 2015, 06:41.
One can already see the parallels between WOW and the now moribund and mostly deserted Anarchy Online, a once popular MMO that was put on "benign neglect" by its parent company Funcom, while the company focused on new more profitable games.
Anarchy Online is still online, but your lucky if you see more than a handful of players anywhere in any zone. It took years to get to this point, but you will no longer see the same decline in numbers with WOW reported, Over years you may see it with your own eyes in game by the slowly declining number of players in-game.
This comment was edited on Nov 10, 2015, 06:41.
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