Wow! 2M Playing WoW! [Jun 14, 2005, 08:38 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
World of
Warcraft Achieves New Milestone with Two Million Paying Subscribers is the
press release announcing a new subscription threshold achieved by Blizzard's
MMORPG, with further breakthroughs expected when the game launches in China:
World of Warcraft recently surpassed the two million mark for paying subscribers. Already the largest MMO in both North America and Europe, Blizzard expects to see even greater growth with the recent commercial launch in China on June 7, 2005. Anticipation for World of Warcraft was already at an all-time high in China, with peak concurrency during the open beta test topping 500,000 players, nearly equal to World of Warcraft's peak concurrency in all three current markets combined. Blizzard expects to see the new mark of two million subscribers shattered quickly with the arrival of players from China in the coming weeks.
Regardless of what the real numbers are, it is the most successul MMORPG to date. I was there for the launch of UO, EQ, DAoC and other less popular MMOGs and the sheer number of servers available for WoW boggles the mind. I think it will be a while before another MMORPG takes the belt away from the champ. And that's what'll be needed before this games dies.. something better. Many of these MMORPG people need to be playing or at least subscribing to one MMORPG game to get their fix. I doubt any of the up and coming games out there like D&D online will have the same mass appeal that this warcraft/blizzard title offers.
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