$15 a month X 2,000,000 = $30,000,000 a month = $360,000,000 a year.

...that all this money is going to VU Games and not to Blizzard.

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that all this money is going to VU Games and not to Blizzard

Huh? VU is simply the publisher... they get money from the box sales, but AFAIK they don't get a dime from the monthly fees.

Stopped playing nearly a month ago... keep meaning to login to send my gold and various items to friends, but haven't taken the time to do so (and only 3 days left on the account).

VU Games owns Blizzard Entertainment. That being the case, you can bet they are taking the vast majority of the profits from this title.

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$15 a month X 2,000,000 = $30,000,000 a month = $360,000,000 a year.

I seriously doubt they'll be charging $15 a month in China. They can't afford that, what with the manufacture & stockpiling of weapons for the coming invasion of Taiwan & Japan.

Tax Man at 40 Pecent at all ends of the money movement leaves them 360,000,000 * 0.60 = 216000000. I couldlive with that =)

Of all those subscribers, how many are actually playing on a regular basis?

Of all those subscribers, how many are actually playing on a regular basis?

I'm sure Blizzard doesn't really care though, as long as they are subscribers, Blizzard is getting their money.

kinda surprised, it's a good game dont get me wrong I jsut didn't think there was much depth to it and surprised it's still going so strong, more power to them, i hope they keep customers happy with all that money

If that is two million current subscribers, or just a total (ie, including accounts that have already been cancelled).

Even so, it's an enormous number, and it's just plain sad that with all that money coming in, Blizzard apparently still has shitty servers. (from hearsay, btw, I don't play it.)

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I haven't had one problem yet logging on to the few servers I'm on. And the one is High population too.

Yea, no problems on my server...ever.

I jsut didn't think there was much depth

We're all entitled to our opinions. In mine you couldn't be farther from the truth. It seems there is so much to do and see and explore. Each area has its own stories and unique feeling to it. There's so much to do that an average gamer (10-15 hours a week) will take over 10 months to see all of it and they keep adding more. I still haven't hit 60 (46 and 32 actually) but can't remember a game since UT that I played for over 6 months and I'm still enjoying this one. Every time I log on I have a choice of areas to go and places to see and quests to complete. The economics in the game are also very intriguing and has so much depth if you are into that sort of thing. Looking forward to trying Battlegrounds soon too as I've still not had the chance to get over to that area.

No problems on mine. I think I've only had a problem once for a couple of hours.

I agree with some of the comments.
Although I would love to waste away my life doing nothing but being a lvl 50 leet mounted warrior - I have a life.

It is amazing people pay 15.00 a month for online play.
I quit after about 4 months of City of Heroes and I don't see myself going back to MMORPGs.

50.00 for game plus 15 x months played?
Not enough depth there.
Give the game away for free, I would probably play for 3 months.

/edit: They have a while to catch up to XM Subscribers - which can be enjoyed 24 hours a day at a smaller rate. Which I would gladly pay more for, I mean come on, they put satellites into space so we could have music everywhere in North America (and some areas of South).

For 15.00 a month, I want online WIRELESS gaming in all of North America. (sorry, kind of squirrely today)

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Tax Man at 40 Pecent at all ends of the money movement leaves them 360,000,000 * 0.60 = 216000000.

Don't confuse revenue with profits. There are development and marketing costs, server and bandwith costs. I am sure Blizzard spent a ton of money during the game's long gestation. And you have to pay your employees.

Sure Blizzard is making money, but how much money cannot determined simply by multiplying the monthly fee with the 2 million subscribers. And as someone else mentioned, it is not clear whether the 2 million refers to the total subscribers, or total average monthly subscribers - BIG difference there.

You cannot make anything fool-proof. The fools are too inventive

I was really tempted to get in to WoW - the ethos was very interesting and while playing Warcraft 3, I had always imagined how much fun it would to get on to the "troop" ground level, instead of the "general" overhead level to see what the game played like.

But the monthly $15 fee and the many problems at launch scared me away. Fortunately school intervened and kept me busy, and HL2 soon made me forget WoW. When I got tired of HL2 DM, I started looking at WoW again, but did not want to make the jump since I was now behind the hardcore players in a way, and the $15 still discouraged.

Fortunately for me, Guild Wars was released just in time

You cannot make anything fool-proof. The fools are too inventive

Blizzard still cannot manage to hire a technical support or customer service department. I love the finger pointing between departments and then the inevitable "No, we will not do anything."

For that much money (which is higher than it really is, but even at $10 a month, that is a lot,) you would think the class CSRs could post more than once every three months.
Game is ok, butt he company sucks.
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Sad that 2M people need a life.

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