lets see something 9,000,000 people roughly playing wow, $40 for mop so thats wat 360 mil, for that alone...lets add the sub fee into it and see how much more is added per month not just one purchase from mop, 135 mil...thats a month also. so lets go with how much they would of made from start (for shits and giggles we'll say they had 9 mil at launch).. 450 mil(vanilla), 360 mil for each xpac...so thats 1,440,000,000 from start until now if it was f2p... now lets add the monthly fee for the 8 years it has been around which it would come to roughly 12,960,000,000 would be just the monthly fee...thats 9 times more they've made just for subs alone....so roughly 1,440,000,000 for f2p..... 14,400,000,000 with p2p...so idk if they would of made more money with it being f2p...i know they could have more stuff in the cash shop, but idt it would of made nearly as much as it has with it being p2p...which they have a cash shop with it being p2p
As much as some people might like it, I highly doubt Blizzard is going to say "Hey, let's give up our guaranteed $150 Million per month and just hope people will buy stuff off of us" when they can get away with that $150 M per month and still get people to buy stuff in their cash shop.
Pandaria isn't going to save WoW and the drop in subs (though I'm sure people will come check it out for a month or two). They need to go B2P and drop the sub. Price it at $29 with occasional sales at $15-$20. No way it's going to keep subs with GW2 around and other free to play and freemium games. WoW has already lost millions of subs, granted, yes...its old...but that is just a bigger reason to go buy to play. Think of how much more money Blizzard could make, not just on the box, but increase the cosmetics of the cash shop...and Blizzard would be swimming in money. I know many in the guild I'm in (while large, I know not the whole player base) in GW2 have spent hundreds in the shop already. That is more than a years worth of subscription time. Besides, Blizzard seems to already be going down that road...but hopefully buy to play, and not freemium (I despise freemium, but buy to play/free to play are fine).
They already have a cash shop, so why not go the extra step further? Increase box sales, increase cash shop revenue (but not going pay to win)...total success. I know a lot of people would come back if they didn't need to pay 15 dollars a month. It would definitely bring back a lot of players, and just be a benefit overall to Blizzard. In fact, they may get more players than they could ever have dreamed of having.
Be sure to check GW2 xfire numbers today (yesterdays numbers), then check it tomorrow (todays numbers).
9 million subscribers @ $15 a month plus item shop with $25 mounts that sell fairly well from what I saw when I played WoW. While most MMORPGs are lucky to break 500k subscribers. Going B2P would be dumb no matter how you look at it. They could lose 80% of their subscribers and still be #1.
Pretty much the only mmo i've played that earns that title, other than maybe Lineage 2.
I would not pay a sub fee for GW2.
In most mmo's I don't get past the first month so they're all B2P in my opinion.
So...you are happy with where your dollars are being spent in WoW as opposed to a game like Rift, where the same monthly fee actually has some return for the value via more numerous content updates and features NON expansion put into the game. Whether you play Rift or not, you can't honestly tell me WoW deserves the monthly sub more.
GW2 is losing active players fast, and MoP is not even out. Freemium is the way to go, like swtor in a few months, Lotro and AoC, so you can play the game for free with a cash shop or just pay $15 for a premium account. WoW dont need that yet because they have the Asian market, like 80% of the wow subs come from there.
the asian market is a bit different becouse they pay for hour not per month
and anyone who paid for 1 hour and never came back is stil considered as sub so the numbers are all wrong
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Be sure to check GW2 xfire numbers today (yesterdays numbers), then check it tomorrow (todays numbers).
WoW is worth a sub-fee every month.
Pretty much the only mmo i've played that earns that title, other than maybe Lineage 2.
I would not pay a sub fee for GW2.
In most mmo's I don't get past the first month so they're all B2P in my opinion.
So...you are happy with where your dollars are being spent in WoW as opposed to a game like Rift, where the same monthly fee actually has some return for the value via more numerous content updates and features NON expansion put into the game. Whether you play Rift or not, you can't honestly tell me WoW deserves the monthly sub more.
the asian market is a bit different becouse they pay for hour not per month
and anyone who paid for 1 hour and never came back is stil considered as sub so the numbers are all wrong
B2P + P2P.
They are making sooo much money
Just wait for the MoP sales.
I was going to make a serious reply but then i read your signature and everything became clear to me...
Trolling haters and trolls and fanboys since 2011
Ehmmmm allright!!
Currently playing: Elder Scrolls Online
MMORPG experiences:EQ2, AoC(pre f2p), Lotro,GW1,DDO, Aion,WoW( stop with wotlk),Allods, GW2
Eu,War, Secret World
Waiting On: WoD Sometime Maybe: Elder Scrolls MMO, Might and Magic
i think the OP must have had a mental brake down due to being such a GW2 fanboi...
WOW with its 9 million + subs should go B2P..
Good idea..