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Blizzard Will No Longer Report World of Warcraft Subscriber Numbers
Nilden
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http://www.gamespot.com/articles/blizzard-will-no-longer-report-world-of-warcraft-s/1100-6431943/
Expecting sub numbers are now a thing of the past and every other company will follow.
Expecting sub numbers are now a thing of the past and every other company will follow.
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"Mr. Rothstein, your people never will understand... the way it works out here. You're all just our guests. But you act like you're at home. Let me tell you something, partner. You ain't home. But that's where we're gonna send you if it harelips the governor." - Pat Webb
You think numbers matter more than people they know still in the game? Who gives a crap about your characters if the people you like being around are not there. If your premise was true then no one would play Eve.
Okay, if you say so. Keep making garbage expansions, reskinning gear, making the game easier and easier for casuals, and look where it gets you. Garbage PvE and unbalanced no skill PvP. Great work.
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This should be a standard Internet Forum form pre-fil.
Everyone uses these numbers to justify some agenda. Unless you are financially invested in Blizzard, what do you really care about?
So you play the game? Good! Then you can rest assured that WoW will be around for years to come and will retain one of the healthiest overall populations in the genre. (most likley)
Do you not play WoW? Good! this thread is of no use to you whatsoever.
I think it's obvious that the padded numbers game is going to become a problem. When you have 8 million people and you claim 11 millions through some sort of clerical manipulation the 3 million is not too noticeable. When you are down to 6 million and 3 million of them are non-existant, the actual 3 million people playing are wondering where the hell everyone is. Any fool can recognize that they can't keep it up forever while the subscriptions dwindle.
Lets face it. This move is just another nail in the coffin for this geriatric game. Bring out the paddles, it's needing life support! I know it's not dead yet of course, but it's circling the drain.
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I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.
I don't hate much, but I hate Apple© with a passion. If Steve Jobs was alive, I would punch him in the face.
I self identify as a monkey.
they will never have to make another mmo cause people are to blind to want anything else.
Is this damage-control? or are they conveying that these numbers are misleading now?
I don't really understand what is going on with this company anymore.
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Required? A qualified no.
There are company reporting standards. They vary by country but usually if a single generates a "significant percentage" of a companies revenue then that products revenue has to be reported. WoW was a big part of AB's revenue. Going forward - especially if the acquisition of King goes through - it won't be. Companies also have to ensure they do not create a false market in the company's shares; so they cannot suggest that e.g. WoW is holding up when its not for example.
The only thing they have said in the slides - so far - is "Key update released in the quarter which helped maintain stabilize subscriber-base". Whatever that means!
What will be more interesting is what they say during the conference call for whilst subs only fell 100k revenue fell over 30%. A number that is refelcted in Blizzard's operating margin that fell about 20% (see slides).
Overwatch, Hearthstone & HoTS are all going to be f2p.
Just follow the red line: http://i.imgur.com/nQwqX1E.jpg
As for the content they make (for casuals or otherwise), maybe they are not going in the right direction with the game changes but i am very sure that if WoW had stayed "vanilla hardcore" it would have gone F2P after WotLK.
Many Blizz games are already f2p.
Overwatch will require moula. So you might be sitting that one out initially (assuming they switch to "F2P" down the line that is).
"Mr. Rothstein, your people never will understand... the way it works out here. You're all just our guests. But you act like you're at home. Let me tell you something, partner. You ain't home. But that's where we're gonna send you if it harelips the governor." - Pat Webb
Sometimes the herd is right, though. And sometimes foolish people can only survive because they follow the herd. If you put blinders on everyone so nobody can see what the herd is doing, is that always going to be a good thing?
I self identify as a monkey.
But the herd is slowly dwindling, and the grass supply is slowly diminishing, and the herd is heading off towards a new field with a fresh supply of grass. The ones that stay behind will slowly starve to death while the rest of the herd thrives.
This is all coming from someone who never stepped foot into TK because I didnt have time. However I enjoyed clearing all the heroics and never stopped having fun. WHY? Because I do not feel entitled to Sunwell just because I paid a sub. If I had not been working and taking online classes at the same time I would have had time but the game is not life and I DO NOT expect a game to change for me.