Bucking the trend set by fellow game developers Microsoft, Nintendo, EA and Sony, Activision Blizzard has announced a net income of $185 million for the 2nd Quarter of 2012.
The net gain was thanks to strong console and PC sales, which easily offset the surprising loss of 1.1 million subscribers from their flagship MMO, World of Warcraft. That being said, World of Warcraft subscriptions remain a strong 9.1 million.
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.
Recently, players of Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone were met with a new bundle featuring the B.E.A.S.T. Glove, inspired by King Kong's armament in the Godzilla x Kong movie. However, the $80 price tag attached to this themed accessory left many Call of Duty fans feeling underwhelmed.
Morons that allow themselves to be milked continuously by this company is the definition of irony.
Spend more $$ and you'll end up In easier lobbies so you win both ways when ya spend that cash
Controversy in the COD community feels like it happens within an alternate timeline. Activision will take the piss with something, there will be a momentary fuss about it, and then they will forget about it and carry on anyway. Repeat this cycle literally every year for the rest of time.
They call that a crack head! Thats what this is really about, its an addiction. People who dont smoke cigarettes look and laugh at the addicts that spend $8-$10 a pack, but they cant help themselves, they are addicted. That same analogy applies perfectly to the whole MT industry. Only an addict that was not thinking clearly would spend this kind of money on something so frivolous. A round of multiplayer provides the same high a person gets from scratching a lotto ticket, or putting money on a sports bet. MT in general need to really be regulated because you have a generation of kids becoming adults who grew up only knowing the MT era of gaming. Its normal to them and they will in turn teach their kids the same by just being a gaming parent and getting their kids involved with them in gaming. Thats why no matter how ridiculous the headlines keep getting out of the MT industry, it never seems to fade or go away.
I'm so tired of hearing about what they're doing with this game, its never going to change and it's never going to value the consumer over money, furthermore the people who engage so heavily in the microtransactions I guess allegedly are having a blast and can't wait to do it some more this year when the new version of the game drops.
Following the Wii U and 3DS servers being taken offline, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 and Ghosts are officially dead.
Why would people expect a sudden loss in money if subscriptions drop? They'd still make a ton of money if they only had 5 million subscribers. And then you add in Diablo 3, and it's ridiculous.
Blizzard have nothing to worry about in terms of WoW unless they loose another 7/8 mil subs, they are fine.
The only reasons warcraft is successful right now : #1 installed base. #2 Asain gold farmers buy hundreds and hundreds of accounts each.
Reason wow loses players: https://www.molten-wow.com/
and you can see why. wow should go free to play.
@Beate ~ Agree! (I just fail at replying once again.)
It's not that I want to see Acti-Blizzard crash or fail or anything extreme like that. I've enjoyed a lot of their products in the past, and I still do.
But I think it's been a long time coming for WOW to start losing steam, and allow us opportunity to see more non-WOWesque titles come out on the MMO scene, because as long as it sits on its throne, companies that want to make an easy buck are going to want to clone it.
I thought it was a ton of fun Vanilla/Burning Crusade, but I for one am waaaay tired of having to hear all that crud about how WOW IS BEST #1 SUPER MMOZ. And even more tired of seeing blatant reskins of the game. (SWTOR *poke poke* right to the skill trees.) Here's to maybe the loss of non gold seller accounts to open their eyes a bit. (I hope.)