VGW's Jen Bosier: Once boasting nearly 12 million subscribers, Blizzard now reports they have a mere 11.4 million subscribers, a loss of roughly 5%. While this certainly carries a significant dollar value to it, should we really be surprised at this drop in a game that is nearly seven years old? Oh yes, World of Warcraft launched in November, 2004. That it is still continuing to thrive as well as it does it testament to the craftsmanship and ingenuity of the Blizzard team.
But maybe this is a sign that gamers are ready for a change. A real change.
Microsoft has 'let Blizzard be Blizzard' following the acquisition of the veteran developer according to World of Warcraft's executive producer.
Diablo 4 storefront being a cash grabbing shitshow does unironically attest to that, kudos.
Okay i will be interested if they become old Blizzard but might as well be dead.
Shame most of the people that made Blizzard what they were, have already left a while ago.
Were you expecting Microsoft to hire everyone that had left Blizzard long before they purchased the company...
Microsoft has let the Blizzard company they purchased continue to be the Blizzard company they purchased.
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.
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra recently suggested an interesting concept that has sparked a debate among gamers - the idea of being able to tip developers after completing a game.
If I had a 100% way to be sure that this money would go to a fund or a reserve dedicated only to the guys who develop the games, be them designers, artists, programmers and so on, I could think about it.
But we all know that this 'tip' would only end up in a publisher's CEO pocket to buy a new yacht, so, no, I ain't tipping anyone anytime soon on this industry
So they eventually don't pay their workers and depend on our tips to pay them like the case with waiters!
Is this a joke? How about the big wigs giving up some of their pay for their hard working developers.
Congratulations, you're making it news again by publishing this article... #Facepalm
Well they will have to do something to keep the players. SWTOR and possibly Guild Wars 2 is releasing this year and I think they might "steal" a lot of the people who plays World of Warcraft today.
A mere 11.4 million subscribers? that doesn't sound bad to me.
The 5% started the long road to recovery by smoking crack every time they think about logging on.
I don't think they are worrying to much. They are already most likely developing WoW's successor, whether it be WoW2 or a massive upgrade that revamps the entire game graphics/gameplay wise and carries everyone's information over.
11+ million players are a ton and as the slowly start to drop and move onto other games I think we will start to hear rumors of the next "WoW" from Blizzard...but right now there is no need for Blizzard to start talking about it since they can keep cashing in on WoW for at least another 2 years.