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.
Blizzard writes: "After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024. This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years."
How about you not hold Blizzcon anymore period. You fucking POS company. I really hope Blizzard would just die.
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.
Microsoft needs to be guiding Blizzard to be what it USED to be, not allowing it to continue to be the greedy bastardization of itself that it has become.
Okay i will be interested if they become old Blizzard but might as well be dead.
They will never be old blizzard. Most of all the OG's left from developers to those on the top (even some decision making folks left).
Shame most of the people that made Blizzard what they were, have already left a while ago.
I was about to say this. How can they be blizzard when they're no longer blizzard from yesteryear?
Exactly. Blizzard hasn’t been Blizzard for a long time.
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
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.
Wow, PassNextquestion,
You fully understand what that saying means, unlike some people on here who just have to say negative garbage talk.
When someone says, "Just let *blank* be *blank*, "they are just letting them operate how they operate.
It's pretty much how Sony "let Bungie be Bungie."
This comment section is full of outright haters, but you have to "let N4G be N4G"
I don't think people commenting are necessarily blaming MS for anything here, this is just collective longing for what Blizzard/Vivendi was before Activision's meddling.
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.
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.