World of Warcraft dips to 6.8 million subscribers

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World of Warcraft subscriber numbers have dropped to around 6.8 million, Blizzard has announced.

Still the "number 1 subscription-based MMORPG", as Blizzard points out, its user base is down from the 7.7 million subscribers clocked by the end of the second calendar quarter of 2013.

Despite this, Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime says the MMO "remains healthy", and that declines were to be expected as the last expansion, 2012's Mists of Pandaria, reaches the "end of its life cycle".

"As expected, we did see a decline in subscribers, which mostly came out of the East. This pattern is right in line, percentage wise, with the drop that we saw at the end of Cataclysm's cycle in Q2 2012," said Morhaime. "That drop in 2012 was followed by an uptake in subscribers just ahead of Myst of Pandaria's launch.



"We're hoping to see players return once we draw closer to the release of Warlords of Draenor later this year," he added.

Warlords of Draenor is the next major WoW expansion, and will explore the franchise's history across the new continent of Draenor. It will also increase World of Warcraft's level cap to 100 and offer players the option to immediately boost one new or existing character to level 90.

The expansion will also introduce visual upgrades that'll increase the polygon counts of some player models more than fivefold, Blizzard confirmed earlier this year.

Blizzard says the expansion is expected to release on or before December 20, 2014.

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BeetPosted:

SamBoy991 Blizzard are prob the most money grabbing bastards out there.


Blizzard? They are one of the best developers ever. EA currently has that reputation.

BeetPosted:

Well the game is really old. It is still one of the greatest and most popular games of all time. It will always have atleast one server up. I hope it goes f2p someday. First 20 levels are free to anyone that wants to try it.

KurumuPosted:

Kixa I'm not a big fan of these types of games it looks very confusing to be honest.


When I first bought WOW I thought the same thing. I bought it just last February played it didn't know what to do and stopped playing. I picked it back up 3 months ago and have really enjoyed my time on the game. However I did buy Warlords and got a free 90 boost and I have 2 veteran friends that have helped me out a lot. It is confusing at first but once you get into the groove and out of simple LFR the game is very easy to understand.

KixaPosted:

I'm not a big fan of these types of games it looks very confusing to be honest.

GossipPosted:

I would play this game but I hate that you have to play monthly for it.

YhormPosted:

Ortho
Communism I've only played this game once and I was extremely confused on what to do. My brother and step-dad play this game all the time. I just don't understand what's so great about it.


It's for people that like wasting time..


So you are basically saying that everyone on this site should like to play WoW, since TTG is a way to waste time.

#Logic

TaylorPosted:

I've only played this game once and I was extremely confused on what to do. My brother and step-dad play this game all the time. I just don't understand what's so great about it.

justahackerPosted:

Maleovent World of Warcraft just needs to die, or go back to the way it was before WOTLK. Even after the release of WOTLK would be fine.


TF you talking about? WOTLK was the best xpac.

RSLPosted:

-Dropz That is a decent drop, but that game has been around for a very long time. Let's hope the expansion helps it out!


It most likely will. WoW is very popular.

DRPZPosted:

That is a decent drop, but that game has been around for a very long time. Let's hope the expansion helps it out!