World of Warcraft looses over 1,300,000 subscribers!

[Absolute Dog]

 

According to an article posted just moments ago at eurogamer.net, Blizzard Entertainment's WOW, aka World of Warcraft, has lost over 1,300,000 subscriber during the last three month period. This information, found in Activision's quarterly report from March 31st 2013, show the noticeable decline of users playing WOW. The author of the story also noted that Skylanders : Giants has become the best selling game in the western hemisphere! Is this actually possible? Read the original article below for yourself.

 

 

Article found at : eurogamer.net

 

World of Warcraft subscriptions drop 1.3 million in three months!

 

Skylanders: Giants is the best-selling game in the west... if you count the figurines.

 

By Jeffrey Matulef

 Published Thursday, 9 May 2013

 

World of Warcraft saw a decline of approximately 1.3 million subscribers in the quarter ending 31st March 2013, Activision revealed in its latest financial report.

That being said, it's still the most popular subscription-based MMO on the planet with 8.3 million subscribers. Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick noted that the drop in users emanated "mainly from the East, but in the West as well."

Elsewhere the publisher noted that its two day sales of Starcraft 2's Heart of the Swarm expansion shifted 1.1 million copies.

It also stated that the best and second-best selling titles in dollars across Europe and North America combined were Skylanders: Giants and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 respectively. Of course, it took the figurines into account with Skylanders, which is sort of like DLC without the DL part.

The publisher's overall GAAP net revenue had increased to $1.32 billion this quarter over $1.17 billion during the same time-frame last year.

 

 

The panda may be dying out, but it's far from endangered.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Drizzy_Dan]

WoW! Very informative post Dog this is pretty shocking seeing as World of Warcraft used to be the biggest game for as long as it's been out.

See what I did with the first word?

[BeckoningZebra1]

WoW! Very informative post Dog this is pretty shocking seeing as World of Warcraft used to be the biggest game for as long as it's been out.

 

See what I did with the first word?

ah puns

 

lol Skylanders more than WoW

 

lol I just realized this topic says looses not loses...7 hours later 

Edited May 10, 2013 by Beckoningzebra1

[DN2012]

Wow, and I though Skylanders was going to die out first...

[Caboose The Ace]

Wow, and I though Skylanders was going to die out first...

 

I am still surprised WOW is the top MMO after so many players left all

[Mothy]

I dont know what world of warcraft is but when elder scrolls online comes out, They're going to lose more than 1,300,000 subscribers...

[DSB Raijin]

You can only grind the same game for so long before it becomes stale, for me it took not even 3 months to drop that game, I guess other people are finally waking up from their Azeroth coma. Also I second Test Subjects statement, ESO is going to blow that game out of the water.

[I_Make_Big_Boom]

Personally I don't like both games. I see little kids EVERYWHERE talk about Skylanders and that's probably what makes me stay away from it.

[Composite Armour]

WoW should have died sooner and I've never heard of skywhatchamacallit.