![]() It's only taking mathmatical trends into consideration, not actual game trends. I think your number loss for Q1 of 2012 is a bit on the low side. Great charts, just have a few problems with results. I'll answer and questions you have, or crunch any data you like to see from these numbers. Cata losses rasied the value of your account to 2007 levels. The number is lower than even spacecraft machined tolerances.This chart figures the value of your (1) account as a percentage of total subs.This chart is vaild to the end of 2011.The biggest Loss period was during Firelands.As China launched with 4.1 and nerfs, the inital diffculty shock the US/EU experenced was lessened.The loss, POST CHINA is not as bad as Blizz said.All numbers on this chart from Blizz offical releases.The numbers are NOT local losses but global reported numbers.CHINA LAUNCHED at Patch 4.1 with Troll 5mans and nerfs. This chart shows sub losses in timeline with US/EU patch releases.IMO: This is the most interesting chart.This Chart shows avg daily losses for Cata by month.Cata numbers to date has dropped to 2007 Q4 TBC numbers.WotLK retained sub numbers but only grew 500k in entire xpac life.WotLK was the slowest growth xpac before cata.TBC showed steady growth, most of any xpac.Most growth in wow was during vanilla, not later on.Note: Vanilla was started to be released in world markets 2005 Q2.The blue bar shows the number of days the growth or loss was sustained.The red bar shows growth or loss per day.This chart shows avg growth/loss per day shown with the amount of days that level was maintained.Cata Loss avg per day has not be consistent (explored later).Notice the large stagnation period during WOTLK with minor growth.Only offical release intervals used in this chart.This chart shows growth/loss avg'ed for each day in period.See Above chart for offical release periods as marked. Methodology: Calculated Avg Growth/Loss per day in time period assuming 1Q=90 days normal avg with a 2-4% margin of error. This chart is the bible for all calculations after.Not every quarter had an offical report.Pre-2008 from Blizzard Press Releases and post from Activison-Blizzard Investor Info This chart compiled from offical released numbers.So I picked through press release archives and reports from Blizzard Activison to compile a complete breakdown of wow sub numbers over the whole product lifespan. Someone once said beware me when bored, they were right. The release should help WoW compete with its newer big-budget rival, Star Wars: The Old Republic, which lost about a quarter of its subscribers between February and April.īoth titles face challenges from MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) Guild Wars 2 and Elder Scrolls Online.Hello All. "We expect to see increased engagement with the launch," said Michael Morhaime, chief executive of the firm's Blizzard division. This includes the forthcoming WoW Mists of Pandaria expansion pack, which introduces a new continent populated by martial-arts-skilled pandas and their pets. ![]() However, it noted that revenue of $1.2bn for the period was better than expected and raised its forecasts due to what it described as a "highly innovative product line". It linked the fall to the decline in the number of people playing WoW - its most profitable business - as well as the fact that its most recent Call of Duty first-person shooter game was experiencing lower sales than its predecessor. Its net income for the three months was $384m (£234m), a 24% drop on the previous year. The announcements were made following the release of the publisher's first-quarter earnings. World of Warcraft (WoW) had lost nearly 1.8 million players over the previous 12 months. That supported its claim to be the most popular subscription-based title of its kind. The publisher said the seven-year-old title had 10.2 million members at the end of March - the same as at the turn of the year. Continue reading the main story Related StoriesĪctivision Blizzard says the number of subscribers to its World of Warcraft online video game has stabilised. ![]()
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