WoW - 1 million players...

Post by **Don Carlos** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:47 am

IRVINE, California - August 29, 2005 - Blizzard Entertainment®, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft®, its subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), has reached more than one million paying customers in North America. This brings the total population for Blizzard's critically acclaimed game, the largest MMORPG in the world, to more than four million paying customers.

"It's very rewarding to see so many new and returning players logging in to play World of Warcraft daily," said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "With the continued support of our retail partners, World of Warcraft has reached more than one million paying customers in North America well before its one-year anniversary in November. We would like to express our appreciation to both the players and our retail and license partners for helping us make World of Warcraft one of the most popular online games in the world."

To support World of Warcraft's expanding population, Blizzard Entertainment continues to release content updates on a regular basis. These updates continually evolve the game, rewarding subscribers with new experiences and enticing prospective players to join in on an ever-growing number of adventures.

World of Warcraft has been the #1-selling MMORPG in North America since it launched in November 2004. Reaching the one million customer milestone in North America further solidifies World of Warcraft's position as the biggest and most popular online RPG by far in the region.

Since its North America debut, World of Warcraft has steadily grown in popularity around the world. Following launches in Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and Europe, World of Warcraft recently released in China on June 7, 2005 and quickly garnered over 1.5 million paying customers in its first month. Shortly after the China launch, World of Warcraft made its debut in Singapore. The game is currently scheduled to launch in the region of Taiwan later this year

4 million people playing this game?!?!?
How much wedge do you think they have made?! :icon28:

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:32 am

riddla wrote:this still blows me down, people are paying monthly fees to essentially piss their life away

Yep.. its fun tho..

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:38 am

riddla wrote:oh well, must be why I gravitate to quake. hop in, get owned for a couple rounds and then get on with real life - no subscription needed.

Quake servers are cheap, MMO servers are not..

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:48 am

riddla wrote:im real sure it takes 15 million a month

You do realize theres about 100 servers for just the usa right? Any idea what that kind of bandwidth costs? And dont forget the devs, server staff, tech support, and everyone else they have to pay

I knwo there making money, no shit they are, they made a fantastic game.. but still its not all profit

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:33 am

Nobody buy blizz knows

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:08 am

That's a LOT of nerds.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:36 pm

Leeeeeeeeeroooooooooooooooy!

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:59 pm

FragaGeddon wrote:Leeeeeeeeeroooooooooooooooy!

At least i have chicken

Post by **brisk** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:20 pm

Quake players are dropping like flies and playing WoW. About 80% of my former clan now play it exclusively. Hopefully when Q4 is released, people will wise up and return to the legend.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:20 pm

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:26 pm

Memphis wrote:*mandatory Guild Wars > * post*

dont wake the nerd

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:28 pm

Memphis wrote:*mandatory Guild Wars > * post*

Heh

4 Million players?

Newp
:icon29:

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:38 pm

over 1 trillion served... so mickeyDs gotta have the best slabs of meat on the market!

Post by **LXS_work** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:16 pm

WOW >>>>>>>>>>>> Guildwars.

Sorry

Post by **Zerofactor** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:41 pm

Anarchy Online. I find this game way more fun than WoW, but that's mostly because I enjoy futuristic scifi games.

[lvlshot]http://www.v0dk4.com/images/meryla.jpg[/lvlshot]

Graphics are as old as this message board, but who cares?

Post by **plained** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:43 pm

prolly 500 tousand 2 comp nerds :P

Post by **DiscoDave** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:03 pm

Bet they're making a pretty penny with WOW then

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:08 pm

City of Heroes was great for a while there, but then there were less and less people who played on the euro servers so i stopped as well.

Looking forward to City of Villains though.

Post by **DooMer** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:09 pm

Post by **Mat Linnett** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:10 pm

LXS_work wrote:WOW >>>>>>>>>>>> Guildwars.

Sorry

HAH!
You're a fine one to make this comparison!
Exactly HOW long did you play GW for?
20 minutes at most?
:P

Post by **DooMer** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:26 pm

I was in a raid last night. The leader was being an ass to me. He was all whispering me, "Disobey me again and I kick you from the raid". and I was all like oh no you didn't. and then he was all like "wanna try me? I'm not a kind or caring person. I dont give a fuck about your set". and I was all like I DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT MY SET EITHER! so I aggro'd the whole room full of creeps and the entire raid died. haha good times.

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:31 pm

Did you frag your CO like you did in nam?

Post by **LXS_work** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:39 pm

Mat Linnett wrote:
LXS_work wrote:WOW >>>>>>>>>>>> Guildwars.

Sorry
HAH!
You're a fine one to make this comparison!
Exactly HOW long did you play GW for?
20 minutes at most?
:P

20 minutes longer than you played WOW for :P

Post by **Mat Linnett** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:43 pm

Pay to play, innit?
Mug's game man, mug's game :P

Bert's offered me his buddy pass, but after my experience with the incredibly bad EQ2 at his recommendation, I'm very wary of trying it.
Besides, I'd only play for the trial period then stop.

New content coming for GW on the 7th anyway...

Post by **Cool Blue** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:12 pm

riddla wrote:this still blows me down, people are paying monthly fees to essentially piss their life away

Says the guy with cable TV.