Topic 'World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs.' in forum 'World of Warcraft' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27989296 en Mon, 20 May 2013 12:32:52 EDT Mon, 20 May 2013 12:32:52 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28073538 www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/09/m···andaria/ which I wanted to share. I found it interesting... I'd have found it more interesting if there was a little more time included on the graph after the release of MOP though.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28073538 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:04:50 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28004249 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28004249 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:58:50 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28002230
I do not understand why people on either side of the fence get all fired up about it. As I said before, if the topic isn't interesting to someone they should pass on by it and post in a different topic. Whatever the intention of op, op is not the one who turned the thread into a "sky is falling" extravaganza. The people who have indicated their distaste with the topic are those who took the thread off topic and started a "war of words." Of course it takes two to tango, and those on the other side of the fence could have just ignored those posts instead of replying in kind.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28002230 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:18:50 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28001370
I browse here occasionally during work to see if they have changed anything to make me want to come back, but all i see are people bickering like little kids. Grow up people.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28001370 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:50:02 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28001063 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28001063 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:11:49 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28001032
I honestly don't know how someone might have a discussion about 9.6Million subscriptions without making projections/assumptions about its longevity. I'd like to know how that was supposed to play out. Or not... and then we can let the thread die (or Mike can lock it).
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the insistence on how "factual" the information was is a bit childish, given that no one has disputed the number.

^

said by Snuffbox:

Has ANYONE here argued the 9.6 million current subs number?

No.

^

He insists he understands what this discussion is about... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28001017 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:58:10 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000924
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and take your word that it wasn't a doomsday post. What was the purpose of the post? What discussion did you hope to have about the number 9.6 Million?

if it was just to share an article... okay... but if people share their contempt for the topic, either stop "sharing" such articles or learn to expect the response and let it roll like water off a duck's back (meaning, don't go off half-cocked calling everyone who objects to the topic as a blizzard apologist).

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said by Criticals:

WoW Down to 9.6 Million Subscribers
Activision Blizzard's press release states that World of Warcraft is down to 9.6 million subscribers as of December 31, 2012. ...

said by Rhenai:

These threads keep popping up like pimples on that poor nerd's face - Wow's sub base is down, Wow is dead, the sky is falling, blah blah. Must resist the urge to pop them, will leave damaging scars.

Better yet, find something new to post.

Here's a thought. When sharing something other than your own personal opinion/experience, include the caveat "as reported by..." or "a quote from..." That way no one will conclude that this is your opinion. You posted informaton that was presented in a manner that could only be taken as your personal opinion.

My comment was a dramatic sarcastic reply, I won't deny that, I started off by addressing your comment on the dwindling sub base, then carried it off out onto extremes, which is what has been proven to historically occur here.

End result? The "WoW is dying/sky is falling/much ado about nothing" thread has actually come to frution!

With that being said I see how it couldnt have been taken as a forum post by an individual than factual evidence taken directly from the creator of the game. Either way the information posted remains the same. However, next time, I will make sure to use quotations when pulling a quote from the text of another page. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000863 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:15:20 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000827
You're really really upset. It's difficult to watch you squirm in agony over this single thread so I think you should take a breather.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000827 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:06:23 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000822 said by I AM:

In Korea don't you get SC2 for free if you continue your sub of WoW?

Or it's just mandatory for citizenship.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000822 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:04:54 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000819 said by Criticals:

WoW Down to 9.6 Million Subscribers
Activision Blizzard's press release states that World of Warcraft is down to 9.6 million subscribers as of December 31, 2012. ...

said by Rhenai:

These threads keep popping up like pimples on that poor nerd's face - Wow's sub base is down, Wow is dead, the sky is falling, blah blah. Must resist the urge to pop them, will leave damaging scars.

Better yet, find something new to post.

Here's a thought. When sharing something other than your own personal opinion/experience, include the caveat "as reported by..." or "a quote from..." That way no one will conclude that this is your opinion. You posted informaton that was presented in a manner that could only be taken as your personal opinion.

My comment was a dramatic sarcastic reply, I won't deny that, I started off by addressing your comment on the dwindling sub base, then carried it off out onto extremes, which is what has been proven to historically occur here.

End result? The "WoW is dying/sky is falling/much ado about nothing" thread has actually come to fruition!
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This is a WoW's dying thread. It became that as soon as you made your condescending post about declining WoW subscriptions when in fact they appear to have risen.

So, you can argue that your intention was not to turn it into a WoW's dying thread. But that's what it became like the community expected.

I want you to go back and read the first response to my initial post. Tell me who turned this into a WoW is dying thread? Tell me the name of the person that first said this was that sort of thread.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000763 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:47:42 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000744 is a WoW's dying thread. It became that as soon as you made your condescending post about declining WoW subscriptions when in fact they appear to have risen.

So, you can argue that your intention was not to turn it into a WoW's dying thread. But that's what it became like the community expected.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000744 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:42:45 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000693 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000693 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:31:37 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000681 said by Criticals:

Well dont shoot the messenger man. I just copied and pasted this from the front pages of a few popular MMO websites. To the T. I didnt add or remove anything and this was taken straight from the conference call with activision blizzard. If the truth is negative then its negative. How hard is it to accept that? Im not saying "WoW is dead" or anything of that matter. If you perceived that from my post title then im sorry you were perceived the wrong thing. Still doesnt give you the right to put words out of my mouth that never came out.

Thats not my fault you were wrong and that the information you gathered from the title was direct words from the game company.

.... Did you even read Rhenai's response?

Has ANYONE here argued the 9.6 million current subs number?

No.

All we did was say "Oh hell, not another 'WoW's dying' thread..."

No one wronged you, move on.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000681 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:28:20 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000666
Thats not my fault you were wrong and that the information you gathered from the title was direct words from the game company. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000666 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:24:15 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000636 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000636 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:15:56 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000620
said by Criticals:

The title and content of this post were taken directly from the title and content of the post on the MMO-champion front page. Which was a quote from the words of activision blizzard. These are not my words. Also im sorry you assumed from my title that this was a "wow is dying". You know what they say about assumptions though... It truly is your mistake and i accept your apology though.

I never assumed anything. Assumption and perception are not one and the same.
Oh, and - I never offered an apology, don't presume to accept one.
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Move on, you have no basis to be upset.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000612 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:09:55 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000600 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000600 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:06:42 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000589 “World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs” which is of course going to be perceived as “oh nos, WoW is going down”.

In fact, the title on the press release itself is “ ACTIVISION BLIZZARD ANNOUNCES BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED FOURTH QUARTER AND CALENDAR YEAR 2012 RESULTS” which is perceived in a positive light.

The next 4 paragraphs of the press release commenced to show how 2012 dollars delivered better than 2011 dollars.

It then proceeded to “selected business highlights”. All bullets here are positive notes. The last bullet here:
• As of December 31, 2012, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft remains the #1 subscription-based MMORPG, with more than 9.6 million subscribers. 2

This number is credited to “ According to Activision Blizzard internal estimates”

So. The title of your post "...DOWN TO 9.6” leads the reader to believe that subs are DOWN; where in fact, their press release was a record of their subscribers, with no mention whatsoever of DOWN turn.

Yes, chicken little, the sky is falling!

If the title of the post had read anything other than DOWN TO, then we could have celebrated this financial success with Blizzard, amidst congratulations and good positive outlooks for future performances.

So in light of other posters’ and their “WoW is dying” mentality, your post followed the same theme. I can count 2 other times in just the past 6 months where posts were of this topic – which is minor when compared to the 4 plus that state “ that’s it, I quit” posts.

So. I say again. Been there, done that.

Go ahead and celebrate the good news released by Activision Blizzard. I am.
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The format is posted was by the words of activision blizzard btw. This isnt projecting the death of anything. Its a status update. A matter in fact the people defending wow in this thread are the death projectors. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000573 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:59:24 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000497
Ask anyone here - I welcome an argument to a fault and enjoy anyone that can put up a reasonable "discussion".

So, if you want to carry on about how much you grasp why the community is sensitive to these threads, go on.

But even in your current reponse it's clear you don't understand.

Simply put, we're tired of people projecting the death of WoW and they're than immediately silenced by WoW's continued healthy existence. Only to be followed by another Good Mongo ringing the doomsday bell.

Your post followed the same format as others. I've already given you credit that you did not say anything about WoW dying, but I explained why the community is so tired of the topic because that's the direction the thread inevitably goes.

I gave you an easy out, I explained nicely why we react this way and most of this was directed at Gork even.

So if you want to continue, by all means...

inb4popcorn.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000497 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:41:39 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000457 said by Snuffbox:

Clearying this is all going above your head so I'm going to stop attempting to explain it to you.

No... no, this is not the first time there's been new of WoW's subscriptions going down compared to their all time high, Sorry bro.

Going over my head? No, i beg to differ. I believe I have a firmer grasp on this discussion than you think and you are using that line to escape because I have made a valid point.

Does everything discussed here have to be a first time thing? Im sorry then. I thought this was a forum about the discussion of new news related to the World of Warcraft. Both positive and negative. I do apologize if I come off as snarky and snappy in my response but saying this is "over my head" is juvenile of you. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000457 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:30:49 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000419
No... no, this is not the first time there's been news of WoW's subscriptions going down compared to their all time high, Sorry bro.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000419 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:20:55 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000388
The real old news here is your response to new information. Thats the old news.

And how can you say its been done before? It really hasnt been done before. Those had come out about an hour before I posted them. I know, i get it. I posted something negative about world of warcraft. Its blasphemy. They best way to show you do not care is to simply not reply. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000388 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:10:35 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-28000114
I come to the forums to hear what others are saying about WoW -tips on how to spec, play, macros. I want to hear how they are handling the fights/raids/leveling. Hear their experiences, what they found that worked, didn't work.

I liken this to going to a break room during work, and sitting down with a bunch of people, and participating in the conversations. If people keep bringing up the same info, it gets old and stale and - boring. Yes, it may be new to some people. But when the majority of the people in the room are the ones that keep returning, it is, well - old. I know I am not the only one that would remark - "hey, that's old news" or "been there, done that".

Doesn't mean I intend to stop coming back here, but as a frequent visitor to this room, I can say - come on, it's been done before. What are you doing, man? Let’s move on.

I also compared this to a break out of acne, and the sky falling. Others chose to see the “WoW is dying” portion of my comment, and responded with the same flavor of joking. Maybe someone else will offer a remedy for the acne prone, or insurance on the falling sky. (yep, that was /sarcasm)
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All other threads essentially contained it in the OP's post.

Like I said, you're correct you didn't say anything about WoW dying directly. All I'm saying is if you post this exact same thread again, the same thing will happen.

Thank you for supplying WoW's current subscription numbers, I'm sure we all greatly appreciate it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999956 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:22:56 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999935 said by Snuffbox:

You are correct Criticals - we just know where these threads always go.

They go there because people take them there in anticipation of it. People defend wow like a Disc preist heals when in reality they should me more like Holy heals. If you know what i mean by that analogy.

I mean people premptively rush in to defend WoW when they think someone is trying to attack an aspect of the game. Its like when you know your girlfriend has big feet and then when someone starts to comment on her shoes you rush in to say she doesnt have big feet. When in reality they were just pointing out a fact.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999935 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:16:45 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999830
I wish I could high jack that monthly electronic payment.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999830 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:45:30 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999745 always go.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999745 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:23:18 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999729 said by Snuffbox:

said by Gork:

I feel that if someone (apparently at least Rhenai See Profile) doesn't like the "state of WoW" threads they shouldn't read them or comment on them. Why post in a thread just to say that you don't like the thread?

Gork, in Rhenai's defense it's not necessarily the content of thread itself, but the sheer frequency of identical posts.

This is a copy of the data released by blizzard. Its factual evidence released by the company that makes WoW. Truth. No one mentioned "WoW Dying" until the WoW Fans chimed in to defend it. As for the frequency this is the only thread on the forum reporting the current numbers because the numbers. People that are responding negatively to this thread would be the same as people responding negative to a census. This is the same thing. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999729 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:18:10 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999536 said by Gork:

I feel that if someone (apparently at least Rhenai See Profile) doesn't like the "state of WoW" threads they shouldn't read them or comment on them. Why post in a thread just to say that you don't like the thread?

Gork, in Rhenai's defense it's not necessarily the content of thread itself, but the sheer frequency of identical posts.

I like examples, I feel like some readers need examples to understand the post.

- "What's PvE Hit Cap?" This thread is totally fine the first few times you see it. No one minds answering, it's a perfectly legitimate question, but after the 8th or 9th time it gets tiring and begins to look like laziness rather then ignorance.

Similarly these "WoW killer" threads have recently just been trolls (literally "Thang" started just trying to get a reaction out of people). Nothing is ever close to "killing" WoW and the thread gets forgotten about until the next Mongo comes along (reference probably not understood by you).

Viewers are quick to say "Subscriptions are down, WoW is dying". US economy is down, USA is dying.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999536 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:27:24 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27999426 said by Gork:

I am part of the player base and I enjoy following the numbers.

That's a fair point. Individuals can always ascribe their own meaning to the numbers.
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it isn't really a defense of wow to say we're tired of the "state of WoW" threads. Rough estimates of a total number of subs are meaningless to the player base

I feel that if someone (apparently at least Rhenai See Profile) doesn't like the "state of WoW" threads they shouldn't read them or comment on them. Why post in a thread just to say that you don't like the thread?

I for one appreciate op taking the time. I am part of the player base and I enjoy following the numbers.

And I'm happy to hear that the player base is dwindling. Perhaps the date for Scroll of Resurrection will be updated and I can get not one but four characters jumped up to level 80; one for each of my accounts. I'm keeping them all closed for the time being to see what happens in the next few months.

In the meantime I've found a renewed interest in Diablo III and StarCraft II. I'm looking forward to the upcoming expansion of the latter.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27998703 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:14:03 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27997649 actual work for a change? :o :p
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I watched the first 4 seasons on netflix over the past 10 or so days. WTF was I thinking not watching religiously every Sunday...Not sure how I'm going to watch the first half of season 5 in Okinawa since netflix is unavailable without a proxy server.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27997580 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:31:44 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27997417 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27997417 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:20:22 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27997340
said by Savious:

More importantly:

9,600,000 x ~13= 124,800,000 a month.

That's Walter White-type money, dude.
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Name's Ash...Housewares.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27997340 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:51:17 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27997156 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27997156 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:40:42 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27996459
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I wonder how much of that was due to the fact that they gave it away with the year sub to WoW. I was one, I know at least 5 others who also got it the same way, and none of us play it now.

Yeah I was going to bring this up also. This is how I ended up with D3. If if were not a "free bonus" for signing up, I'd never have "bought" it whereas I still would have bought MoP. Played D3 for about a week and went back to WoW.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27991829 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:39:40 EDT Re: World of Warcraft down to 9.6 million subs. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27991302 meaningless. Server mergers, patch notes, changes in sub price... those would be meaningful. Unless Activision makes a specific announcement about WoW that directly affects player subscription or access to the game servers... we don't care. I'm sure there is an investor forum somewhere on the web where you can explore speculative venture capitalism... but this isn't the right target audience here.

Oh, and just to let you all know... we are all individually and collectively one day closer to dying... just saying... the current decline in health will continue until your body eventually stops working. Unless some unforeseen event makes that happen sooner. I'm not trying to make anyone feel bad or anything... I mean... since you all play video games we can safely assume the day of your unavoidable, impending doom is at least far enough away to see the end of WoW.
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I dont know if people saying "wow is dying" is more annoying or the fact that everyone rushes in to defend WoW as if pointing out the current subscriber base numbers (which is fact btw) is calling the game dying. Its almost as if WoW is a girl getting fat and when she steps on the scale she gets pissed that the scale is telling her current weight. The truth is the truth. Its only dying if you think it is and to me it is thriving. The subs leaving are just excess fat being burned off. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-World-of-Warcraft-down-to-96-million-subs-27991240 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:02:59 EDT