Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by Valuaack

 

will attract more than any other expansion.

 

I expect WoW to hit the 11-12 million mark early next year.

Only because of the Chinese market, who dominates WoW subscriptions .. there might be only 2-4 million left from the English speaking EU / NA regions.

 

And it will "wow" them, thanks to the beatiful Chinese artwork and a cultural love for Panda's .. oh snap!

 

Was this expansion catered to the Chinese? :P

You seem to like making up numbers you are complely clueless about.

Originally posted by Valua

 

 

I expect WoW to hit the 11-12 million mark early next year.

11 million maybe. 12 million is really pushing it.

the expansion will sell well, at least 10 million is a given.

Originally posted by Karteli

Only because of the Chinese market, who dominates WoW subscriptions .. there might be only 2-4 million left from the English speaking EU / NA regions.

i dont know what the numbers are but Blizzard reported it was 55 East - 45 West split

3 years ago, was the last time that Blizzard reported regional breakdowns

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/44698/Blizzard-On-Sales-StarCraft-II-Beta-Quality-New-MMO

By the second week of December (2008), we were at more than 11.5 million subscribers. For the year, the game grew by over 1.8 million subscribers, which is approximately 18% beyond where it was in December of 2007.

This growth was proportional across all regions, keeping us at a 55-45 split between east and west.

whatever 45% represents for US/Euro, i dont know  -- ball park of 4.5m if the overall sub base is 10.2 milllion subs

Originally posted by Nadia

Originally posted by Karteli

Only because of the Chinese market, who dominates WoW subscriptions .. there might be only 2-4 million left from the English speaking EU / NA regions.

i dont know what the numbers are but Blizzard reported it was 55 East - 45 West split

 

3 years ago, was the last time that Blizzard reported regional breakdowns

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/44698/Blizzard-On-Sales-StarCraft-II-Beta-Quality-New-MMO

By the second week of December (2008), we were at more than 11.5 million subscribers. For the year, the game grew by over 1.8 million subscribers, which is approximately 18% beyond where it was in December of 2007.

This growth was proportional across all regions, keeping us at a 55-45 split between east and west.

 

whatever 45% represents for US/Euro, i dont know  -- ball park of 4.5m if the overall sub base is 10.2 milllion subs

Well last year (summer 2011), the same quarter Blizzard reported a loss of 700k "subscribers" (net loss), they also noted a gain in Chinese accounts.  So the perceived loss from NA / EU was more than 700k.

pre-ordered the collectors edition.

Originally posted by DJJazzy

Originally posted by Valua

 

 

I expect WoW to hit the 11-12 million mark early next year.

11 million maybe. 12 million is really pushing it.

the expansion will sell well, at least 10 million is a given.

Hmmm, the expansion won't sell close to 10 million, because chinese players get the expansion for free and they make up for just over half WoW's player base.

But it will sell around 4-6 million, depending on how many people return.

But even with 4-6 million copies sold it will probably reach the 11-12 million player mark, the asian countries will love the expansion, it's almost catered to them completely - PvP (most love) asian setting (most love) Panda's (most love.)

I expect a WoW growth in Asia, and a slight one in western countries.