Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by Zetsuei

 

 

Why would a company with 9.6 Million subs ever go F2P? Your comparison is really bad. One game is thriving and going on strong as ever, whereas the other is desperate and went F2P as a last ditch effort to keep a game alive.

Most of the EU servers are dead not sure about the U.S.. 

 

So where are those 9.5 million subs? 

 

Asia?

Simply not true, but something like 60% of the subs are in Asia.

I believe EU and NA, are about even.  Although leaning towards more EU players.

WoW going f2p would make no financial reason.  

Originally posted by grapevine

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by Zetsuei

 

 

Why would a company with 9.6 Million subs ever go F2P? Your comparison is really bad. One game is thriving and going on strong as ever, whereas the other is desperate and went F2P as a last ditch effort to keep a game alive.

Most of the EU servers are dead not sure about the U.S.. 

 

So where are those 9.5 million subs? 

 

Asia?

 

Simply not true, but something like 60% of the subs are in Asia.

 

I believe EU and NA, are about even.  Although leaning towards more EU players.

 

WoW going f2p would make no financial reason.  

If EU and NA are about even in subs then i would guess 80% of WoW subs comes form Asia.

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by grapevine

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by Zetsuei

 

 

Why would a company with 9.6 Million subs ever go F2P? Your comparison is really bad. One game is thriving and going on strong as ever, whereas the other is desperate and went F2P as a last ditch effort to keep a game alive.

Most of the EU servers are dead not sure about the U.S.. 

 

So where are those 9.5 million subs? 

 

Asia?

 

Simply not true, but something like 60% of the subs are in Asia.

 

I believe EU and NA, are about even.  Although leaning towards more EU players.

 

WoW going f2p would make no financial reason.  

If EU and NA are about even in subs then i would guess 80% of WoW subs comes form Asia.

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135

Never said there aren't low population servers during prime time.  Even Blizzard admits there are, but they are not the norm.  It's 3am CET, and the majority of severs are still on high and medium.

60 + 20 + 20 = 100.    Something like 4,000,000 are EU/NA combined.

Originally posted by grapevine

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by grapevine

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by Zetsuei

 

 

Why would a company with 9.6 Million subs ever go F2P? Your comparison is really bad. One game is thriving and going on strong as ever, whereas the other is desperate and went F2P as a last ditch effort to keep a game alive.

Most of the EU servers are dead not sure about the U.S.. 

 

So where are those 9.5 million subs? 

 

Asia?

 

Simply not true, but something like 60% of the subs are in Asia.

 

I believe EU and NA, are about even.  Although leaning towards more EU players.

 

WoW going f2p would make no financial reason.  

If EU and NA are about even in subs then i would guess 80% of WoW subs comes form Asia.

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135

 

Never said there aren't low population servers during prime time, but they are not the norm.  It's 3am CET, and the majority of severs are still on high and medium.

 

60 + 20 + 20 = 100.    Something like 4,000,000 are EU/NA combined.

Unless Blizzard did something..  as of last month prime time there were only 5 high pop realms and the rest was either med to low.

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by grapevine

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by grapevine

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by Zetsuei

 

 

Why would a company with 9.6 Million subs ever go F2P? Your comparison is really bad. One game is thriving and going on strong as ever, whereas the other is desperate and went F2P as a last ditch effort to keep a game alive.

Most of the EU servers are dead not sure about the U.S.. 

 

So where are those 9.5 million subs? 

 

Asia?

 

Simply not true, but something like 60% of the subs are in Asia.

 

I believe EU and NA, are about even.  Although leaning towards more EU players.

 

WoW going f2p would make no financial reason.  

If EU and NA are about even in subs then i would guess 80% of WoW subs comes form Asia.

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135

 

Never said there aren't low population servers during prime time, but they are not the norm.  It's 3am CET, and the majority of severs are still on high and medium.

 

60 + 20 + 20 = 100.    Something like 4,000,000 are EU/NA combined.

Unless Blizzard did something as of last month prime time there were only 5 high pop realms and the rest was either med to low.

Now you are just making things up.

Originally posted by grapevine

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by grapevine

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by grapevine

Originally posted by Precusor

Originally posted by Zetsuei

 

 

Why would a company with 9.6 Million subs ever go F2P? Your comparison is really bad. One game is thriving and going on strong as ever, whereas the other is desperate and went F2P as a last ditch effort to keep a game alive.

Most of the EU servers are dead not sure about the U.S.. 

 

So where are those 9.5 million subs? 

 

Asia?

 

Simply not true, but something like 60% of the subs are in Asia.

 

I believe EU and NA, are about even.  Although leaning towards more EU players.

 

WoW going f2p would make no financial reason.  

If EU and NA are about even in subs then i would guess 80% of WoW subs comes form Asia.

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135

 

Never said there aren't low population servers during prime time, but they are not the norm.  It's 3am CET, and the majority of severs are still on high and medium.

 

60 + 20 + 20 = 100.    Something like 4,000,000 are EU/NA combined.

Unless Blizzard did something as of last month prime time there were only 5 high pop realms and the rest was either med to low.

 

Now you are just making things up.

No I'm not .. Blizzard must have lowered the high pop count to spread players to the other servers.

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Originally posted by Precusor

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Originally posted by Zetsuei

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Why would a company with 9.6 Million subs ever go F2P? Your comparison is really bad. One game is thriving and going on strong as ever, whereas the other is desperate and went F2P as a last ditch effort to keep a game alive.

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Most of the EU servers are dead not sure about the U.S..    So where are those 9.5 million subs?    Asia?

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Simply not true, but something like 60% of the subs are in Asia.

 

I believe EU and NA, are about even.  Although leaning towards more EU players.

 

WoW going f2p would make no financial reason.  

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Really? Both arguing with made up facts?

We dont know the regional breakdown of subs so its always speculation.

Originally posted by msaurondon

So.....It is $35.00 to play MOP?

Would it not just be smarter to not have to purchase the keys to Vanilla, BC, WoLK, Cata and Mop just to play?

Activision/Blizzard won't learn that lesson.  $35 to play MOP and you don't need to have previous keys.  That would be the same as the requirement they are putting out now, they can reduce cost in generating those legacy packages and just offer the one package.

I feel sorry for the poor soul that believes they will need to install all those disks.

 Once yo ustart haiving several expansions you need to look at doing this....Some people are more than just the last 2 expansions behind.......If you really want to get people back into WoW then offer everything for 20 dollars...They still get the monthly from these people to make up for it.

Originally posted by orbitxo

They should have gone F2P with Panderas...I just satrted in TERA iam having a blast and i actually purchased stuff from their shop so...-cudos to them for going F2P!!! Blizz can learn from its younger rivals.

that ad looks embarasing and dated!

 

 

 

Tera went free to play as a last ditch effort due to them not getting the subs to sustain the game.  WoW doesn't have that problem and therefore doesn't need to offer a pay to win scheme for their players.

As of this post

US servers - 7 full realms, 20 high realms, 158 medium realms, 49 low

Oceanic - 2 Full realms, 6 medium, 4 low

LA - 2 high realms, 1 new server

Brazil - 3 high realm, 2 new servers

WOW made like a billion dollars last quarter.  Do you really think they are going to risk that going  f2p?

They also cannot give the box away unless they don´t give you a free month ( Gold farmers).  So would you rather pay $5 for the box and get a free month, or get the box free and start paying $15 right away.. 

It is a smart promotion, their stats probably show them that 99% of people who are playing regularly buy the expansion in the first 3 months...  so now it is just about tempting older players and new players.

Highly reccommend this if you're looking to burn a few hours.

Sure, it is WoW and it is pandas but dismissing it on those reasons means you're cutting yourself out of what you might really enjoy. I never let preconceptions control what I play personally.

The expansion is probably the best one since TBC and has a pretty serious tone to it - much to my surprise really.

Yeah, WoW gets a bad rep but it is still a solid game. I usually return for a few months at each expansion to run the content dry then fall off again but at least it gives me a few hundred hours of entertainment.

Worth checking out the free trial and potentially taking advantage of this deal.

WoW by itself made around $1 billion in revenue in 2012.

All of Asia for every game Activision Blizzard puts out made $477 million.

I havent played WoW in a couple months so unless monthly subscriptions went up to $50 the split between NA + EU to Asia is pretty even.

Also, WoW Asia has been losing a lot of ground to new releases like Blade and Soul and most of the 400,000 WoW lost to go down to 9.6 million was in Asia.

Originally posted by Arcona
why dont they just give battlechest for free

They should just let the game die out and work on their future project. :)

i actually bought my MoP on sale last december :3

because i couldnt resist not buying it hahahaah xD

i too buy the xpac and play it dry for a few good months... and hey, they are normally the best playing hours i have.

long live wow!.. 

Originally posted by Torkaz
Lol I love how some people complain when stuff is cheaper... Do you really want to pay more?

at this point MoP should be the only cost considering  they are the last game charging a monthly and not firing people en masse. oh wait i take that back they are firing people....

Originally posted by Ivylena

Originally posted by Arcona
why dont they just give battlechest for free

They should just let the game die out and work on their future project. :)

wonder if they learned any lessons from Error 37 and the always-online-solo-game that lost 60% of it's players due to loot DR

Originally posted by msaurondon

So.....It is $35.00 to play MOP?

Would it not just be smarter to not have to purchase the keys to Vanilla, BC, WoLK, Cata and Mop just to play?

Activision/Blizzard won't learn that lesson.  $35 to play MOP and you don't need to have previous keys.  That would be the same as the requirement they are putting out now, they can reduce cost in generating those legacy packages and just offer the one package.

I feel sorry for the poor soul that believes they will need to install all those disks.

They probably are still making enough money out of the boxes (Battlechest and Cata). You know what is funny? That I can buy the battlechest, cata and MOP off amazon for the same price as when they are on sale on Blizzard's website. So basically this sale is pointless at least here in the UK as Amazon have been offering the battlechest, cata and MOP for about 20-25 pounds for ages now, same as this sale. The only benefit is that you get to play right away if you want to and you don't have to wait for the mail to arrive :)