Originally posted by Cod_Eye

And over 11 million are dissapointed and vow to never buy a Blizzard product again.

 

 

 

 

Before ranting at me, I jest.

I can pull numbers out of my behind too but i like to deal with real information. Although, how many times have we heard this now? oh yeah every time Blizzard releases a new game. After the latest Starcraft release i read and heard similar things and then Diablo 3 broke all sale records.

When new Blizzard game will release it will do the same yet again. When will you guys learn? Blizzard is the alpha of online gaming. I know you 'jest' but hey..it is still getting old.

Originally posted by Doogiehowser

Blizzard is the alpha of online gaming.

i no longer appreciate Blizzard the way i used to - but i agree w you

So is it a forgone conclusion on these forums that subscriptions are inflated because the Eastern market players in that region  play less than those in the West? Is that what people here are saying? Do they have anythign to support that conclusion, or is it just some dufus remark like "70% are gold farmers" that keeps their hate going...

the question is: who cares about WOW's subscriber numbers....(apart from blizzard shareholders, that is)

Originally posted by RefMinor

Originally posted by ShakyMo
Hey people like britney spears, Justin beiber and black eyed peas sell shotloafs of albums

Don't mess with the Beibster, talent like that comes but once in a generation.

Thank goodness. 

Don't know if I could handle another beiber.

Originally posted by NaughtyP

If we are just gonna talk stats...

The population of the earth is over 7 billion!

So I think I win this one!

Wish this site had a +1 button.

Originally posted by ShakyMo
Hey people like britney spears, Justin beiber and black eyed peas sell shotloafs of albums

Is that how you feel about GW2 too? or you are just playing the usual 'your world is too mainstream' card as an exception to only Blizzard?

Originally posted by Boudewijns
yeah right dont forget 70% of them r goldseller/farmer accounts

Never really got this arguement, I mean how could 30% of the population support 70% of the gold farmers? I mean they don't farm gold for free.

And at that rate EVERY single person in WoW would have to buy (daily) what 2 gold farmers produce.... eh don't see it happening.

Even if you cut it in half.. So out of the remaining 30% of the "real" player base half of them buy gold (which seems like a really large number) so 15% fo the player base is buying daily, what 4.5 farmers produce..

that is a SH*T ton of gold.. and this is simple math.

At BEST 20% of the population is farming gold... at BEST.

No one cares about Blizzard. Only about 1M NA play WOW and D3 pretty much showed the truth of what blizzard wants. But that is the same a people seeing what is happing in the world.

Don't forget they are also being sold!

D3 is a poorly itemized, poorly designed (aside from the combat, which is actually not bad for most of the time -- though I still would have preferred a skill tree), plot hole story-filled piece of garbage. It sold based on name, Blizzard reputation, and an old demo video of the game that got everyone excited before they found out the game was actually nothing like it.

That being said, WoW is still the best MMO on the market as far as I'm concerned. It's the only one that has been able to consistently keep me for a few months every time I go back to play it, and I've been playing it since launch. Somehow, they continue to do a decent job at keep this game interesting. At least in short spurts.

I bought Diablo 3. After playing it, I know now that Blizzard is rather a gigantic name instead of an entity that creates good games.

Blizzard. Not so special anymore.

So, the theory now is that 12 million mindless drones buy Blizzard games based only on the name of the company now? Wow...just wow...lol

Originally posted by Psychow

So, the theory now is that 12 million mindless drones buy Blizzard games based only on the name of the company now? Wow...just wow...lol

I will just ignore the haters. They don't seem to understand that their hate is just opinions, no more and no less valid than those who love the game.

The only facts here are:

a) D3 sold 12M copies.

b) D3 are rated pretty high on metrics. And this particular fact only reflects the aggregated OPINIONS of the reviewers.

Originally posted by botrytis
Why is D3 news on MMOPRG, since it is an APRG. It is non-news here.

You don't know? MMORPG covers some ARPG, MOBA, in addition to MMORPGs. Just look at the games with a forum. There are *many* that does not have a virtual world, and some don't consider as MMORPGs. Examples:

- D3, LOL, PoE, Gundam capsule fighter ....

Originally posted by botrytis
Why is D3 news on MMOPRG, since it is an APRG. It is non-news here.

Because MMORPG.com, despite having the best site address possible seem determined to dilute its appeal to MMORPG players.

Originally posted by expresso

linky

 

For the calendar year, Blizzard Entertainment had two top-10 PC games in  North America and Europe.  

Diablo III was the #1 best-selling PC game at retail, breaking PC game sales records with more than 12 million copies sold worldwide through December 31, 2012, and World of Warcraft®: Mists of Pandaria® was the #3 best-selling PC game at retail.

As of December 31, 2012, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft remains the #1 subscription-based MMORPG, with more than 9.6 million subscribers.

Please read below and inform yourself before discussing WoW's subscription numbers

 

World of Warcraft’s Subscriber Definition

World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet Game Room players who have accessed the game over the last thirty days are also counted as subscribers. The above definition excludes all players under free promotional subscriptions, expired or cancelled subscriptions, and expired prepaid cards. Subscribers in licensees’ territories are defined along the same rules.

So this means that if you have a person who only pays for a day or two of game play per month (assuming it is possible) is considered a subscriber?

Sounds like a way to vastly boost your sub numbers if you ask me....