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Home News Blizzard Points To Star Wars: The Old Republic As Why World Of Warcraft Has Slipped

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Blizzard Points To Star Wars: The Old Republic As Why World Of Warcraft Has Slipped

Posted on Tuesday, March 20 @ 08:33:48 Eastern by Keri_Honea
Last month, Activision reported that World of Warcraft's subscribers dropped to 10.2 million. Blizzard has attributed the decline to BioWare's rival MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

WoW senior producer John Lagrave told Eurogamer that this drop is not really a surprise, and he went on to say that they're confident that many gamers are waiting for the new expansion, Mists of Pandaria. 

"We've seen a dip in subs," he said. "It certainly has to at least be attributable to The Old Republic, but it's also attributable to people who want to wait and get Mists of Pandaria, so it's not surprising."

The Mists of Pandaria expansion focuses on the new continent of Pandaria, the Pandaren, and the monk class. It will also increase the player level cap to 90. However, there is no release date for the expansion pack as of yet.
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  • thedarkstar
    thedarkstar
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Mar 20th, 2012 at 11:59 am
    Am I the only one annoyed that people keep saying WoW's numbers have slipped? In other articles I have read, they are comparing the current subscription numbers to around the time right after Cataclysm released, and using those numbers as the standard number of regular monthly subscribers. But it is normal for an MMO to get a large number of either new subscribers or people returning around the time a new expansion goes live. So it is sort of silly to keep mentioning about how drastically the numbers have slipped, when really they are returning to normal.

    Or did I miss something?
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  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Mar 20th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
    10.2 million x $15 a month + in-game purchases = only non Blizzard people give a **** about losing a few hundred thousand subs.
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  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 20th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
    SWTOR isn't a bad game by any stretch of the imagination but it actually made me GO BACK to WoW. SWTOR is missing so many features and the combat is a bit clunky. But hey, the numbers don't lie! It's doing well.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Mar 20th, 2012 at 8:55 pm
    Well sure, they'll lose some subs to a relatively newly release MMO. As far as I'm concerned, SWTOR simply doesn't have what it takes to maintain a consistent subscriber base unless they do something else, something big. I'd go back to WoW before continuing SWTOR anyday.
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