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World of Warcraft Subscriber Base at New Heights

December 23, 2008 in News comments 6

World of Warcraft now has 11.5 million active subscribers, continuing to solidify its place as the world's premiere MMORPG. According to the story, Blizzard credits the increase in server populations with the release of Wrath of the Lich King. For those of you living under a rock, World of Warcraft is a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game set in a fantasy world developed by Blizzard Entertainment (now Activision-Blizzard).

World of Warcraft, one of the most popular video games in the history of gaming, has reached a population of 11.5 million active subscribers. Blizzard credits the game's latest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, with helping spur additional growth and market saturation...
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  • 1
    The Omega Dec 23, 08
    They're all active? Are they counting all of the *bleep* spammers in the game? I know a ton of people who have quit WoW, but I imagine the subscriber number is still rather large, just not 11.5 million large.

    Edit - Hahahaha, GameGrep censors out gold from WoW. I guess the censor triggers are the same as Neoseeker.
    • 0
      JelalTrueshot Dec 23, 08
      As I understand it, their statement is based on active, paying accounts and, I guess, would indeed include the spammers. I hate those guys. >[
  • 0
    Onvacation Dec 23, 08
    Don't see why they would be paying subscribers if they're not active~
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      The Omega Dec 23, 08
      New accounts don't have to pay the first month, so not all active accounts are paying ones, though most (other than the advertisers) do stick around for longer.
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        Onvacation Dec 23, 08
        Sure they're active, But they are still not classed as subscribers until they pay at least once
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    FinalFantasyFanaticc Dec 23, 08
    Does this include all of the gold farmers who sell the gold for moneyz?

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