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World of Warcraft hits 9 million players

July 24, 2007 in News comments 13

World of Warcraft has hit a new milestone. 9 million subscribers. This vastly popular MMORPG has grown from strength to strength from the time it started in 2004 and is not looking to stop anytime soon.Now being played in regions such as North America and Europe, it has also spread to mainland China, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Truly a game that brings the real world together in the mystical world of Warcraft.

In the run up to Blizzard Entertainment's second Blizzcon, the developer has announced that its tremendously popular MMO World of Warcraft as reached a new milestone, surpassing 9 million customers worldwide.
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  • 0
    Storm Jul 24, 07
    Friggin' addicts! That's quite a lot of players. Hang on a sec, are they counting accounts or current players? Because some have terminated there's.
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    black_wing79 Jul 24, 07
    well since they are saying subscribers, i guess its current players..
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    Storm Jul 24, 07
    I doubt it. There are those who've stopped playing and are being counted just to help their numbers
  • 1
    Capn Droid Jul 24, 07
    "9 million subscribers" and "9 million customers" equals "9 million lives lost."
  • 0
    Airashii Jul 24, 07
    Yeah, luckily I never got hooked on it.

    I'm not a big fan of them but they are so addictive sometimes.

    But yes, it's a big number and surely there are either multiple accounts or deleted.
  • 0
    huntyr Jul 24, 07
    its impossible to say how accurate the number is unless they say what it specifically is.

    is it
    1) total number of accounts
    2) total number of active accounts (not deleted, suspended etc)
    etc..
  • 0
    DarrylR Jul 25, 07
    Bots! I say 4 million are bots!
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    Cruxis Mana Jul 25, 07
    Hey ... If 4 million people are paying for bots then that's no real concern of Blizzards ^^ Sure they'll get banned, but they wouldn't get there money back XD ... //

    9 millions paying customers is a lot seeing as how World of Warcraft is quite young compared to other MMO's.
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    YeOldeBowser Jul 25, 07
    I think MORE THAN 4 million are bots. More like 6 million.

    But luckily, I never got hooked onto the World Of Warcraft fad. I'm not planning to anytime soon. Why is it that people get so obsessed with it?
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    King X2* Jul 25, 07
    Wow that's a lot of players. I never figured Blizzard had games THAT good, but I've been amazed with some of there games. But I think World of Warcraft is for weirdos (please don't hurt me)
  • 0
    YeOldeBowser Jul 26, 07
    I'm with you there, King. World of Warcraft IS a little weird.
  • 1
    tidus04 Jul 27, 07
    A boring game for myself but I am amazed by the fame of the game. It is a great milestone to achive
  • 0
    draxx23bb Jul 27, 07
    lol tidus you seed what i was going to say oh well this game is nice but to boring to expansive and takes to much time of your real life

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