Oh, so you’re the type to only read the headline. Can’t say I’m surprised.
World of Warcraft player numbers fell back to normal levels as the excitement around November’s Shadowlands expansion subsided. From November to January, revenue fell by 61% and user numbers declined by 41% (these figures do not include China). This roughly matches the pattern seen for the past several expansions, though Shadowlands had a bigger launch. Blizzard does appear to have found a way to increase how often expansions are able to boost earnings. The publisher recently announced that it will be adding the 2007 Burning Crusade expansion into World of Warcraft: Classic this year. Alternating between releasing all-new and classic expansions could cause WoW revenue to spike annually for the near future, instead of every two years (the typical development time for the title’s expansions)
Thank you for linking that though because this paragraph confirms everything I’ve been saying this entire time.
Any game that saw a near 50% dip in player retainment would be cause for alarm. The purpose of live-service games is to keep people playing, smooth brain.
Not WoW, though, huh? Daddy Ion said it’s normal so I guess that makes it okay?
There is no such thing as infinite growth. Numbers level off over time.
It’s crazy you guys are having such a difficult time grasping such a simple concept. Numbers spike when new content is released, drops and stabilizes in between content releases, and spikes again when more content is released. It’s been like this for years now and you guys are acting like it’s this immediate emergency. Making mountains out of molehills. “AlL tImE LoW sUbS, No StReAmErS, wOw Is DeAd.” You can’t even make a convincing argument this is a problem at all. That article you linked completely destroyed and contradicted everything you said.
Funny how he thinks I’m supporting this game with my own money. I haven’t logged in in months. I came back because someone got me a subscription as a small Christmas gift. Don’t really plan on renewing my subscription after this runs out, though.
No no no, you’re doing it wrong. When the unhappy people complain here, it’s perfectly acceptable to tell them “why waste your time, go play something else” but when the white knights spend all day here defending the game it’s not ok to say “well if wow is so good why aren’t you playing it”.
