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2 Million Azeroth Citizens

Posted by Zonk on from the zug-zug-zug-zug-zug-zug-zug-zug dept.

Gamasutra (and everyone else) has the news that World of Warcraft has hit 2 Million subscribers, making it the first U.S. based commercial MMOG to do so. From the article: "The most popular current MMORPGs in Asia are generally developed locally, but if World of WarCraft proves popular in China, as well as other soon to be launched territories such as Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, it could quickly become the most globally popular online game in history. "

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  1. WoW = World of Waiting by Jack+Comics · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In addition to World of Warcraft, WoW also stands for World of Waiting.

    Waiting to log on... waiting for instances to open up... waiting for Battlegrounds... waiting for patches...

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  2. WoW's success has been UNDERstated by pezpunk · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If anything, World of Warcraft's huge success has been understated. It is now four times the size of Everquest at its peak. That's monstrous, for a game that charges a monthly subscription.

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    1. Re:WoW's success has been UNDERstated by falcon5768 · · Score: 3, Interesting
      actually no, its more than 4 times the size of EQ at its peak (EQ never broke 400,000)

      BUT WoW also has the highest turnover rate. So the question remains how many of these 2 mil ACTUALLY play the game still, or just bought it played for a month and then dumped it.

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  3. Capitalization of the mmo market... by fierYice · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As a former Blizzard employee I can attest that I did not see very much innovation in the hallways. Passion is spewing from the halls and dedication to the utmost fun experience is what holds that ship together; maybe one day they will try it with brand new ideas...

    I have no doubt that World of Warcraft will become the usurper of the throne and easily claim the #1 MMO spot globally but what I have not yet seen much of is "Who will dethrone the new king in years to come?"

    You know it is an inevitable. I ACTUALLY know it is inevtiable, hell I've worked on the code and tools. You can feel it in your soul and you can know it just by the fact that technology always expands to such a point that games are antiquated and no longer "Stunning."

    Gaming industry, when oh when are you braking out your next stunners?

    A true 'Killer Application' mmo has not been created, and world of warcraft is not it. Killer apps force consumers to go out and buy hardware just for the expience being so damn 'killer fun.' In other words, I can't wait for the mmo that breaks out and makes people go out and buy computers or consoles (ps3, xbox360 would be nice...)

    That's the game I am interested in playing.

    (and making, as a game developer. :D)
    -Daniel

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  4. Is that current paying subscribers? by Banner · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In WOW they never delete a character or an account. So is that current paying subscribers? Or all subscribers ever?

    I'm just curious