World of Warcraft Loses 1.3 Million Players in First Quarter of 2013

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World of Warcraft Loses 1.3 Million Players in First Quarter of 2013

Posted by Unknown on Thursday May 9, 2013 @04:00PM from the going-back-to-dnd dept.

hypnosec writes "World of Warcarft, the gaming industry's most popular franchise and one of Blizzard's cash cows, is bleeding subscribers with 1.3 million defecting from the game in the first quarter of 2013 alone. Blizzard revealed a subscriber decline of over 14%, the total now standing at 8.3 million in their earnings call press release (PDF)."

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sounds about right by Anonymous Coward · 2013-05-09 16:05 · Score: 5, Funny

The nude patch for GW2 was finally released.
Re:not where from, where to? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-05-09 16:06 · Score: 5, Funny

the real question is, where are people going? bioshock infinite? chains & dragons? It remains to be seen...
They are going... OUTSIDE.
Re:not where from, where to? by Macgrrl · 2013-05-09 16:15 · Score: 3, Funny

Or in some cases, 'quality' TV. In recent years there has been a rash of new shows with great writing and excellent production quality. I'm finding it harder and harder to keep to my raiding schedule around all the TV I want to keep up with weekly.

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Learn to spell by Anonymous Coward · 2013-05-09 16:27 · Score: 3, Funny

What is this World of Warcarft you speak of?
Re:not where from, where to? by betterprimate · 2013-05-09 17:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Or they all died from rickets and cheese puff poisoning.
Re:not where from, where to? by morcego · 2013-05-09 17:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Or they all died from rickets and cheese puff poisoning.
Pfft. We drank Scotch and ate Parma Ham while raiding.

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Re:not where from, where to? by Svartormr · 2013-05-09 17:12 · Score: 5, Funny

the real question is, where are people going? bioshock infinite? chains & dragons? It remains to be seen...
They are going... OUTSIDE.
Cue Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, Movement 1, >:)
Re: not where from, where to? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-05-09 17:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Or at least UPSTAIRS
Re:WOW = an utter waste of time. by Black+Parrot · 2013-05-09 18:01 · Score: 5, Funny

This crap is for week-minded fools who lack the will power
to abstain from time-wasting activities.
...he posted to Slashdot.

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Re:not where from, where to? by hherb · 2013-05-09 22:24 · Score: 3, Funny

They are going... OUTSIDE.
out....side....? That mythical place said to exist beyond one's room door? You gotta be kidding. There's nothing out there. If there was, people wouldn't sit in front of their screens all day and night long playing WoW, would they? OTOH, there must be something there where the pizzas and cokes come from, Maybe worth exploring. Somebody should write a game about that so we can play it! Because, you know, if one REALLY would go out there, .. it's a bit scary ...
Re:not where from, where to? by Holi · 2013-05-10 03:21 · Score: 4, Funny

Yeah but when you do that in the supermarket checkout line they arrest you.

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