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

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)."

Comments

sounds about right

[Anonymous Coward]

The nude patch for GW2 was finally released.

Re:not where from, where to?

[Anonymous Coward]

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?

[betterprimate]

Or they all died from rickets and cheese puff poisoning.

Re:not where from, where to?

[morcego]

Or they all died from rickets and cheese puff poisoning.

Pfft. We drank Scotch and ate Parma Ham while raiding.

Re:not where from, where to?

[Svartormr]

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?

[Anonymous Coward]

Or at least UPSTAIRS

Re:WOW = an utter waste of time.

[Black Parrot]

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

...he posted to Slashdot.

Re:not where from, where to?

[Holi]

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