Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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

Posted by Unknown on 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)."

1 of 523 comments (clear)

  1. WOW = an utter waste of time. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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

    You can argue otherwise, but I guarantee you no one will
    be sitting in a rocking chair 40 years from now happily reminiscing
    about playing some stupid video game.