WOW crosses 10 mill milestone

[T-Rex]

Well I guess this answers my question on how many people play WOW....


World of Warcraft crosses 10 million milestone

The biggest online game in the world breaks another record.
January 24th, 2008 By Mike Smith

Which game boasts a population greater than Sweden, Israel or Haiti? Online role-playing phenomenon World of Warcraft is the answer: Blizzard Entertainment announced this week that subscriber counts for its smash hit fantasy RPG recently broke the 10 million mark. Warcraft players number more than 2.5m in North America, while Asian subscribers account for the majority of the remainder.

The new figures -- which Blizzard attributes to new and returning players signing up over the holiday season -- cements the game's position as the runaway leader of the lucrative massively multiplayer genre. World of Warcraft is expected to receive its second expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King, later this year.

Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime commented in a press release: "It's very gratifying to see gamers around the world continuing to show such enthusiasm and support for World of Warcraft. We're always pleased to welcome new players to the game, and we're looking forward to sharing the next major content update with the entire community in the months ahead."

Source: Yahoo (http://us.i1.yimg.com/videogames.yahoo.com/feature/world-of-warcraft-crosses-10-million-milestone/1182041)

[rudedog]

Now my question is, does $10-ish per month justify a game? If we where guaranteed to get ongoing support each and every month, including paid moderators of servers to troll for cheaters/smacktards/glitchers and PITAes would it justify the monthly charge?

for me not $10 per month but I would seriously consider 5-7 per month.

[Mike_Nomad]

Now my question is, does $10-ish per month justify a game? If we where guaranteed to get ongoing support each and every month, including paid moderators of servers to troll for cheaters/smacktards/glitchers and PITAes would it justify the monthly charge?

for me not $10 per month but I would seriously consider 5-7 per month.


$120.00 a year?? Not for me!! $60.00 per year? A distant MAYBE....

10 million x $10.00 annual access Fee = $100 million per year to those who offer the service. Of course, this service would be AD-FREE for the paid users.

Paying $10.00 per player per year is worth a guarantee of getting ongoing support each and every month, including paid moderators of servers to troll for cheaters/smacktards/glitchers and PITA's.

So yes, I'd pay $10.00 per annum. But certainly not a penny more.

[Neil]

Tbh WoW and those types of games dont interest me but if they did I would be wanting the game for free if Im going to be paying a monthly subscription.

[Mike_Nomad]

Tbh WoW and those types of games dont interest me but if they did I would be wanting the game for free if Im going to be paying a monthly subscription.

Honestly, that makes the most sense.:D

[GaSplat]

Yup. rent it OR buy it, but not both!

[T-Rex]

Well I've never played it but I've heard from people at times you have to wait in line to enter certain places and fights break out in game, etc. So you pay the money for for the actual game and you pay the money to gain access to the servers and yet you still wait to play.

I think you're almost better having your own server so you can ensure you get to play w/ out waiting around. Yes, you have to patrol it, update it, etc but at least you can play. Either way you pay if your in a clan and contribute to the server.