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Vault_News  Title: 0110011010
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Registered: 2005-10-18 12:53:17
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WoW Lost 800k Subscribers, down to 10.3M |
mmo champion posted:
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Activision Blizzard latest earning call revealed that World of Warcraft lost another 800,000 subscribers last quarter, following the loss of 300k subscribers announced last quarter and 600k loss from the quarter before that. This brings us to 1.7 million subscribers lost in the last 3 quarters. Some things they made note of on the call:
Most of the subscriptions were lost in China.
There is normally an increase in subscriptions around December.
The decreased profit came from all of the games in development and no launches occurring.
There will be at least two major releases next year.
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And in more news Blizzard calls 'massive layoff rumor' just that. A rumor.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3559106190?page=12#228
Bashiok posted:
Hey guys, out of respect for their privacy, we don?t discuss individual employees, but the speculation circulating about ?massive layoffs at Blizzard? is just a rumor.
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Elaok  Title: I has title now!
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Registered: 2003-9-10 15:57:29
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sooo 2 expansions next year?
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Rill_of_WE Title: WoW Vault Site Manager
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Registered: 2002-8-6 09:16:33
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Diablo and Starcraft maybe? Possibly MoP?
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TruthyID  Posts: 189
Registered: 2010-7-7 12:52:20
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Guess this puts an end to the "Cataclysm isn't a flop it just hasn't released in China yet" argument. Cataclysm seems to be getting a thumbs down everywhere.
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Spookysheep  Title: Lieker of Cheese
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Registered: 2002-1-9 06:49:19
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Where are the retard fanbois when you need them?????
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Bashiok posted: "Hey guys, out of respect for their privacy, we don?t discuss individual employees, but the speculation circulating about ?massive layoffs at Blizzard? is just a rumor."
But as you can see from the numbers, the speculation that Cata blows goats is spot on...
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Arunne Title: The Anonymous
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Registered: 2003-11-3 14:11:47
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What they are saying is that the economic downturn is affecting the chinese gold farming business, so they had to lay off some workers. Which accounts for most of those account closures.
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TruthyID Posts: 189
Registered: 2010-7-7 12:52:20
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Arunne posted:
What they are saying is that the economic downturn is affecting the chinese gold farming business, so they had to lay off some workers. Which accounts for most of those account closures.
So, you're saying that there were hundreds of thousands of accounts on CHINESE SERVERS that were used to farm gold for sale? And who exactly did they sell the gold to? Other people in China?
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff
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Registered: 2002-6-28 03:39:29
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TruthyID posted:
Arunne posted:
What they are saying is that the economic downturn is affecting the chinese gold farming business, so they had to lay off some workers. Which accounts for most of those account closures.
So, you're saying that there were hundreds of thousands of accounts on CHINESE SERVERS that were used to farm gold for sale? And who exactly did they sell the gold to? Other people in China?
A viscous cycle of farmer eats farmer!! 
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Id really love to see what the change is next quarter - especially after the recent announcement of MOP.
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