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The Slippery Slope: Analysing The Decline of World of Warcraft
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Spookysheep
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The Slippery Slope: Analysing The Decline of World of Warcraft
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http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/08/31/the-slippery-slope-analysing-the-decline-of-world-of-warcraft/
GREAT article, includes survey and Greg Streets official "excuse".
Just keeps getting funnier by the day 
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Dums
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Registered: 2002-10-29 08:17:13
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2800 isn't much of a sample size.
It's definitely, by definition, a decline. I don't agree that it's a huge deal, though, when they've dropped to 11 million and the next runner up mmo has what, 2-3 million?
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Dums posted:
2800 isn't much of a sample size.
It's definitely, by definition, a decline. I don't agree that it's a huge deal, though, when they've dropped to 11 million and the next runner up mmo has what, 2-3 million?
Considering statistical inference and all that, 2,800-ish is a good sample size. Total volume doesn't matter in this case, nor do comparisons to competing products, since it's focused squarely on a single game.
This is the most public display of a company consistently avoiding the obvious that I can personally recall. The last time I saw something like this happening was when Apple fell from grace back in the day, when they decided to focus on company vision rather than customer wishes - and squandered their market share by doing so.
Blizzard will not recover until they change the leadership of WoW development. EVERYONE knows this but them. Shades of 80's Apple all over again.
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Fedup23
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Gdammit ...I keep telling you, I'm just bored after 7 years!!! 
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Spookysheep
Title: Lieker of Cheese
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Um, 2800 is WAY more than enough of a sample size.
Statistics 101 dudes.
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Which part is the "analysing" part?
Possibly the least informative article I have ever read.
I kept looking for the -next page- link etc.
I hope they don't pay this guy.
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Spookysheep posted:
Um, 2800 is WAY more than enough of a sample size.
Statistics 101 dudes.
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Arunne
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Registered: 2003-11-3 14:11:47
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Blisteringballs posted:
Dums posted:
2800 isn't much of a sample size.
It's definitely, by definition, a decline. I don't agree that it's a huge deal, though, when they've dropped to 11 million and the next runner up mmo has what, 2-3 million?
Considering statistical inference and all that, 2,800-ish is a good sample size. Total volume doesn't matter in this case, nor do comparisons to competing products, since it's focused squarely on a single game.
This is the most public display of a company consistently avoiding the obvious that I can personally recall. The last time I saw something like this happening was when Apple fell from grace back in the day, when they decided to focus on company vision rather than customer wishes - and squandered their market share by doing so.
Blizzard will not recover until they change the leadership of WoW development. EVERYONE knows this but them. Shades of 80's Apple all over again.
I hear Steve Jobs has some free time now, maybe he can come and turn it around.
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Spookysheep posted:
Um, 2800 is WAY more than enough of a sample size.
Statistics 101 dudes.
Well, it's not WAY more but it is more than big enough.
Using 10 million as our subscriber number (nice and easy to make the formula work), a sample size of 2,653 gives you a confidence interval of 99% with a margin of error of 2.5%
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