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kyrv  Title: Lord Logicus
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Registered: 2002-1-31 13:09:58
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:03am
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Cataclysm One-Month Sales Top 4.7 Million |
Spookysheep posted:
Isn't it funny how people pick out parts of posts and conveniently ignore the rest when it doesn't suit their assertions.
We're talking about Caffeine Free Diet Vanilla Coke here.
If you're not talking about Caffeine Free Diet Vanilla Coke, then you all epic failed.
It's also funny when people avoid simple questions.
I'll ask again, do you suppose some of those 61% will buy the expansion this year? Well it's not 61% the game isn't out in China, but whatever the number is - do you think they will sell some in 2011? A couple? A lot?
What do *you* think the sub numbers will be in February? My wild guess is that they will be really big. Like they have been for six years.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:04am
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Cataclysm One-Month Sales Top 4.7 Million |
The_Korrigan posted:
Yep, that's certainly why the game gained several more million customers since Ghostcrawler took "control".
You mean the population increased that only happened because of expansion into China, while population was slowly declining everywhere else?
You forgot about that, didn't you?
Man, Korrigan, you're just a walking heap of failure. Have you ever NOT been a fanboy?
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:04am
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Cataclysm One-Month Sales Top 4.7 Million |
kyrv posted:
"Since you effectively would not play WoW *without* the expansion, "
Wrong, they redid the leveling, you can have a blast now without any of the expansions.
Have you run into a SINGLE person in the game who is playing without the expansion? Be honest.
kyrv posted:
"WoW was more or less competing only with itself."
WoW is competing with every other game out there, and every other way to spend time and money. Good grief what a silly statement. Come on now. Do you think WoW is that good that they truly have NO competition in making a good game?
Equivocation. I was talking about competition for the supposed "record". No other mmorpg has the subscribers, non-mmorpgs don't have the "must have it this instant" effect. Who else is there that qualifies for both? No one.
kyrv posted:
Yes WoW will start declining, I've read that since the game released. Hey, it will be true eventually. And since we all know this, yes, we all told us so.
Oh there's no need for that. It's already been true for almost two years, despite frantic efforts to pretend otherwise. Temporary expansion bubbles don't change overall trends.
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kyrv Title: Lord Logicus
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Registered: 2002-1-31 13:09:58
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Date Posted:
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Cataclysm One-Month Sales Top 4.7 Million |
"Have you run into a SINGLE person in the game who is playing without the expansion? Be honest."
Haven't asked anyone, don't really care. Are you saying people are not playing without the expansion? Are you saying the 39% is actually 100% (non-China)?
When WoW does start to decline, are you going to say it's not because it's <x> years old but rather because of GC? Well you seem to be already saying that. On what basis are you saying this, and yes many of us hate GC but what percentage of people quitting WoW do you suppose attribute that to GC? One? Two? Again while I really dislike GC, many of the *main* issues I have with the game, to be fair, he inherited.
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siujoey Posts: 280
Registered: 2001-12-26 09:10:44
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:04am
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Cataclysm One-Month Sales Top 4.7 Million |
I personally pay for 2 other accounts for people that I haven't upgraded since they aren't even close to 80 quite yet. So...... yeah, I've run into someone that isn't playing the expansion yet. Honest.
Edit: I have 2 other friends that haven't upgraded yet because they have been on an extended business trip to South America. So let's see, adding in my account, that would be 1 Cata account and 4 LK accounts. Believe it or not, not every single person with a WoW account made sure they had a copy of the expansion the day it launched.
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Spookysheep  Title: Lieker of Cheese
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Registered: 2002-1-9 06:49:19
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:04am
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Cataclysm One-Month Sales Top 4.7 Million |
Apparently 61% did not make sure to have a copy a month after it launched either. o.0
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pattongb  Posts: 84
Registered: 2002-5-28 12:07:13
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:04am
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Cataclysm One-Month Sales Top 4.7 Million |
Im no fanboi anyone will tell you that, but 39% is amazing.
Taking into account:
- WoW has a player base of at least 1 million subscribers who are under the age of 18. These subscribers will be slower to buy the box for obvious reasons.
- Since this is the 3rd expansion many long term players have learned not to buy the game for a month or so after expansions release. The thought is this avoids log jams, ques, and server issues. Although that has not been the case with this expac.
- As said before, this expac is not in China yet. That leaves 4-6 million subscribers yet to have the opportunity to buy it.
So lets say the top instance adds 5% more over the next 6 months, the 2nd adds 10% more to that, and the 3rd adds 15% to that total.
Thats a total of 69% minimum. Thats pretty amazing.
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--Syrus--  Posts: 536
Registered: 2003-12-2 15:51:47
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Date Posted:
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Cataclysm One-Month Sales Top 4.7 Million |
pattongb posted:
Im no fanboi anyone will tell you that, but 39% is amazing.
Taking into account:
- WoW has a player base of at least 1 million subscribers who are under the age of 18. These subscribers will be slower to buy the box for obvious reasons.
- Since this is the 3rd expansion many long term players have learned not to buy the game for a month or so after expansions release. The thought is this avoids log jams, ques, and server issues. Although that has not been the case with this expac.
- As said before, this expac is not in China yet. That leaves 4-6 million subscribers yet to have the opportunity to buy it.
So lets say the top instance adds 5% more over the next 6 months, the 2nd adds 10% more to that, and the 3rd adds 15% to that total.
Thats a total of 69% minimum. Thats pretty amazing.
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pattongb Posts: 84
Registered: 2002-5-28 12:07:13
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Date Posted:
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Cataclysm One-Month Sales Top 4.7 Million |
--Syrus-- posted:
pattongb posted:
Im no fanboi anyone will tell you that, but 39% is amazing.
Taking into account:
- WoW has a player base of at least 1 million subscribers who are under the age of 18. These subscribers will be slower to buy the box for obvious reasons.
- Since this is the 3rd expansion many long term players have learned not to buy the game for a month or so after expansions release. The thought is this avoids log jams, ques, and server issues. Although that has not been the case with this expac.
- As said before, this expac is not in China yet. That leaves 4-6 million subscribers yet to have the opportunity to buy it.
So lets say the top instance adds 5% more over the next 6 months, the 2nd adds 10% more to that, and the 3rd adds 15% to that total.
Thats a total of 69% minimum. Thats pretty amazing.
Fanboi
LOL and there it is!
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--Syrus-- Posts: 536
Registered: 2003-12-2 15:51:47
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Date Posted:
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Subject:
Cataclysm One-Month Sales Top 4.7 Million |
pattongb posted:
--Syrus-- posted:
pattongb posted:
Im no fanboi anyone will tell you that, but 39% is amazing.
Taking into account:
- WoW has a player base of at least 1 million subscribers who are under the age of 18. These subscribers will be slower to buy the box for obvious reasons.
- Since this is the 3rd expansion many long term players have learned not to buy the game for a month or so after expansions release. The thought is this avoids log jams, ques, and server issues. Although that has not been the case with this expac.
- As said before, this expac is not in China yet. That leaves 4-6 million subscribers yet to have the opportunity to buy it.
So lets say the top instance adds 5% more over the next 6 months, the 2nd adds 10% more to that, and the 3rd adds 15% to that total.
Thats a total of 69% minimum. Thats pretty amazing.
Fanboi
LOL and there it is!
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