With good reason
Every three months, like clockwork, Blizzard has sharedWorld of Warcraftsubscription statistics as part of its quarterly report. The MMO is perfectly healthy, but the fanbase isn’t at the fever pitch that it was at several years ago. Subscriptions have mostly seen a steady decline, save for when expansions release. As such, the media loves to irresponsibly run “World of Warcraftis doomed!” articles.
you’re able to hardly blame Blizzard for finally going this route. Every other MMO on the market would be drunk on euphoria if it could touch 5.5 million subscriptions. WhenWorld of Warcrafthits that, it’s supposedly bad times, ahoy. Losing players is never a good thing, butWorld of Warcraft‘s still in a much better position than its competitors. Now, it’s going to have to find creative ways of telling us that it’s just fine without misleading investors.
