World of Warcraft has over eight million subscribers

zekrahminator · Jan 12, 2007

Blizzard studios has announced that over eight million people world wide have active World of Warcraft accounts, are in the middle of their trial month, or have accessed World of Warcraft in the past 30 days. This translates to roughly 2 million subscribers in North America, 1.5 million in Europe, and 3.5 million in China. The North American figures show that statistically, 1 in every 167 people owns a World of Warcraft account.

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xylomn · Jan 12, 2007

think of all that time that could have been spent better lol

I'm guilty of it too though, FFXI for me though

jocksteeluk · Jan 12, 2007

guildwars for me, as much as i want to play WOW i just darn right refuse to pay to play a game i own.

Azn Tr14dZ · Jan 12, 2007

Guild Wars (1st) for me too. I tried WoW and it was OK for me, didn't play for too long. But for $15 a month, I'm not going to pay. All I pay for is $50 a year for Xbox Live. That's like a little over $4 a month for Xbox Live, not bad.

But even then, I haven't played Guild War ever since it came out, I just started to play it recently again. But never WoW! The TimeCards cost more than the game itself.

zekrahminator · Jan 12, 2007

Speaking of Xbox Live, here's a nifty feature of Vista: you can connect to your Xbox Live account (I wish I could report it as news, but the news was presented as a video the register hosted on youtube).

Azn Tr14dZ · Jan 12, 2007

Isn't that part of the Live Anywhere thing that Microsoft announced? No matter what, I'm only playing Live on an Xbox 360 (unless the game is cheaper for PC).

WarEagleAU · Jan 12, 2007

I eventually plan to play WoW. I love MUD Games (been mostly text based, though I did play a couple of free graphics muds and FFXI once).

PS. My 1000th POST!!

Jonnycat · Jan 12, 2007

xylomn said:
think of all that time that could have been spent better lol

Oh, I dunno about that, recreation and relaxation time is an important aspect to being a healthy human being.

xylomn · Jan 12, 2007

I didnt say playing online games or even relaxing were bad, for god sake i play FFXI.. I was more referring to those who spend all of their free time on games such as warcraft, and don't socialise in real life... Leaving the house and going outside is important too

Azn Tr14dZ · Jan 12, 2007

I can imagine WoW players being just like Kenny, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman in the WoW Episode of SouthPark.

TUngsten · Jan 12, 2007

I just sold my account on ebay 2 days ago
so glad to get some $ for all the wasted hours....makes me feel somewhat less pathetic

xylomn · Jan 12, 2007

TUngsten said:
I just sold my account on ebay 2 days ago
so glad to get some $ for all the wasted hours....makes me feel somewhat less pathetic

I did that with my swg account before they crapped up the game

error_f0rce · Jan 12, 2007

Jonnycat said:
recreation and relaxation time is an important aspect to being a healthy human being.

I couldn't agree with you more. However, one thing bothers me: how our definition of recreation has changed :shadedshu .... since like 80% of the people in the US are overweight, I'd guess what's most important for being a "healthy human being" is less of this type of "recreation".

Dont' get me wrong, I love gaming, but not any more than snowboarding, swimming, fishing, hiking, running, biking, etc.

To me, gaming is relaxation and recreation is something else entirely.

DOM · Jan 12, 2007

Azn Tr14dZ said:
I can imagine WoW players being just like Kenny, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman in the WoW Episode of SouthPark.

thats one of my fav Episodes of SouthPark

i was going to buy that game but hell no im going to pay to play online there :nutkick:

JdPower · Jan 12, 2007

WoW will end your social life, trust me I have see it happen. LOL

Judas · Jan 12, 2007

Azn Tr14dZ said:
I can imagine WoW players being just like Kenny, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman in the WoW Episode of SouthPark.

Yeah..i saw that one it was funny :laugh:

I play WoW its a great game even though you have to pay a monthly fee.And wots even better
its not an ea game

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