Neo003 Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLaughingMan Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 and yet my battlegroup is still crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted February 24, 2010 Veteran Share Posted February 24, 2010 I am proud to say I am a subscriber to World of Warcraft and have been since the first beta test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan R. Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 My god those are some insane comparisons/statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted February 24, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted February 24, 2010 Expensive game. I think it's basicness is what keeps it popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalalawawawa Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Expensive game. I think it's basicness is what keeps it popular. And the social part. Playing with lots of friends, chatting with people from other countries, anal / norris joking on trade channel and stuff... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 WoW! Those are some neat stats. I've probably paid for a new tyre on that Audi R8 by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 hahahaha 1933 copies per minute nice find (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Anarkii Subscriber² Posted February 25, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted February 25, 2010 This was posted in the original World of Warcraft forums too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Im currently paying but not playing, I really need to quit my subs till I get more time. Edit - Ive just tried to cancel my account and got a '404 page not found' at Wow-Europe.com. So THAT'S how they keep growing!! Mothers wont let you cancel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted February 25, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted February 25, 2010 Im currently paying but not playing, I really need to quit my subs till I get more time. Edit - Ive just tried to cancel my account and got a '404 page not found' at Wow-Europe.com. So THAT'S how they keep growing!! Mothers wont let you cancel! Just cancel your DD. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Expensive game. I think it's basicness is what keeps it popular. If that was true, all of the games like Runes of Magic would be much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much more popular. WoW is anything but "basic" later, yes, it's one of the more simple complex pay MMOs, but, it's far from "basic". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhearted Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I don't really believe those numbers on the server side of things. More specifically, the number of computers and such claimed to be used. It seems greatly exaggerated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted February 25, 2010 Veteran Share Posted February 25, 2010 That definitely puts things into perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted February 25, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted February 25, 2010 WoW is anything but "basic" later, yes, it's one of the more simple complex pay MMOs, but, it's far from "basic". It looks basic, it plays basic. The only thing that adds complexity are the people that use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invizibleyez Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Maybe you don't know the Blizzard Mantra? Simple to play, difficult to master. Blizzard loves this, and all their games are based on this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted February 25, 2010 Veteran Share Posted February 25, 2010 Maybe you don't know the Blizzard Mantra? Simple to play, difficult to master. Blizzard loves this, and all their games are based on this idea. I think it's more like "easy to learn, hard to master". :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrinity1 Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Wow those stats are pretty amazing. I've been hesitant to try it out though. Every time i'm at the store I debate on buying it or not. Does it really live up to what everybody says about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I don't really believe those numbers on the server side of things. More specifically, the number of computers and such claimed to be used. It seems greatly exaggerated. Really? I find it to be rather acceptable considering the load, number of servers dedicated to various parts of the game, and so forth. (continents/zones, instances, battlegrounds, authentication, etc) Given that it appears to cost them only 50 million to operate in a year's time, minus I'm guessing the cost of paying their employees that manage the game... it doesn't seem like a whole lot, especially if they're making $800 million a year, minus the Asian player base of 5.5 million. That is a lot of money... People could say they're milking it, but can you really blame them? I mean, it's not like the game's gone downhill exactly. Personally, while I loved how things were before, I would never want to go back to a time before the LFD tool lol. Only people that seem to be angry are the elitist who aren't being catered to anymore. Oh, and let's not forget the additional (free) content that comes out for the two years in between expansions. It looks basic, it plays basic. The only thing that adds complexity are the people that use it. As if. I've yet to meet a great DPS, healer, or tank who have not read up on their class in at least some way, shape, or form. I think it's more like "easy to learn, hard to master". :p I'd agree with this. Some classes are just a lot easier to play than others, at least in everyone's perspective for the most part. While I think Cat DPS is a breeze, I couldn't play a warlock or priest to save my life. Doesn't stop me from trying though at least, as I did end up loving my mage after all. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhearted Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Really? I find it to be rather acceptable considering the load, number of servers dedicated to various parts of the game, and so forth. (continents/zones, instances, battlegrounds, authentication, etc) I dunno. I just find the sheer number of servers to be rather ridiculous. Even though it probly doesn't work like this, lets just do the math of players / servers directly. Just by that it would be about 575 users per server alone which would be really low. And Even if they had multiple login servers and each ream had a separate server for each continent, the instances, and other things i still don't think it would total up to 20,000. 20,000 would almost require there to be a server for each individual zone within each continent which would be quite overkill. Not to mention would it interrupt the flow of the game as you would have to 'connect' everytime you, say, left orgrimmar to go to the barrens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagisan Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Assuming those financial figures are right, they are making roughly $750 MILLION a year in profits (that is, money after upkeep), or, 2 MILLION a DAY in pure profit. Talk about a cash cow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosidius Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 List of all the servers: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/realmstatus/ I wont bother counting them all but each World of warcraft Realm has a: Eastern Kingdoms server Kalimdor Server Northrend Server Outland Server Auction House / Chat Each battlegroup (a cluster of servers) has a: Battleground/Arena server Instance server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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