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World of Warcraft lost 600,000 players last quarter

World of Warcraft lost 600,000 players last quarter
Lewis Leong

Lewis Leong

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There’s no denying that World of Warcraft is still the most popular MMORPG in the world. Currently, Blizzard has 7.7 million active WoW players but that number seems quite low when you recall the game used to have 12 million players at its peak.

Released in 2004, World of Warcraft has been struggling to stay relevant to everyone except die-hard fans. Blizzard came out with the Mists of Pandaria update which helped boost subscriptions but only temporarily. Even with the update, our editor Jon noted the update lacked any real innovation.

Still, it may be too early to be ringing the death knell of the MMORPG. 7.7 million subscribers is still a huge number but Blizzard knows it has to do something to stop hemorrhaging players. The company is working on a successor to WoW but that likely won’t come to market until 2016 at the earliest, according to GamesIndustry International.

Do you still play WoW? Let us know in the comments.

Source: GamesIndustry International

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