I did post this yesterday...however, in the actual press release I did miss one interesting snippet;-
"World of Warcraft’s Subscriber Definition
World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet Game Room players who have accessed the game over the last thirty days are also counted as subscribers
This model of accessing MMO's is very popular in Asia and likely to make up a statistically significant percentage of WoW users (though nowhere near the majority obviously). I would see it as questionable however if you can count these users as having "purchased" the Expansion packs.
Currently we are predicting more than the total subscriber base as GLS for the Lich King. I think that's questionable anyway but it's doubly so given that many users will log in at their local Internet cafe to play the game without buying anything.
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I did post this yesterday...however, in the actual press release I did miss one interesting snippet;-
"World of Warcraft’s Subscriber Definition
World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet Game Room players who have accessed the game over the last thirty days are also counted as subscribers
This model of accessing MMO's is very popular in Asia and likely to make up a statistically significant percentage of WoW users (though nowhere near the majority obviously). I would see it as questionable however if you can count these users as having "purchased" the Expansion packs.
Currently we are predicting more than the total subscriber base as GLS for the Lich King. I think that's questionable anyway but it's doubly so given that many users will log in at their local Internet cafe to play the game without buying anything.
Subscribers != Sales!