World of Warcraft reaches 11.5 million subscribers
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Dec 23rd 2008 at 1:00PM }
Blizzard also stated it's currently hiring more staff to keep pace with the game. With all the layoffs going around the industry, hopefully some folks can find a relatively stable job over at Blizzard's compound -- we hear it's made of gold and diamonds.
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Robotochan @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:03PM
That's almost twice the population of Scotland :O Where apparently all Dwarves come from!
Burritoclock @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:04PM
At 12 million subscribers they will release the hypnotize screen that converts them all into an army, an army of nerds that will run rampant over the earth leaving destruction and coheed and cambria CD's in their wake.
Just what I heard.
(The Award-Winning) dark_inchworm @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:41PM
WoW fan here.
If I suddenly find out I've been a member of an undercover Coheed and Cambria cult this entire time, I'm going for the Kool-Aid.
Burritoclock @ Dec 23rd 2008 2:04PM
No, or at least wait until we stop them, we're gonna need someone on the inside.
phobic99 @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:08PM
After moving here from living in Germany the past 3 years, I can easily say that Ohio is not a that great of a state at all.
DarrenHollywood @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:31PM
You're just not drinking enough!
phobic99 @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:56PM
Well seeing as how I don't drink alcohol at all... you're probably right. -_-
aj @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:21PM
Having known a fair few immigrants, the Europe to America move is a pretty big culture shock I've heard. In as much as Europe has culture, and America has people who shout a lot.
Riley @ Dec 23rd 2008 8:32PM
i could have saved you a lot of pain and anguish if you'd asked
yeah, ohio is the suck
tmacairjordan87 @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:09PM
They can add another one to that list, as I'm jumping back in after I pick up Lich King right after Christmas.
a ham sandwich @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:15PM
uh, great state of ohio?
Fanboy @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:31PM
Maybe we can recruit some of the WoW players to the Cleveland Browns! Hell they could probably catch a ball better than Braylon Edwards...CRITICAL CATCH
DarrenHollywood @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:33PM
You can't hog all the WoW subscribers. There are two crappy football teams in this state.
Wiinterfang @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:32PM
That's like 3 times the population of Puerto Rico O_O.
Shagittarius @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:35PM
I think that makes WoW the biggest sausage party ever.
Wonderflex @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:42PM
I don't know what the subscription cost is...so, what does that translate into for monthly dolars?
Corey @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:45PM
$172.5 million a month.
willferal @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:16PM
If every single subscriber paid $15 a month, $172.5M/mo would be correct, however a lot of players don't, such as in China, where they have a hour-based system and they pay MUCH less than people in North America or Europe
Wonderflex @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:02PM
Well, let's just use a completly random number then and assume that they make at least 100 million a month. That's a crazy amount of money to make off of one game each year. And it's been around since what, 2005, or something.
aj @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:23PM
I've heard that WoW is financed with Nazi gold.
Moptimus Slime @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:48PM
I'd just like to point out that after visiting Dayton a few times, Justin's song is waaaaaaaaaaaay to exciting. The only good thing about Dayton is you can always laugh at Youngstown for being even more bland and boring.
Eli Gundry @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:14PM
Youngstown is more dangerous than Dayton. All you need to do to graduate from Youngstown State is not get shot in a four year period.
Evan @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:55PM
That's 11.5 million people who are less productive members of our society because of the game.
KingTorres @ Dec 23rd 2008 2:14PM
At least they're not destructive members of society!
rrdmxjedah @ Dec 23rd 2008 2:02PM
whats the point of this game again?
StarCasm, formerly known as Rastafario, formerly known as HB96st @ Dec 23rd 2008 2:14PM
Oh that's simple... Alienate yourselves from friends and family, loose sleep, jepordize your job and love life all while paying a fee monthly, with no end in sight..
Exciting!
Shagittarius @ Dec 23rd 2008 5:30PM
Or you could play it like a normal person...
StarCasm, formerly known as Rastafario, formerly known as HB96st @ Dec 24th 2008 12:30AM
"Or you could play it like a normal person..."
-while paying a fee monthly, with no end in sight..
Sorry... doesn't sound like a game, sounds like a habit.
Alien Lord @ Dec 24th 2008 2:47AM
Aaaahhhhh the end of the world is almost here.
nox @ Dec 24th 2008 4:01PM
I wonder how many are Multi-Boxers?
John Myers @ Dec 27th 2008 8:20PM
World of Warcraft deserves to have such an incredible subscription base of
dedicated and loyal fans. With over 11 million World of Warcraft subscriptions,
WoW is now the largest massive multiplayer game from North America. Personally I
am not sure if World of Warcraft is the largest massive multiplayer game in the
world, I have heard there are many extremely successful massive multiplayer
games from Asia, a region intertwined with MMO gaming. After taking over the
market from the ever addicting MMO Everquest or "Evercrack", World of
Warcraft has become the leader in the industry, the one to look up to. If you
have not played World of Warcraft get your WoW
Account today and get in the game with the rest of the us! Kudos to Blizzard
Entertainment and there insights into what has become a multi million dollar
industry!