The9 posts 94 percent drop in Q3 revenues after losing WoW
by Griffin McElroy 
on Nov 27th 2009 12:30PM
Mother of pearl! We thought it was safe to assume that Shanghai-based MMO operator The9 would lose a chunk of its revenue after handing the license for
World of Warcraft over to competing company NetEase. By "a chunk" we, of course, meant "a fraction." Not "almost all revenue," which
according to the company's Q3 2009 financial report, is how much it lost year-over-year after passing off the rights to run
WoW.
To put it numerically, The9's revenues dropped 94 percent from the same quarter last year. A hit that big must have left a sizable dent in the ol' pocketbook -- however, we're guessing the company's board members take some small, spiteful satisfaction from
the tribulations the game has brought to its new operators.
