WoW Reaches 1.5 Million Subscribers 51
Alarash writes "Blizzard just announced that its latest video game (and first MMO), World of Warcraft reached 1.5 millions of subscribers world-wide. Blizzard is now second only to NCSoft (over 5 millions users spread on Lineage, Lineage II and City of Heroes) according to the MMOG Chart."
could easily have reached higher.. (Score:4, Insightful)
at start of the trial they ask for a credit card number.
can you then actually buy the game at the end of that trial with that credit card? NO. is it available in shops anymore when the trial runs out? NO. has blizzard fucked up some logistics majorly here? YES.
and when's the content patch? because seriously, i'm starting to think that it's not worth getting the subscription once they get them back on the shelf, because pvp in it is pretty darn sad(and pointless except for annoying people) right now.
flash-bang (Score:5, Insightful)
But what's not impressive is the availability and performance of the server (US at least); very frequent emergency maintenance; unexplained lag surges (at seemingly low-volume times, like 5am CST); client crash bugs; raid/instance bugs; etc.
WoW may grow more, but I believe it will retract in subscriber numbers within the year. While the game world seems large at first, it really is fairly small. There are only so many places to go and things to kill. Ultimately you end up with a server full of level 60 players who are bored out of their minds. Sure they can roll another char and play it up, but even that gets old.
WoW promised to offer new content frequently, but that's not been delivered. Whether the content has gotten delayed due to constant server/network issues is not known to the public, but what is known is that features that were promised long ago have yet to appear in the game. But of course, great things are Coming Soon!
WoW will be a success overall, but the first year will remain bumpy. Us early adopters didn't begin to get what we expected, so many of us have already left.
And for any people who reply to this with comments about "every other game has had launch issues", save it. I've played a good many of other MMORPGs, and most of them from the day they opened (or the beta before). WoW's rocky start (server/network problems) is unacceptable.
Re:Excuse me? (Score:1, Insightful)
If some servers are having lots of issues and others aren't, PLAY ON ONE OF THE ONES WITHOUT ISSUES.
Doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure that out.
And if you made it to 60 and can't figure out what to do, remember this: there are two sides. Choose another server and start a character on the other side.