Blizzard is worried about decline in number of WoW subscribers

Publisher Activision-Blizzard is worried about the decline of the number of World of Warcraft subscribers. In a period of three months, lost the game, 1.3 million players. Also, Activision is worried about the disappointing launch of the Wii U.

The publisher expressed its concern at the presentation of its quarterly figures. Where World of Warcraft at the end of last year to 9.6 million players had, is that number in just three months time has decreased to 8.3 million players. That is a decline of 1.3 million players. A year ago, the mmorpg still has 10.2 million players. Especially in Asia, lost the game many players. Although Activision-Blizzard is worried about the decline, emphasizes the publisher that WoW still the most popular mmorpg.

Activision says that it is continue to worry about the disappointing launch of the Wii U, that its effect may have on the revenues of the company. Activision has for the Wii U, including a Transformer game and a game in the Call of Duty series released. Also ‘uncertainty about the next generation of consoles “and the” challenging economic situation ” are reason for concern for the company.

Incidentally, the company has a great quarter behind us: the Activision-Blizzard-combination had a turnover of 1,32 billion dollars, an increase of nearly 13 percent compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Especially with Skylanders and Call of Duty did the company earn a lot of money. In 2008, Activision and Blizzard to one publisher.