Comments on: Has World of Warcraft Peaked?

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MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft » WoW Kills Another WoW Killer — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:12:24 +0000

[...] until the release of Wrath of the Lich King. I myself made a prediction back in May stating that WoW would reach its peak this summer and then start to [...]

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:54:45 +0000

No I don’t think WoW has peaked.
I am done with it, but thats after 60 days /played.
Can’t do it anymore.

AoC will keep a lot of those ex-wowers happy for about 2-10 days game time, max.
WAR will do well but I don’t think it will be stealing a lot of wow players, mainly because the gameplay mechanics are too simliar.

For a long time I was one of those people calling for wow’s head. I hate a lot of things about the game, but…

* It is more accessable than any other major mmo
* It has a VERY large player base
* Much, much more refined gameplay
* Balanced classes, balanced for solo and group, balanced for casual and hardcore, balanced balanced balanced.

Wow will stay on top until at least 2010. Maybe much longer.

By: George

George — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:02:56 +0000

Of one start to think about a peak in WoW, no one think in the fact that WoW reaches 10 million with only 1 expansion, and the same graphic motor in both games (WoW and WoW The Burning Crusade) and also note that WoftLK will has the same graphic motor… So.. can anyone imagine how much players will join to the WoW files if in the (just an example) fourth expansion they improve the graphics of the game?.

Nobody can say that the history of the game is boring… One of the best things that the game has is its history… I don’t think that WoW will reaches its peak soon… There will be WoW for a long long time

Cheers… and yes.. I’m a Warcraft and World of Warcraft player xD

By: Humble Hobo

Humble Hobo — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:19:02 +0000

After WAR, there is seriously nothing on the horizon that might have an impact. WAR is the big storm, but Blizzard is really good at weathering those storms.

WoW has at least 18 more months until it peaks. The peak will probably be a few months after the next expansion (the expansion after WotLK).

Blizzard will hit the 11 million, possibly scratch the 12 mil mark, but eventually it’s going to start eroding.

Just not for another 18 months.

By: NBarnes

NBarnes — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:34:53 +0000

I’ve heard just as many bad things about AoC’s launch and gameplay as good. I’ll believe that WoW has peaked when I see it.

Having played EQ since release and then WoW, I’ve seen many, many, many people saying that Asheron’s Call/Dark Age of Camelot/Shadowbane/Star Wars: Galaxies/The Sims Online/whatever will ‘kill’ the current market leader. They are wrong way more often than they are right. New games come out strong and fade more often than they start weak and grow. Check back in with AoC in six months.

By: Azan

Azan — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:07:29 +0000

I have heard from blogs that have reportedly heard from blizzard that they now have upwards of 10.7 million subscribers. If you ask me – World of Warcraft still has some to go before it peaks. Best bet is that the numbers some time after WoTLK will be higher than they are now.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:22:58 +0000

There’s a ridiculous number of good console and PC games coming out toward the end of this year. I’m sure WoW will stay strong, but I’d be amazed if they didn’t lose a significant number subscribers to smaller games this fall and winter.