WoW made up half of Activision Blizzard’s money pile

January 29, 2009 · by Cody Ratliff · in Cody

wow_money Analysist’s have estimated that Blizzard’s subscription based World of Warcraft juggernaut has made up about half of Activision Blizzard’s earnings for fiscal year 2009.

In Decemeber, Blizzard stated that Wow currently has 11.5 million subscribers worldwide.

I have to tip my hat to WoW, with games like the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero franchises as part of the money making machine, it’s a pretty impressive feat to make up half the earnings.

Something I’m wondering is if WoW is actually bad for PC gaming overall. If that many people are investing their time in that game, a single title, do they still buy and play other PC games. Most WoW players I’ve known, dont’ play anything else on their PC other than WoW.

I’ve swapped over to console gaming, but back when I was exclusive to the PC, I spent my time playing a FPS like Call of Duty, or RTS such as Command & Conquer. Have MMORPGs succefully killed these types of games on PC, or are there still large amounts of people playing them?

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Tim Smith

i play wow still. not extensively, never have, but i play. When i get bored playing wow i start playing xbox again till i feel the “hunger” to play wow again. However, with the monthly subscription rates, i can see people not wanting to play anything else.

i can tell you this, for the monthly fee per hour played, wow is a way better investment. As there is always something to do, unlike most console games with a definitive end.

i don’t think it’s “killing” sales of console games, but i think console game makers will be trying to make a game with that kind of appeal.
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Well this is not really surprising at all World of warcraft had been a famous game all over the world and millions of fans just can’t get enough of getting latest updates about it.
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Abigail_paige

It is people’s choice that what they want to play. So let them.
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My son is 11, and he begs me to get WOW for him. I did and he’s still not happy because he wants the maps downloads too. I’m a console player, I played FF v11 for ps 1 and dirge of cerberus for ps2. Since I can still here WOW from my kid, I guess it’s not out of business at all.
Justine Headley

I think as we grow up we should also change our gaming preferences too. At times we behave like kids when it comes to gaming.
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World of Warcraft is such an awesome game. Blizzard really made a lot of money in WoW. With the release of Diablo III and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is just around the corner, I’m pretty sure Blizzard will make a lot of money again.
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I’ve heard so many people love Call of Duty game. I wonder what’s in that game, why they just want to do anything just to play that game. I don’t think Wow is bad for PC gaming though.
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