Well, I think this might be the death-knell of the pay per month model because it is only downhill from here.
According to the company, most of those departures were players in
the East, though a significant number of Western players left as well.
All told, the game now has about 8.3 million paying customers -- down
from 9.6 million in February -- and Activision CEO Bobby Kotick admits
that number is bound to drop even further.
I could not get behind paying $19.99 (or whatever it is now) a month just to play a game. I don't mind micro-transactions for cool gear but I would end up hounded by that monthly fee month after month. Oh well, I would be willing to bet that World of Warcraft will eventually go the way of Everquest and Guitar Hero played by a few die-hards but a shadow of its former self.
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