WoW Reaches 11.5M Subscribers!

Thanks to all the holiday madness, I haven’t been able to comment about this amazing new milestone reached by our favorite MMO. A few days ago, Blizzard announced that the World of Warcraft subscriber base has grown to a new high of 11.5 million subscribers. This is mainly due to the release of the new World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King, which came out last November 13. Perhaps even more amazingly, the Wrath of the Lich King expansion generated first month sales figures of 4 million, another record high!

“Not only is Wrath of the Lich King still doing well, the base World of Warcraft game and the World of Warcraft Battle Chest® are performing better than last year,” said Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop. “That type of traction is very impressive for a game that is going into its fifth holiday season and speaks to the enthusiastic player base Blizzard Entertainment products have.”

This is more proof that our favorite MMO is still going strong even after its 4th year anniversary and it seems like it’s going to stay that way for a while. With even more content in store for us in this expansion, I’m very sure that we’ll see even more growth in this figure as the months go by in spite of the on going economic crisis. I’m definitly looking forward to when this figure will hit 12 million and beyond!