Activision Blizzard CEO Not Worried About The Old Republic Competing with WoW t2j42

Due to the commitment that the fanbase of World of Warcraft shows Kotick isn’t overly worried about the kind of impact that Bioware’s Star Wars: The old republic will have on those playing WOW. 5b1159

Kotick said:

“””I can’t say that we’re hugely concerned about that… the audience for World of Warcraft is a pretty committed group of players.””

As of Blizzard’s latest numbers, WoW boasts over 12 million players. The release of the third expansion, Cataclysm, to the 6 year old MMO WoW may see a huge bump in subscription numbers, possible to 13 or even 14 million.

The track record for previous WoW-killers like Age of Conan and Old Republic.