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.
