Infraction for Vagabond: General Idiocy

• Snowy · 08/01/08, 12:31 PM

Post: Wrath of Lich King Stuff (was 'Blizzcon' thread)
User: Vagabond
Infraction: General Idiocy
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

Hey genius, this was posted yesterday in the thread, and grats on ignoring my post.

Original Post:

Well, over the last couple of days there's been some major speculation about Warhammer Online's release date on several boards I read; with the consensus coming down to Sept-Oct or so.

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise. From MMO-Champ/Shacknews:

Shacknews reported that according to Mike Morhaime (Blizzard Entertainment's CEO), Wrath of the Lich King will be released between October and December 2008.

"We have said that it will be coming out this year," Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime revealed in a conference call today. "I can tell you it's not coming in the July to September quarter."

As for the Wrath of the Lich King beta, Morhaime noted that "testing is going very well." During the call, Morhaime also mentioned that 40% of the World of Warcraft subscribers that left for Age of Conan have since returned.

Maybe I'm simply too Cynical, but it seems the trend of the meaning of "when its done" to actually mean "when we need to steal thunder and/or steal back subscribers" continues. Not a bad business model, but distastefully obvious from an entertainment provider.

And, as bad as AoC is tanking at the moment, I do wonder where the significant portion of the OTHER 60% that left WoW for AoC have gone rather than come back to WoW.