Blizzard strikes gold on every title. The fact they've conquered the MMO world doesn't surprise me at all. Every game they've put out in the last 5 years has been a huge hit.
cKGunslinger
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How big is the development team? 10? 15? 25? Multiply that by what? $50, $75, $100k/year? Times how many years so far? 3? 4? 5? Plus advertising. Plus servers. Plus support. Plus bandwidth. Plus new content.
No doubt that WoW make Blizzard money (isn't that the point of every single business endeavor?), but I don't think they are exactly swimming in a giant vault of money like Scrooge McDuck.
No doubt that WoW make Blizzard money (isn't that the point of every single business endeavor?), but I don't think they are exactly swimming in a giant vault of money like Scrooge McDuck.
yea i have too much time in the game also. since blackwing lair came out...we raid like 4 times a week. im almost sick of playing games on one pc, while chatting and being in IRC on a 2nd PC and watching movies. it will all be good though, i have another date this weekend 
oogabooga
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fire that murloc
i seriously think blizz makes some nice change off WoW. But i think they also spend a good chunk of money on wow too. I think they could stand to .. you know.. hire more GM's, CM's, Development, INTERNAL TESTING (BWL WAS FRIGGIN TERRIBLE CONSIDERING THE 'INTERNAL TESTING').
if i said i had been working on a project for 3 months, and then you found three MAJOR bugs within the first 2 lines of the project, i bet you'd be like "umm... so.... wtf?"
anyway despite all i hate the game is still entertaining, and as long as it is : blizz can have my 15 bucks a month. When it no longer is? i'll stop paying.
i seriously think blizz makes some nice change off WoW. But i think they also spend a good chunk of money on wow too. I think they could stand to .. you know.. hire more GM's, CM's, Development, INTERNAL TESTING (BWL WAS FRIGGIN TERRIBLE CONSIDERING THE 'INTERNAL TESTING').
if i said i had been working on a project for 3 months, and then you found three MAJOR bugs within the first 2 lines of the project, i bet you'd be like "umm... so.... wtf?"
anyway despite all i hate the game is still entertaining, and as long as it is : blizz can have my 15 bucks a month. When it no longer is? i'll stop paying.
Blizzard is definitely raking it in.
Sure the initial costs were very high (years of development, advertisement, etc) but those costs will be covered...and then some.
So that leaves the monthly maintenence costs, employee payroll, and I dunno what else, but if they generate revenues of $20 million/month, I'm sure only a fraction of the total revenue goes to those costs. The rest is PROFIT!!!!
Sure the initial costs were very high (years of development, advertisement, etc) but those costs will be covered...and then some.
So that leaves the monthly maintenence costs, employee payroll, and I dunno what else, but if they generate revenues of $20 million/month, I'm sure only a fraction of the total revenue goes to those costs. The rest is PROFIT!!!!
Blizzard has a huge staff akin to big production movie crews. Although they make a nice profit off of WOW, I think most of it is dispersed through payroll.
lets hope an expansion pack comes soon, and their cost of 50 dollars is the regular price for any other game.
I didn't realize that WoW broke Everquest's record, but thanks for correcting me on that. I was just trying to back up my claim with the only real data I knew of, which was an article about Everquest.
Schadenfroh
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They did internationally, dont know about in america, china really helped blizzards subscription numbers.
you forget that that money also funds other projects... ghost... WC4 possibly D3.. wow add ons etc etc etc..
oogabooga
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they released the tuesday before turkey day.
someone on ATOT had a mapquest map with an outline of how many people were at that midnight release at fry's. It was nuts
they even had an armed guard i think watching the truck with extra copies of the game to keep up with demand. In case the nerds got rowdy. But then it only takes one guy apparently to handle 6000 nerds
someone on ATOT had a mapquest map with an outline of how many people were at that midnight release at fry's. It was nuts
they even had an armed guard i think watching the truck with extra copies of the game to keep up with demand. In case the nerds got rowdy. But then it only takes one guy apparently to handle 6000 nerds
*mocking* lightning bolt! lightning bolt!!! DEATH!!*ends mock*
i cannot find that link now though :*(
i cannot find that link now though :*(
the PvE grind isnt that bad. I hear it is not as fast as DAoC, but i know it is MUCH slower than L2 or EQ1/2. Priest is the worst to pve also if you are soloing, but good luck!!~
too bad their GMs are worthless and they don't talk among themselves to find a true answer. but i would like to see a D3 !!
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