In the months leading up to the expansion’s release and the time since launch, the game reached and has sustained its
highest number of players on monthly or longer-term subscriptions compared to the same period ahead of and
following any WoW expansion in the past decade, in both the West and the East.
compared to the same period ahead of and following any WoW expansion in the past decade, in both the West and the East. Players have spent more time in Azeroth year to date than in the same period of any of the last 10 years.
than in the same period of any of the last 10 years. In addition, total player time in game this year to date has nearly doubled compared to the same period last year.
“It’s been a huge thrill to enter this whole-new dimension of the Warcraft universe together with millions of players around the world,” said J. Allen
Brack, president of Blizzard Entertainment. “It’s been equally rewarding to see players enjoying all of the new features and content in Shadowlands
—whether they’re exploring new aspects of their characters with the Covenants or setting foot in WoW for the first time with the new-player experience
in Exile’s Reach—and there’s much more to come.”
Jereboy216 on December 8th, 2020 at 18:12 UTC »
I'm honestly surprised. The hype for this expansion did not feel as high for me as it did for legion or wod.
I'm enjoying the expansion so far at least!
Bubbel13 on December 8th, 2020 at 16:11 UTC »
Well, they got a lot of things right with shadowlands. I'm a returning player who stopped mid pandaria.
- Got hyped up again by classic (even though I stopped playing that again)
- The leveling rework with the level squish made it look easier to catch up
- even though Blizzard's (probably) not to credit for this, covid meant I have more time for something like wow.
If not for all three of these, I wouldn't have subbed again, and I guess there's more people in the same boat.
xarbin on December 8th, 2020 at 15:50 UTC »
I find it odd though that the major gaming news outlets a la IGN and Gamespot haven't really talked about the game. Launch week didn't have much of a presence on their home page. Wtf is up with that.