World of Warcraft Tops 5 Million Players

World of Warcraft, a multiplayer role-playing game, has reached a major milestone. According to game developer Blizzard Entertainment, the game now has over five million players worldwide.

The subscription-based offering launched about a year ago in North America, Australia, and New Zealand, and also has been introduced in Europe and Asia.

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What’s so special about WOW?

I am a non-gamer but my younger brother is playing it all day, about 16 hours per day! He is playing the Taiwan version of WOW. According to him, WOW is an online game without bots. You cannot train your character by launching some third party softwares (bot) and leave it training by itself. On WOW, you have to train it manually, no dirty tricks. It makes the game more “real” and fair.

My two cents

Can you imagine how much money goes to the company every month (monthly subscription fee)? However, it took a few years for the development team to create the game. :shock:

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