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The reasons of the recent growth of WoW to 10 million + subscriptions ...

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  • WhitebeardsWhitebeards Member Posts: 778
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by DjDriVer

    LQQK people it don't take a scientific calculator  to figure this out,and you don;t need a master's Degree.  Here are some of the

    Biggest reasons for not only W0W's 10mil subscribers,but their continued success WITHOUT being a F2p:

    1- Top Quality graphics

    2. The  game mechanics that have remained consistent throughout the games history.

    3- Flatout a business model that continues to be successful, and actually giving members

      bang for their Bucks.

    4- continued content growth through continued add-ons and updates,not giving scribers a chance

      to get bored.

    5. since the game's conception,it's actually an enjoyable game to play,including a player community

      that is always ready to offer in game advice ad tips,a thing that many F2P games are seriously lacking.

      IMO,above and beyond all that developers are always striving to create new in game items,and working

    to expand the player Xperience.  I also think the player community has a great deal to do with the 10mil

    scribers. For the most part,they make it easy for a new player to feel comfortable & welcomed.always 

    willing to help new players

    The tope quality graphics bit of this made me lol. top quality in 2004, terrible quality in 2014/2015 you mean.

     

    There are other flaws but im going to point out the 2nd most ridiculous one. The player community 'ALWAYS' makes people feel welcome. Then how come there is a thread on a newbie to wow who cant complete any quests on a PvE server because the enemy faction continually wipes out all npc quest givers so he can never manage to hand them in and get beyond level 40.

    Yeah because top quality graphics only means quality in terms of 'visuals' right?

    And did he say entire WOW community is full of angels who makes you feel welcome? every MMO has its bad apples.

    Way to pick on his points and try to twist it into something it isn't.

  • WhitebeardsWhitebeards Member Posts: 778
    Originally posted by Horusra
    Put your winner up aftabboo...or are you scared.

    probably another alt account of someone who recently got banned. I think you people would still remember him from yesterday.

  • aftabbooaftabboo Member Posts: 67
    Originally posted by Whitebeards
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by DjDriVer

    LQQK people it don't take a scientific calculator  to figure this out,and you don;t need a master's Degree.  Here are some of the

    Biggest reasons for not only W0W's 10mil subscribers,but their continued success WITHOUT being a F2p:

    1- Top Quality graphics

    2. The  game mechanics that have remained consistent throughout the games history.

    3- Flatout a business model that continues to be successful, and actually giving members

      bang for their Bucks.

    4- continued content growth through continued add-ons and updates,not giving scribers a chance

      to get bored.

    5. since the game's conception,it's actually an enjoyable game to play,including a player community

      that is always ready to offer in game advice ad tips,a thing that many F2P games are seriously lacking.

      IMO,above and beyond all that developers are always striving to create new in game items,and working

    to expand the player Xperience.  I also think the player community has a great deal to do with the 10mil

    scribers. For the most part,they make it easy for a new player to feel comfortable & welcomed.always 

    willing to help new players

    The tope quality graphics bit of this made me lol. top quality in 2004, terrible quality in 2014/2015 you mean.

     

    There are other flaws but im going to point out the 2nd most ridiculous one. The player community 'ALWAYS' makes people feel welcome. Then how come there is a thread on a newbie to wow who cant complete any quests on a PvE server because the enemy faction continually wipes out all npc quest givers so he can never manage to hand them in and get beyond level 40.

    Yeah because top quality graphics only means quality in terms of 'visuals' right?

    And did he say entire WOW community is full of angels who makes you feel welcome? every MMO has its bad apples.

    Way to pick on his points and try to twist it into something it isn't.

    Dude, try to be logical here, don't just be blind and get on the wow hype train.

     

    I wasn't saying wow is a bad game. maybe its still the best mmorpg out there but to pretend it has top quality visuals in 2014/2015 and actually state that is a joke.

     

    Its like me saying in 2004 that diablo 1 still has top quality visuals.

     

    Edit :btw he said top quality graphics not visuals which you are saying to change the subject but since you change the subject I would say yes, top quality graphics are needed for top quality visuals.

  • WhitebeardsWhitebeards Member Posts: 778
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by Whitebeards
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by DjDriVer

    LQQK people it don't take a scientific calculator  to figure this out,and you don;t need a master's Degree.  Here are some of the

    Biggest reasons for not only W0W's 10mil subscribers,but their continued success WITHOUT being a F2p:

    1- Top Quality graphics

    2. The  game mechanics that have remained consistent throughout the games history.

    3- Flatout a business model that continues to be successful, and actually giving members

      bang for their Bucks.

    4- continued content growth through continued add-ons and updates,not giving scribers a chance

      to get bored.

    5. since the game's conception,it's actually an enjoyable game to play,including a player community

      that is always ready to offer in game advice ad tips,a thing that many F2P games are seriously lacking.

      IMO,above and beyond all that developers are always striving to create new in game items,and working

    to expand the player Xperience.  I also think the player community has a great deal to do with the 10mil

    scribers. For the most part,they make it easy for a new player to feel comfortable & welcomed.always 

    willing to help new players

    The tope quality graphics bit of this made me lol. top quality in 2004, terrible quality in 2014/2015 you mean.

     

    There are other flaws but im going to point out the 2nd most ridiculous one. The player community 'ALWAYS' makes people feel welcome. Then how come there is a thread on a newbie to wow who cant complete any quests on a PvE server because the enemy faction continually wipes out all npc quest givers so he can never manage to hand them in and get beyond level 40.

    Yeah because top quality graphics only means quality in terms of 'visuals' right?

    And did he say entire WOW community is full of angels who makes you feel welcome? every MMO has its bad apples.

    Way to pick on his points and try to twist it into something it isn't.

    Dude, try to be logical here, don't just be blind and get on the wow hype train.

     

    I wasn't saying wow is a bad game. maybe its still the best mmorpg out there but to pretend it has top quality visuals in 2014/2015 and actually state that is a joke.

     

    Its like me saying in 2004 that diablo 1 still has top quality visuals.

    And i answered to that point already. When he says top quality graphics you read it as 'visually'. Even though top quality is more than just visuals. Read what you want to read but don't pretend that is what he was trying to say.

    And what hype train are you talking about? stop throwing around random cliches.

  • HorusraHorusra Member EpicPosts: 4,411
    Till he put up his "top quality" graphics game aftabboo's opinion does not mean much.
  • WhitebeardsWhitebeards Member Posts: 778
    Originally posted by aftabboo
     

    Edit :btw he said top quality graphics not visuals which you are saying to change the subject but since you change the subject I would say yes, top quality graphics are needed for top quality visuals.

    Come on now i wasn't born yesterday. You clearly latched on to the'visual' part when he said 'top quality graphics'. 

    And no graphics are not just visual. There is also art style, fluidity , variety, quality of the engine, the ease at which it runs on your machine and other numerous point. (look at example of WS, look at its graphics which are more suited for 2004 game and yet makes even beast machine cry with low fps)

    But yes lets stick to how WOW's graphics are bad because they don't look like 2014 games.

  • aftabbooaftabboo Member Posts: 67
    Originally posted by Whitebeards
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by Whitebeards
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by DjDriVer

    LQQK people it don't take a scientific calculator  to figure this out,and you don;t need a master's Degree.  Here are some of the

    Biggest reasons for not only W0W's 10mil subscribers,but their continued success WITHOUT being a F2p:

    1- Top Quality graphics

    2. The  game mechanics that have remained consistent throughout the games history.

    3- Flatout a business model that continues to be successful, and actually giving members

      bang for their Bucks.

    4- continued content growth through continued add-ons and updates,not giving scribers a chance

      to get bored.

    5. since the game's conception,it's actually an enjoyable game to play,including a player community

      that is always ready to offer in game advice ad tips,a thing that many F2P games are seriously lacking.

      IMO,above and beyond all that developers are always striving to create new in game items,and working

    to expand the player Xperience.  I also think the player community has a great deal to do with the 10mil

    scribers. For the most part,they make it easy for a new player to feel comfortable & welcomed.always 

    willing to help new players

    The tope quality graphics bit of this made me lol. top quality in 2004, terrible quality in 2014/2015 you mean.

     

    There are other flaws but im going to point out the 2nd most ridiculous one. The player community 'ALWAYS' makes people feel welcome. Then how come there is a thread on a newbie to wow who cant complete any quests on a PvE server because the enemy faction continually wipes out all npc quest givers so he can never manage to hand them in and get beyond level 40.

    Yeah because top quality graphics only means quality in terms of 'visuals' right?

    And did he say entire WOW community is full of angels who makes you feel welcome? every MMO has its bad apples.

    Way to pick on his points and try to twist it into something it isn't.

    Dude, try to be logical here, don't just be blind and get on the wow hype train.

     

    I wasn't saying wow is a bad game. maybe its still the best mmorpg out there but to pretend it has top quality visuals in 2014/2015 and actually state that is a joke.

     

    Its like me saying in 2004 that diablo 1 still has top quality visuals.

    And i answered to that point already. When he says top quality graphics you read it as 'visually'. Even though top quality is more than just visuals. Read what you want to read but don't pretend that is what he was trying to say.

    And what hype train are you talking about? stop throwing around random cliches.

    You cant have top quality visuals without having top quality graphics and like is said and he said, he was talking about graphics not visuals even though you change the sub hect.

     

    I hardly think we would get top quality visuals in 2014 running a game on super Mario graphics from the snes.

     

    Good graphics are necessary for top quality visuals.

     

    For all the good things about wow, its graphics is not one of them. By 2014/2015 standards, the graphics of wow are terrible even though that doesn't mean its a bad game.

  • aftabbooaftabboo Member Posts: 67
    Originally posted by Whitebeards
    Originally posted by aftabboo
     

    Edit :btw he said top quality graphics not visuals which you are saying to change the subject but since you change the subject I would say yes, top quality graphics are needed for top quality visuals.

    Come on now i wasn't born yesterday. You clearly latched on to the'visual' part when he said 'top quality graphics'. 

    And no graphics are not just visual. There is also art style, fluidity , variety, quality if the engine and other numerous point.

    But yes lets stick to how WOW's graphics are bad because they don't look like 2014 games.

    Rubbish, he commented on graphics and I commented on graphics not visuals. You guys changed the subject to visuals by saying top quality graphics aren't needed for top quality visuals.

     

    So like I said b4, we were talking about graphics but again like I said b4 even if we change the topic to visuals to suit your troll agenda, top quality graphics are still needed to run top quality visuals.

     

    Try making top quality visuals for 2014/2015 standards with snes graphics and see how far you get bro.

  • WhitebeardsWhitebeards Member Posts: 778
    Originally posted by aftabboo
     

    You cant have top quality visuals without having top quality graphics and like is said and he said, he was talking about graphics not visuals even though you change the sub hect.

     

    I hardly think we would get top quality visuals in 2014 running a game on super Mario graphics from the snes.

     

    Good graphics are necessary for top quality visuals.

     

    For all the good things about wow, its graphics is not one of them. By 2014/2015 standards, the graphics of wow are terrible even though that doesn't mean its a bad game.

    Sir Repeats a lot strikes again.

     You seem to think that Graphics are just visuals when i keep saying that lot more goes into making it good quality.

    Graphics are sum of its parts..visuals is one of those parts.

  • HorusraHorusra Member EpicPosts: 4,411
    The problem for aftabboo is "quality". While it is possible to make better graphic...delivering that graphics in mmo's has not been done. Compaired to what is out their now WoW is top quality.
  • aftabbooaftabboo Member Posts: 67
    Originally posted by Horusra
    Till he put up his "top quality" graphics game aftabboo's opinion does not mean much.

    Btw if we are talking about 2014/2015 standards of graphics for mmos.

     

    We are talking about things like the division, everquest next, the new lineage game, destiny,even guild wars 2 beats wow, lotr online beats wow, eso beats wow,switor beats wow in graphical terms.

     

    These games might not be as good as wow in gameplay (some might) but wows graphics are so outdated that its graphics are beaten by most mmos nowadays.

     

    That's to be expected, wow is 10 years old, it doesn't have the top quality graphics you claim it has lol.

     

    You my friend are a comedian in claiming that wow has top quality graphics for 2014/2015.

  • WhitebeardsWhitebeards Member Posts: 778
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by Whitebeards
    Originally posted by aftabboo
     

    Edit :btw he said top quality graphics not visuals which you are saying to change the subject but since you change the subject I would say yes, top quality graphics are needed for top quality visuals.

    Come on now i wasn't born yesterday. You clearly latched on to the'visual' part when he said 'top quality graphics'. 

    And no graphics are not just visual. There is also art style, fluidity , variety, quality if the engine and other numerous point.

    But yes lets stick to how WOW's graphics are bad because they don't look like 2014 games.

    Rubbish, he commented on graphics and I commented on graphics not visuals. You guys changed the subject to visuals by saying top quality graphics aren't needed for top quality visuals.

     

    So like I said b4, we were talking about graphics but again like I said b4 even if we change the topic to visuals to suit your troll agenda, top quality graphics are still needed to run top quality visuals.

     

    Try making top quality visuals for 2014/2015 standards with snes graphics and see how far you get bro.

    The fact that you keep trying to make references to 2014/2015 and give zero examples of what you consider top quality graphics and not just 'visuals' i am going to assume that you are stuck on 'looks' alone.

    Your reference to snes graphics is a dead give away.

  • aftabbooaftabboo Member Posts: 67
    Originally posted by Whitebeards
    Originally posted by aftabboo
     

    You cant have top quality visuals without having top quality graphics and like is said and he said, he was talking about graphics not visuals even though you change the sub hect.

     

    I hardly think we would get top quality visuals in 2014 running a game on super Mario graphics from the snes.

     

    Good graphics are necessary for top quality visuals.

     

    For all the good things about wow, its graphics is not one of them. By 2014/2015 standards, the graphics of wow are terrible even though that doesn't mean its a bad game.

    Sir Repeats a lot strikes again.

     You seem to think that Graphics are just visuals when i keep saying that lot more goes into making it good quality.

    Graphics are sum of its parts..visuals is one of those parts.

    lol yeh yeh, the guy was talking about graphics and like I said wow doesn't have top quality graphics. Don't change the topic then pretend you are right when you aren't even talking about what he said.

     

    Also when you make top quality visuals with super Mario graphics on the super Nintendo, then I will tip my hat to you, till then you are wrong.

     

    try not being blind and readin my posts before repeating your questions and if you really find it that hard to find graphics better than wow in 2014/2015 rofl, you are just trolling because you aren't looking.

     

    graphically, everything beats wow nowadays except games as old as wow.

  • grizzeldergrizzelder Member UncommonPosts: 27
    Originally posted by Whitebeards

    What is funny is that people trivialize 7 or 6.5 million as if every other MMO holds same amount of subscribers and it is no big deal.

    image

    Arguments like 'come back to me after few months of expansion when subs are down to 7' really make me LOL!!

     

    Exactly this :)  

  • WhitebeardsWhitebeards Member Posts: 778
    Originally posted by Horusra
    The problem for aftabboo is "quality". While it is possible to make better graphic...delivering that graphics in mmo's has not been done. Compaired to what is out their now WoW is top quality.

    Yeah i can not make him understand something so simple. he thinks WOW graphics are same quality as SNES!!! lol 

    But then again he did the same on his another account when he was stuck on subscription discussion and kept calling everyone a fan boy.

    Some people are so damn obvious aren't they?

  • GhabboGhabbo Member UncommonPosts: 263
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Lol another wow hype thread. Some people are desperate to prevent further wow population decline, aren't they.

     

    Just as some people need to keep hating on WoW... it's the circle of forums PvP I guess image

  • Entris38Entris38 Member UncommonPosts: 401
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by Horusra
    Till he put up his "top quality" graphics game aftabboo's opinion does not mean much.

    Btw if we are talking about 2014/2015 standards of graphics for mmos.

     

    We are talking about things like the division, everquest next, the new lineage game, even guild wars 2 beats wow, lotr online beats wow, eso beats wow,switor beats wow in graphical terms.

     

    These games might not be as good as wow in gameplay (some might) but wows graphics are so outdated that its graphics are beaten by most mmos nowadays.

     

    That's to be expected, wow is 10 years old, it doesn't have the top quality graphics you claim it has lol.

     

    You my friend are a comedian in claiming that wow has top quality graphics for 2014/2015.

    Not trying to jump into your "fun argument". I'm just hoping you and others both realize that graphics and art style are certainly a matter of perspective. Some people love the cartoony style and some people hate them, same thing for realistic style.

    So, visually speaking, it's really ....to each their own.

     

    Back on topic:

    WoW is back at 10 million mark because simply it's a great MMO for the people that are into WoW. They continue to take the best things in other games and make them better, even putting some touches of their own into it. A character model upgrade probably helped also, for a people that wanted a "newer" and less dated graphic appeal.

    People come back because, it's more of the same, quality entertainment that their friends and guildmates are most certainly going to come back to. You have to give Blizzard credit where it's due, whether you like it or not, they take care of their fans and give them what they want.

    Even before the expansion and jump back over 10million, 6.5 million is a monster of an mmo.

  • aftabbooaftabboo Member Posts: 67

    snes to wow is the same time frame from wow to the modern day.

     

    The guy said wow has top quality graphics which is 1 reason it's so successful.

     

    It doesn't, it has terrible graphics for 2014/2015 even if the gameplay is good.

     

    You then didn't like the fact that he was wrong about wows graphics so you changed the word graphics to visuals to suit your agenda because you hate anything negative being said about wow.

     

    Then you started pretending we were talking about visuals and came up with the argument that top quality graphics don't mean top quality visuals.

     

    That is right, top quality graphics don't mean top quality visuals but top quality graphics are 1 factor which is mandatory for top quality visuals, you cant have top quality visuals without them.

     

    Then because you hate anything negative being said about wow, you denied that and started to pretend that wow has top quality visuals for the standard we are at in 2014/2015 rofl.

     

    Wow has many great things about it but its graphics are terrible for 2014/2015 and its visuals are mediocre for 2014/2015.

     

    Stop being blind bro.

  • aftabbooaftabboo Member Posts: 67
    Originally posted by Entris38
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by Horusra
    Till he put up his "top quality" graphics game aftabboo's opinion does not mean much.

    Btw if we are talking about 2014/2015 standards of graphics for mmos.

     

    We are talking about things like the division, everquest next, the new lineage game, even guild wars 2 beats wow, lotr online beats wow, eso beats wow,switor beats wow in graphical terms.

     

    These games might not be as good as wow in gameplay (some might) but wows graphics are so outdated that its graphics are beaten by most mmos nowadays.

     

    That's to be expected, wow is 10 years old, it doesn't have the top quality graphics you claim it has lol.

     

    You my friend are a comedian in claiming that wow has top quality graphics for 2014/2015.

    Not trying to jump into your "fun argument". I'm just hoping you and others both realize that graphics and art style are certainly a matter of perspective. Some people love the cartoony style and some people hate them, same thing for realistic style.

    So, visually speaking, it's really ....to each their own.

     

    Back on topic:

    WoW is back at 10 million mark because simply it's a great MMO for the people that are into WoW. They continue to take the best things in other games and make them better, even putting some touches of their own into it. A character model upgrade probably helped also, for a people that wanted a "newer" and less dated graphic appeal.

    People come back because, it's more of the same, quality entertainment that their friends and guildmates are most certainly going to come back to. You have to give Blizzard credit where it's due, whether you like it or not, they take care of their fans and give them what they want.

    Even before the expansion and jump back over 10million, 6.5 million is a monster of an mmo.

    Not talking about style here. I like the cartoony graphics of wow. It makes it feel very fantasy like.

     

    But we are talking about graphical quality and  wow does not have top quality graphics or visuals for the standard we are at in 2014/2015.

     

    The style is just the style, I personally like it but that has nothing to do with what we were talking about.

  • aftabbooaftabboo Member Posts: 67
    Originally posted by ikcin
    WoW is not a MMO, it is a multiplatform RPG. So you cannot compare it with MMORPGs, but only with other multiplatform RPGs like ESO or GW2.  And the reason of growth is simple - advertisement, there is no other reason game with broken world and outdated graphics and mechanics to become so popular.

    erm lol is wow multi platform really???

     

    Is wow on the ps4 and x box??? since when is it multiplatform and also its always been a mmo rpg. I think you have gotten your wires crossed somewhere.

  • AmjocoAmjoco Member UncommonPosts: 4,860
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by Entris38
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by Horusra
    Till he put up his "top quality" graphics game aftabboo's opinion does not mean much.

    Btw if we are talking about 2014/2015 standards of graphics for mmos.

     

    We are talking about things like the division, everquest next, the new lineage game, even guild wars 2 beats wow, lotr online beats wow, eso beats wow,switor beats wow in graphical terms.

     

    These games might not be as good as wow in gameplay (some might) but wows graphics are so outdated that its graphics are beaten by most mmos nowadays.

     

    That's to be expected, wow is 10 years old, it doesn't have the top quality graphics you claim it has lol.

     

    You my friend are a comedian in claiming that wow has top quality graphics for 2014/2015.

    Not trying to jump into your "fun argument". I'm just hoping you and others both realize that graphics and art style are certainly a matter of perspective. Some people love the cartoony style and some people hate them, same thing for realistic style.

    So, visually speaking, it's really ....to each their own.

     

    Back on topic:

    WoW is back at 10 million mark because simply it's a great MMO for the people that are into WoW. They continue to take the best things in other games and make them better, even putting some touches of their own into it. A character model upgrade probably helped also, for a people that wanted a "newer" and less dated graphic appeal.

    People come back because, it's more of the same, quality entertainment that their friends and guildmates are most certainly going to come back to. You have to give Blizzard credit where it's due, whether you like it or not, they take care of their fans and give them what they want.

    Even before the expansion and jump back over 10million, 6.5 million is a monster of an mmo.

    Not talking about style here. I like the cartoony graphics of wow. It makes it feel very fantasy like.

     

    But we are talking about graphical quality and  wow does not have top quality graphics or visuals for the standard we are at in 2014/2015.

     

    The style is just the style, I personally like it but that has nothing to do with what we were talking about.

    Just curious. Do you think WoW has top quality graphics or visuals for the standard we are at in 2014/2015?

     

    Death is nothing to us, since when we are, Death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

  • WhitebeardsWhitebeards Member Posts: 778
    Originally posted by aftabboo

    snes to wow is the same time frame from wow to the modern day.

     

    The guy said wow has top quality graphics which is 1 reason it's so successful.

     

    It doesn't, it has terrible graphics for 2014/2015 even if the gameplay is good.

     

    You then didn't like the fact that he was wrong about wows graphics so you changed the word graphics to visuals to suit your agenda because you hate anything negative being said about wow.

     

    Then you started pretending we were talking about visuals and came up with the argument that top quality graphics don't mean top quality visuals.

     

    That is right, top quality graphics don't mean top quality visuals but top quality graphics are 1 factor which is mandatory for top quality visuals, you cant have top quality visuals without them.

     

    Then because you hate anything negative being said about wow, you denied that and started to pretend that wow has top quality visuals for the standard we are at in 2014/2015 rofl.

     

    Wow has many great things about it but its graphics are terrible for 2014/2015 and its visuals are mediocre for 2014/2015.

     

    Stop being blind bro.

    Huh? you doing this  circle jerk with us again till you get another account banned?

    Let me makes it clear for you. The guy you  quoted gave a very personal and objective opinion of 'quality graphics'. In reply to which you have brought comparisons to 2014/15 over and over again lie 10 times atleast to prove him wrong.

    I on the other hand never tried to prove you 'wrong'. Liking visual is very subjective thing but graphics are not just 'visuals'. That was my whole argument and since you kept on comparing WOW's graphics to SNES i don't need you to type me in capital letters that you are stuck on 'visual' part. Although you keep on denying it.

    So nope i am not blind or tried to change the subject. You latched on to something completely irrelevant and now you won't let it go because that is what you do.

    Your biggest problem is that you get personal with everyone and reason why you keep getting your accounts banned.

    it is not what you say but how you say it.

  • Entris38Entris38 Member UncommonPosts: 401
    Originally posted by Amjoco
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by Entris38
    Originally posted by aftabboo
    Originally posted by Horusra
    Till he put up his "top quality" graphics game aftabboo's opinion does not mean much.

    Btw if we are talking about 2014/2015 standards of graphics for mmos.

     

    We are talking about things like the division, everquest next, the new lineage game, even guild wars 2 beats wow, lotr online beats wow, eso beats wow,switor beats wow in graphical terms.

     

    These games might not be as good as wow in gameplay (some might) but wows graphics are so outdated that its graphics are beaten by most mmos nowadays.

     

    That's to be expected, wow is 10 years old, it doesn't have the top quality graphics you claim it has lol.

     

    You my friend are a comedian in claiming that wow has top quality graphics for 2014/2015.

    Not trying to jump into your "fun argument". I'm just hoping you and others both realize that graphics and art style are certainly a matter of perspective. Some people love the cartoony style and some people hate them, same thing for realistic style.

    So, visually speaking, it's really ....to each their own.

     

    Back on topic:

    WoW is back at 10 million mark because simply it's a great MMO for the people that are into WoW. They continue to take the best things in other games and make them better, even putting some touches of their own into it. A character model upgrade probably helped also, for a people that wanted a "newer" and less dated graphic appeal.

    People come back because, it's more of the same, quality entertainment that their friends and guildmates are most certainly going to come back to. You have to give Blizzard credit where it's due, whether you like it or not, they take care of their fans and give them what they want.

    Even before the expansion and jump back over 10million, 6.5 million is a monster of an mmo.

    Not talking about style here. I like the cartoony graphics of wow. It makes it feel very fantasy like.

     

    But we are talking about graphical quality and  wow does not have top quality graphics or visuals for the standard we are at in 2014/2015.

     

    The style is just the style, I personally like it but that has nothing to do with what we were talking about.

    Just curious. Do you think WoW has top quality graphics or visuals for the standard we are at in 2014/2015?

     

    Tough question for me, as you know from other threads, I play WoW...well I'm back for the expansion. As far cartoony graphics go, which are definitely not my choice, they are up to par. The only one to compare it to at the moment is Wildstar and I find them about equal, I just prefer the darker setting of WoW.

    My graphical preference would more lean towards ESO/AOC/DA:I..........but that's a different art style.

  • delta9delta9 Member UncommonPosts: 358

    Reasons why WoW does so well in terms of monthly income

     

    1: it was the first easymode MMO and the majority of people like things to be easy

    2: since then, many people have friends, family etc etc who still play it, it keeps them playing and keeps them coming back to the game rather than playing anything else

  • mgilbrtsnmgilbrtsn Member EpicPosts: 3,430
    The answer is much simpler. There are a lot of Wow players who don't play regularly anymore, but look forward to expansions. They will play them and drop back out after they complete it.

    Has nothing to do with other games.

    I self identify as a monkey.

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