All of a sudden, WoW players are in revolt, and its competitors are having a boom.
Plotlines involving once-favourite Sylvanas Windrunner have not gone down well with fans
On YouTube, Reddit and Twitter, there are stories about people leaving the game. Some cite long delays for new content in a game that charges a monthly fee; others are annoyed at a lack of communication. As Scott Johnson, host of popular MMO podcast The Instance, put it: "You have the perfect storm for a lot of players to hang up their Azeroth gear for good and stake out for a new place to play."Activision Blizzard has not released official player counts for World of Warcraft for years. But it does tell investors how many "monthly active users" all of its games have every quarter.
"It's impossible to see the real exodus stats," Scott admitted. "But based on things I have heard inside and outside the company, this might be the most drastic dip they've yet experienced."
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