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Originally Posted by SirBruce PS - And the subscriber numbers on the rest of the site are still old. I'm working on a new update currently. WoW is up to 6.5 million... |
Sir Bruce,
I am curious how hard it is to get good data on sub numbers. I imagine it is very hard. If you are talking to someone inside of a company to get data, they have to realize that sub numbers are either good advertising or bad advertising. If sub numbers are falling, its not something you want to get out. And conversely, if you had a vested interest in your company, you'd be foolish to not say you have 100 million subs (or some other crazy number like that). For a game like WoW, the fact it is growing almost seems to create a "buzz" that makes for even more subs. Its kind of a "snowball effect."
I bet that at every company, management has told employees what to say/not say, and its tough to sort through the b.s. to get the real numbers. Care to illuminate me? Thanks.