World of Warcraft Rogue Breakdown and Open World Features
Despite the slump in player however, Blizzard's operational results were impressive. Revenue increased by 7% year-over-year mostly due to WoTLK Classic Gold and specifically WoW's WoW WoTLK Classic expansion.
" World of Warcraft saw significant engagement, reach, and participation in value-added services, with an especially high percentage of players who joined to the game for the very first time helped by initiatives that improve the experience of onboarding," Activision Blizzard said.
Activision Blizzard defines monthly active users as the total number of players who have played an individual game during the month in question. The figure is calculated by adding up the total amount of active monthly players in all the months of a given period and then dividing it by three.
"For Blizzard, an individual who plays the same game across two different platforms or devices during the period of time would usually be considered one player," Activision Blizzard said.This is different between Activision in the case of Activision and King. Because of "technical limitations" the player who plays the same game on two different platforms or devices is considered two players. Activision Blizzard also cautioned that certain of its data is from third parties.
While the total amount of players could be lower than the previous year however, it's not really unexpected. Q1 2020 marked the start of the epidemic, which resulted in a rise in gamers and a comparison with the previous quarter was bound to be difficult to compare. Blizzard seems poised to see significant growth in the coming years, as the company will release cheap WoTLK Gold: Resurrected and WoW: Classic - The Burning Crusade this year. A mobile version of World of Warcraft is also coming out in 2021 and is expected to be a massive success. It's a free-to-play game that will have optional purchase.
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