The performance of World of Warcraft in 2024 is very good, Xiao Tan previously reported that the official server of World of Warcraft, the battle of the center of the earth was rated as the best expansion in history by foreign media, and the popularity of the national server WLK nostalgic service also continues to rise, which makes the global subscribers of World of Warcraft continue to rise, according to the tweet of WLC log administrator Kihra, she believes that World of Warcraft subscribers have created a new high, and the core driving force is the return of the World of Warcraft national server!
"I'm pretty sure that World of Warcraft players are at an all-time high in its lifetime," Kihra said. The number of players playing Wrath of the Lich King in China is comparable to the peak we saw at the peak of the retail edition of World of Warcraft. Coupled with the content of World of Warcraft Quest and World of Warcraft Battle for the Center of the Earth, the number of players is increasing even further.
Kihra mentioned that the number of players in World of Warcraft has reached an all-time high, but when was the previous peak?
According to data released by John Hight at the Worldwide Game Developers Conference last year, World of Warcraft peaked at Wrath of the Lich King (the old version) with more than 12 million subscribers, while in the Land of the Dragon version (including various Warcraft nostalgia suits) there were a total of 7.25 million players.
Then the meaning of Kihra is clear, and now World of Warcraft has more than 12 million subscribers, making history!
Many top mobile games have as many as 40 or 50 million users, and you may think that 12 million is not a big deal, but don't forget that the vast majority of users of mobile games are "white prostitutes" or "zero krypton parties", and every subscriber in World of Warcraft has to pay a monthly card! The only thing that can compare this huge subscription data is Microsoft's XGP, Spencer has worked hard for years, bought a lot of game studios, spent tens of billions of dollars on Call of Duty, and has only 34 million subscribers.
What is causing the rapid growth of World of Warcraft users? Kihra made it clear that this is the credit of the national server, NetEase operates the World of Warcraft national server, and the national server players contributed a huge amount of WCL access data, and in just a few weeks, they provided 11 million copies of Ulduar logs.
In order to prove that his claims are true, Kihra released the access data of WLK logs, and in half an hour, the number of visits from China was as high as 25,000! In other countries and regions, there are only a few hundred times.
Note that Kihra also specifically mentioned SoD (World of Warcraft Exploration Server), and she believes that the number of World of Warcraft players will further grow after the Exploration Server is launched on the national server. So when will there be news from the exploration suit? According to NetEase's official announcement, Blizzard will announce a new season server gameplay at the end of the year! Due to the partnership between WCL and Blizzard's Warcraft project team, Kihra's revelations still have some value, and the detective has reason to believe that we will see the new World of Warcraft Exploration Server plus (World of Warcraft Season Server).
Finally, the question is, what do you think about World of Warcraft returning to the top?