"World of Warcraft" was reported to have lost around three million players in the last three years. Meanwhile, "Destiny" had already reached the 20 million player mark in this year's first quarter.
Activision Blizzard announced this week that "World of Warcraft" had lost around three million players in this year's first quarter, based on a report from GameSpot. The quarter end report on March 31st showed that the number of "World of Warcraft" players dropped to 7.1 million from the original 10 million players they had at the end of 2014.
On the other hand, Activision Blizzard assured the remaining players that "World of Warcraft" still remained "the top subscription-based MMO in the world." Also, the first quarter report indicated that the "price increases in select regions" as well as "strong uptake of value added service" helped in balancing the revenue of the MMO game despite the decline of players.
Meanwhile, Activision Blizzard also reported some gains in their first quarter report. "Destiny"
was one of the winners based on the numbers as the game already reached the 20 million player mark. Add to that, "Destiny" still had a lot of active players that spend an average of three hours per day in the game. Apart from that, "Destiny had a "strong digital sales and expansion attach rates," based on a report from PlayStation Lifestyle.
Activision Blizzard reported an over-all net revenue of US$1.28 billion this quarter, which was higher than last year's first quarter revenue of US$1.1 billion. Based on the company report, US$581 million of the revenue came from digital sales.
Activision Blizzard had also included in their latest earnings call that it had the two top game franchises in North America and the EU. Also, the company's "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" was noted as the "top-selling new-generation" game since it was released last year; the game had remained on the top position at the moment.
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