'One in every five players is female.'
Considering that 40% of gamers are female, that's one hell of a sausage party.
Considering that 40% of gamers are female, that's one hell of a sausage party.
This WoW Infographic Presents Quite a Few Really Big Numbers
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I'm sure somebody has mentioned already, but that figure of NetEase's 1.1 billion yuan value translating to 1.59 billion US dollars is incorrect.
As a note, in China at least they do not charge 15 dollars USD for a month's subscription. That rate would equal roughly 1170 yuan per year at current exchange rates.Lloyd O Siadhail said:
YOY! WOW is totally dominating the asian market is it not 
Its interesting considernig that the chinese are behind with 1 expansino.
I bet thats what the devs are doing right (editing it for the chinese) now instead of improving the US/EU versions.
Its interesting considernig that the chinese are behind with 1 expansino.
I bet thats what the devs are doing right (editing it for the chinese) now instead of improving the US/EU versions.
Exactly what I was thinking, it's a shame really, because I know that one piece of that infographic is complete bullshit I can't accept the rest of it either. If there was only 8 legendary items, then how on earth could my guild have one and not be listed?coldalarm said:
/stupid.
Yeah I noticed that I tried to find the most accurate payment method. But yes I did notice alot of those figures in the article were probably in-accurate.Aphroditty said:
The Asian stuff isn't entirely correct. They pay differently than we do (different pricing models including pay-by-the-hour), their exchange rates are much lower than ours, and a lot of the money is taken by the Chinese operator (who, in turn, bears the costs of running the game).Lloyd O Siadhail said:
Don't quote me on this, but I believe that the Asian market only accounts for something like 8-5% of Blizzard's total revenue despite its size.
Yeah I was unsure about calculating the Asia's Quarter cause I hadn't have to many proper confirmed figures to come by... If any one knows the Asia monthly cost would be helpful to get some correct calculationsJohn Funk said:
Women can't play wow. It's not that wow is HARD on women it's that women expect you to carry her weak night/blood elf priest heals through your heroic. Oh they can have a druid, priest, shaman, and a deathkinght alt... but YOU ask them to move out of the fire? Forget it. Then they are like oh gosh why are you guys so mean!!! Yah because we treat you like we would anyone else. I know! I know! I'm supposed to like you cuz half the guild talks seksy time with you? Some of the females flirt with everyone than get mad when feelings are hurt. I'm amazed multiple fatties like their 5'2 260 pound pasty bum.
Just had to respond to your, "How is pushing women away and being surrounded by men in a gaming atmosphere reinforcing your heterosexuality" statement.SinisterGehe said:
I think your argument that pushing them away is flawed simply because, nature dictates we men compete amongst ourselves to show superiority and dominance. All games are competition, even if you play them solo, you're competing with someone or something. It's no question why the ignorant folk push women away if you look at it in that light.
They aren't smart enough to stop instinct and think, so they force away women to surround themselves with viable competition. I'm not saying it's right, smart, or that no woman could compete with a man.
But if you really think about it, and try to grasp the concept that humans are just evolved animals... Well yeah it makes perfect sense =D
First of all that's EXACTLY what you are saying. "Push women away to have worthwhile competition".frjiolefrito said:
Secondly, even if that was right, which is not, that still doesn't make sense at all since men compete in order to impress women. Without women competition and bragging among males is next to useless.
Bottom line, pushing women away is the exact opposite of being heterosexual, so don't do it. Unless you are gay, in which case do it all you want.
So your telling me they gain around 5millon per day JUST from the subscription while only spending 100 thousand, Dont tell me other country's have different plans, I seen that Chinese WoW players pay 5$ for 24 hours of play time or something like that, So its not cheap just saying.
Next time i hear a person telling me that WoW "needs" the subscription i going to explode this little sheet into their face
Next time i hear a person telling me that WoW "needs" the subscription i going to explode this little sheet into their face
800 million dollar in subscription fees for America and Europe.
From the other figures you can deduce that this is probably the yearly amount instead of perhaps the monthly, daily or 'lifetime up until now' subscription fees.
the infographic also depicts first 11-12 computers and then states each computer represents 1700 computers. It would be helpful to use such visual representation of a quantity if you would compare two or more elements, for instance WOW vs EVE, so you could visualize the difference
Also if the average american play 22.7 hours a week and and there are approximately 2.5 million americans who play WOW then this must mean the average WOW player in america must play more hours per week then the 168 hours in an average week. (population US 300 million North America 500 million). So the 22.7 is probably, despite what the title might suggest, the average for american WOW players only.
It does list sources (including wikipedia)
I like infographics
From the other figures you can deduce that this is probably the yearly amount instead of perhaps the monthly, daily or 'lifetime up until now' subscription fees.
the infographic also depicts first 11-12 computers and then states each computer represents 1700 computers. It would be helpful to use such visual representation of a quantity if you would compare two or more elements, for instance WOW vs EVE, so you could visualize the difference
Also if the average american play 22.7 hours a week and and there are approximately 2.5 million americans who play WOW then this must mean the average WOW player in america must play more hours per week then the 168 hours in an average week. (population US 300 million North America 500 million). So the 22.7 is probably, despite what the title might suggest, the average for american WOW players only.
It does list sources (including wikipedia)
I like infographics
I just quit about 2 weeks ago and our 10 man raid team consisted of 4 female players. One left a few days before I did but I talked to the raid leader and he's replacing my Tank slot with another female player... lol still 4/10 females on the team.SinisterGehe said: