Warhammer Online's party hits 750,000 players

by Kyle Horner Oct 10th 2008 at 3:15PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Warhammer Online, News items

It seems like the forces of Order and Destruction have been busy recruiting, because Gamasutra is reporting that Warhammer Online is now partying hard at 750,000 subscribers strong. This news comes after the announcement of the title hitting 500,000 players in late September. The pace of Warhammer Online's subscriber increase has certainly been an impressive thing to behold. Mythic has got to be pretty excited to see their labor of love continue its upward march.

If you're one of the three quarters of a million players crushing some skulls in WAR be sure to keep an ear pressed to our news feed for the game. Or, if you're a World of Warcraft player who's still unsure of trying the game, check out our handy guide that was made with you in mind.

Did you enjoy this? Make sure to check out our Warhammer guides: Massively's Character Creation Guide and our WoW Player's Guide to Warhammer. Plus, don't miss any of our ongoing coverage as Massively goes to WAR!

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Green Armadillo said on 3:29PM 10-10-2008

Sales are not subscriptions. Warhammer's first bill date won't happen for over a week (Oct 18th at the earliest, longer if you pre-ordered and took full advantage of the grace period). Until that first fee comes due, they have 750K sales and zero subscribers.

Abriael said on 3:47PM 10-10-2008

It's still the fastest selling MMO in history (aoc sold 700k in 1 month, warhammer is already at 750k in 3 weeks), and it's continuing to sell well, despite what the doom and gloomers would like, more luck next game for them, i'm afraid.

Basic said on 5:26PM 10-10-2008

Really I don't think we're going to have much attrition apart from WoW players that don't re-up when WotLK hits.

I do see that as a big risk for WAR. They could lose 200k or more hardcore players who don't really like the game, or lose interest and cancel or just stop logging in after November.

December and January are the numbers to look at.

Reader said on 1:45AM 10-11-2008

I'll miss those 200k easy kills I suppose.

Hardy said on 3:39PM 10-10-2008

I'm happy for this games success (Yes, I'm a player). However I wouldn't get too excited about any numbers until after the majority of the free month of play times has expired, when people really need to start paying for the game.

But if anything, they made the amount of money it cost to make the game back already. :P

JP said on 11:05PM 10-10-2008

It should read 750K Activated accounts. Not subs.

But, I think that the game is growing b/c it's good and people are realizing that.

Once there are large sections of the community getting to the T4 cap city raids, I think we'll see even more players.

I don't know if they'll hit the 3.5 mil point Mark had guessed, but I think they'll ecipse the 1 mil mark w/in the first year.

danarchy said on 4:15PM 10-10-2008

I doubt they will lose many, all my friends that have tried it have canceled their other game accounts to play this one

Po Panda said on 1:28AM 10-14-2008

Yeah, I have been playing EQ1 for years (since '99) and I just now finally cancelled it for this game. That says alot, seeing how I tried LOTR, Vanguard, EQ2, etc.

I love playing destruction and doing the little quests while I wait for PvP scenario to open in the queue.

I haven't had this much fun since I began playing the original EQ back in '99. That should say alot, well, at least for me.

lethality said on 4:16PM 10-10-2008

Well, I can't tell you where they are based on the deserted game world on the servers I am on.

Basic said on 5:22PM 10-10-2008

SO I HEARD YUO GUSY LIKE MUDKIPS!

Jess said on 6:22PM 10-10-2008

Here's one person who isn't renewing his WAR sub past the free month. The PvP is awesome, but the rest of the game is below-average at best and rather mundane as an all-round MMORPG.

ScytheNoire said on 7:06PM 10-10-2008

It's the number six months from now that will show where it stands. Wait until Wrath gets released, see how many WoW players go back, or how many stay away.

I know WoW holds nothing for me any more, so it's WAR all the way until something like World of Darkness or Warhammer 40K comes along, which won't be for a while.

LaughingTarget said on 7:35PM 10-10-2008

At this point, the only thing WoW has going for it is the fact it has a ton more people playing at the moment. That's pretty much it. PvE stops being fun rather quickly leaving the PvP aspect, which is where WAR has it in spades. Wrath isn't going to drag me back. Just another 10 levels of the usual and back to unbalanced PvP.

Anyomusha said on 7:31AM 10-14-2008

Your also forgetting about the mass appeal aspect. WoW was meant for the mass market while WAR was meant for the hardcore. I know for a fact my GF who plays WoW will not play WAR because it just doesn't appeal to her. Also having both male and female genders definitely go a long way in trying to grab the mass audience. This is why DAOC only had 2 million subscribers while WoW had 10 million.

david said on 9:58AM 10-11-2008

I knew it! :D

WAR > AOC

WOOT!!!

Jack said on 11:42PM 10-10-2008

Just killing time with WAR going back to WoW in November and later hop back in WAR maybe.

possum said on 5:46AM 10-11-2008

Not even close to a million PAID subs by the end of the year closer to 500k as some have stated, no more.

Wjowski said on 8:00PM 10-14-2008

If any MMO's been hurt by WAR's success, it's AoC.

Meanwhile said on 4:42PM 10-16-2008

I quit WoW for WAR, but I can't stay in WAR because my computer can't quite handle it as well as I'd like.

But I'm not going back to WoW. The Lich King stuff just doesn't excite me at all, in any way.

I'll probably play CoH for a while. Maybe I'll upgrade my computer one day and happily return to WAR. If they continue to make the RvR as interesting as it has been so far, it'll still be around.