“I can say that if the WoW concurrent player numbers were on Steam it would be the number 1, 2, or 3 game, depending on the time of day. … Much healthier than I think people think it is. Although it’s like, really, like 70% China, so …”
https://www.twitch.tv/destiny/clip/SparklingSweetHyenaShadyLulu
https://www.twitch.tv/destiny/clip/CautiousFaithfulSmoothieKreygasm
(taken from full stream below)
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/470018615?t=8h2m49s
or
(Trigger Warning for people allergic to Asmongold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAlh9l-c7Q
I don’t know who the guest on Destiny’s stream is, but he seems to be portrayed as an (ex-)? employee of Blizzard. Maybe if I watched the whole stream … naah.
Let’s take it at face value, for discussion’s sake.
So ~400K concurrent. What fraction of a 24-hour day would that be equivalent to in subs? (Reminder here that not everybody no-lifes WoW.) Factor of 24, averaging 1hr/day? 9.6M subs equivalent, with just under 7M in China?
Food for thought.