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Over the past couple of weeks, a pair of interesting things have happened to pique the interest of World of Warcraft fans. Between the latest Legion alpha build and the release of the Activision-Blizzard 2015 investor report, fans and players were given a lot to think about.
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Also the title says non gaap revenue,those are just numbers being tossed around not financials.
Inb4 more blizz adds after already seeing one embedded into the article lol.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Based on the gutting of the classes... I suspect Legion will be even less well received than it's predecessor was. The only thing it has going for it is the damn movie coming out this summer.
The $164M is the GAAP net revenue from the SEC report.
The title in the slide is not WoW specific; I assume (but have not checked the formal filing) that this relates to all Blizzard titles.
GAAP measures for WoW:
2014 Q4 $266; 2015 Q1 $272; 2015 Q2 $221M; 2015 Q3 $195M and 2015 Q4 $164M
Non-GAAP measures for WoW :
2014 Q4 $398M; 2015 Q1 $209M; 2015 Q2 $157M; 2015 Q3 $155M; 2015 Q4 $191M
Difference = deferred revenue; so $27M for 2015 Q4.
Is this actually a consideration? If it is great, otherwise I am done with WoW. A one-time fee for an xpac is fine, an optional sub if you play alot is fine, a cash shop with non P2W items is fine, a Plex systems with ingame gold is great, but having a clock counting down until your access runs out isn't.
Barely can wait, just hope will not be so short PVE disaster as WOD was. Enjoyed a lot but finished to level all my 22 alts in slightly above 2 months. Usually it took me more then 1 year. For me Wotlk is still No1 followed closely by MOP, WOD being last (not bad, but very short, shortest ever).
As I imagine many people here will do, I will be buying Legion and playing for a few months until I get bored. Blizz expansions are pretty good value for money for me, but I do wish they'd put out WoW2, if only to update the graphics and combat system. Having played B&S for a while, action combat unlocks so many more possibilities!
I wish the game would die now and that someone would put their efforts into making a really innovative MMORPG instead of a clone of WoW or something else. Currently, when you've seen one, you've seen them all and nothing new or ground-breaking for the genre ever happens, which isn't true of technology improvements over the years, so the game designers need to get with the gig because there IS a gap in the market for a top-line MMO full of new ideas - if anyone is bold enough to do it.
Didn't like DH as melee at all, mostly because of the skills that I found to be lacking (nice animations though), but will try again with a ranged spec later. Demo Warlock was just... different. Can't put my finger on what's wrong, but it used to be one of my favourite specs, and now it just isn't appealing anymore, for whatever reason.
Will try Destro Warlock once it's available for testing, this is my absolute favourite class/spec. What that feels like, will determine if I'm gonna play this expansion, or not.