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World of Warcraft

THE UNBELIEVABLE WORLD OF WARLRAFT Since the conception of the MMORPG, World of Warcraft (Wow) has constantly set itself apart. Starting as a computer RPG it has morphed true to its name into a world all its own. Here are a few facts to acquaint you with the growing extent of that world. SUBSCRIBER PERCENTAGE BY CONTINENT 22% N. AMERIÇA 48% 17% ASIA If you ONLY TOOK THE PLAYERS IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE... EU ROPE 13% ОТНER THEY ALONE produce s800 million PER YEAR in revenue. LARGER than the GDP of SAMOA. WORLD OF WARCRAFT has 11.5 SAMOA $537 MILLION MILLION subscribers WORLDWIDE WoW $800 MILLION This is not including THE OTHER 5.5 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS in Asia who often pay by the hour. The most POPULAR RACE are HUMANS at 19% of all characters 1 of 5 WORLD OF WARCRAFT subscribers are FEMALE AVERAGE HOURS SPENT A WEEK IN AMERICA 39.25 35 22.7 WOW WORK tv PLAYERS.. ИСТОRУ! SOID! Complete 16.6 MILLION quests a DAY Participate in 3.5 MILLION auctions a DAY THAT 11.5 MILLION ALSO INCLUDES CELEBRITIES LIKE Dave Chapelle/ Mila Kunis / MacCauley Culkin / Jenna Jameson / Cameron Diaz / Elijah Wood / Kate Beckinsale / Jessica Simpson / Mr. T TO PUT 11.5 MILLION INTO PERSPECTIVE... THAT'S MORE THAN... or NEW YORK CITY the population of CUBA It only took a mere 150 DEVELOPERS to... CREATE 30,000 ITEMS 7,600 QUESTS 5.300 NPC'S 4Y8 శంది 1,400 LOCATIONS The SERVER side of WORLD OF WARCRAFT consists of... This adds up to $136, 986 of upkeep costs PER DAY. WoW WOW WoW 20,000 computers 1.3 PETABYTES of storage 75,000 CPU cores 5.5 MILLION lines of code 2 MILLION Words of text The same as purchasing a brand new AUDI R8 every day. wOW DOMINATES THE MMORPG MARKET: 14.5% So it was no surprise the second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, was the FASTEST SELLING PC GAME OF ALL TIME. OTHER -INEAGE 6.6% INEAGE II 6.3%½ RUNESCAPE 7.5%. FINAL FANTASY XI 3.1% 62% WoW Selling 1933 copies a minute for a total of 2.8 million by the end of the first day of release. WARCRAFT Source: http://www.mmogchart.com/Chart7.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of Warcraft http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cld=3169949 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/gold-trading-exposed-the-sellers-article http://www.greenpixels.com/articles/features/3413/Games-of-Love-Virtual-Match http://mmocouples.wordpress.com/ http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?081121 http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?081028 http://www.diablo4.se/press/080122.shtml http://www.gamegrep.com/news/7464-warning_world_of_warcraft_may_cause_divorce/ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2005/06/547.ars http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/06/22/gaming-addiction.html http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060512/suicide_sue_060512?hub=EdmontonHome http://news.softpedia.com/news/16-Million-World-of-Warcraft-Quests-Completed-Daily-108245.shtml http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8043654.stm http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/world-of-warcraft1.htm http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/001365.php http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/blizzard-70-percent-of-new-wow-players-dont-get-past-level-10_1 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/wows-vital-stats-blizzcon-loses-money http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/2008/11/10-celebrities.html http://celebrityodor.com/2009/12/08/8-hot-female-celebrities-who-play-world-of-warcraft/ http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Rockstar-Games http://www.oecd.org http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/americans-watching-more-tv-than-ever/ http://www.imf.org /090122

World of Warcraft

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World of Warcraft is a multimillion dollar video franchise which has successfully turned many boyfriends into computer game addicts. This infographic shows how the game has evolved into its own cultur...

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