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April 28th, 2005, 15:27 GMT

World of Warcraft - 1.5 million subscribers

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Vivendi Universal has announced that in the five months since it was launched, the number of World of Warcraft subscribers has reached 1.5 millions.
Until now, the game has been launched in the United States, Europe, and Korea and in the next months it will launched in China.

The income generated by the game
amounted to 113 million Euros, representing a 47% increase compared to last year.

Despite the huge success, World of Warcraft is regarded by some users as a fraud method. In Sweden, a TV show presented the case of Jonas Nilson who after buying the game, found out that it required Internet access and a monthly fee.

Although these details were printed on the box, Nilson wanted his money back and when the store refused to do that, the young Swede addressed the Consumer Protection Office which favored him.

The conclusion of the show? "A monthly fee in computer games is just a clever way to get people's money". What do you think? Are 1.5 million users tricked? Or they have actually read what it was written on the box!

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Comment #1 by: JarinArenos on 28 May 2005, 00:41 UTC reply to this comment

I look forward to seeing a day go by where I can't say "Hey, I wasn't surprised by new levels of human stupidity today!" Alas, that day does not seem to be coming any time soon. How do you buy World of Warcraft without knowing what an MMORPG is? Was he living under a rock with a copy of "Warcraft: Orcs and Humans" as his only friend for the past decade?

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