How World of Warcraft Makes the Huge Bucks

A recent Blizzard analyst conference call has revealed that, since 2004, Blizzard has spent a measly $200m (£110.24m or €138m) "on upkeep" of World of Warcraft.

Yes, we said "measly".

The excellent folk over at The Register did some sums and realised that with more than 10 million subscribers worldwide - and with 7,500,000 monthly-paying customers at an estimated sub of US$15 per month that's $112.5m (£61m or €78m) every month or $1.35bn (£743.5m or €935) annual subs revenue.

See, we said, "measly" at the start for a reason. It also knocks the whole GTA IV as most financially wonderful game ever in space, doesn't it?

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Kotaku
The Register}