Annual Pass?

[Myrcaus]

Just wondering how many people took advantage of the Annual Pass promotion, because, hey. Free Diablo.

[Acnele]

I like free stuff, though I'm probably going to wind up getting the D3 CE as well, but you get 4 free months of WoW in exchange for your "normal" D3 license if you do that with the annual pass.

Also, I've just been enjoying WoW recently, and I don't foresee taking a break anytime soon. Free flying pwny and beta access to screw around with Pandas/Monks never hurt either :D

[Sol]

its a good strategy to try and mitigate the "blizzard eating its own audience" problem.

[Roshurm]

I picked up the pass. Don't really care so much about the beta...might do it just to play the monk class early and get kinda used to em. :D I also have already pre-ordered and fully paid for a Collector's Edition Diablo III....so uhh...yeah.

[Myrcaus]

Acnele was sayin something about free wow time if you had the CE and got the free one from annual pass.

[Acnele]

... getting the D3 CE as well, but you get 4 free months of WoW in exchange for your "normal" D3 license if you do that with the annual pass.

Highlighted and shortened for relevancy

[Elenca]

Yeah, I think he was saying 4 months, that CAN apply during your year?

[Azmoo]

Allie and I signed up for the pass

[Acnele]

I'm guessing "we'll give you free games if you commit to a year of WoW" might be related to THIS (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2546-WoW-Down-to-10.3M-Subscribers-PTR-Build-14966-Class-Balance-Q-A-TCG-Art):


WoW Lost 800k Subscribers, down to 10.3M
Activision Blizzard latest earning call revealed that World of Warcraft lost another 800,000 subscribers last quarter, following the loss of 300k subscribers announced last quarter (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2400-WoW-Lost-300k-Subscribers-Patch-4.3-this-year-Blizzcon-2011-Tickets-Blue-Posts) and 600k loss from the quarter before that (http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/901731-WoW-Loses-600k-Subscribers-Diablo-3-Beta-Q3-2011-Arena-Passe-Blue-Posts). This brings us to 1.7 million subscribers lost in the last 3 quarters. Some things they made note of on the call:



Most of the subscriptions were lost in China.
There is normally an increase in subscriptions around December.
The decreased profit came from all of the games in development and no launches occurring.
There will be at least two major releases next year.

[Acnele]

Now would be a good time to go check your battle.net profile, the beta is ON!

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[Myrcaus]

I got mine. SUCKERS