Amazing World of Warcraft Infographic
From the archive: published Jun 1, 2011, 15 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Since its release in 2004, World of Warcraft has propelled the MMO genre to mindblowing new heights. MMOs had a modest following among the hardcore PC gaming crowd before Blizzard charged into the MMO scene, but it wasn’t anything remotely close to the massive amount of players subscribing to World of Warcraft month-to-month.
The following infographic puts that 11.5 million subscriber base into a new perspective. 20,000 computers make up WoW’s servers? Sheesh!