The9, which is the company in China that
runs Blizzard's World of Warcraft game there, has
released their second quarter financial numbers, and they're
rocking yet again -- they pulled in record income and revenue, nabbing about US$66.3 million, a full $60.7 million of which came directly from
World of Warcraft and all the deals they have surrounding that property there. And their
peak concurrent user total for WoW topped 1 million, which means one million accounts (not necessarily people) were logged on and playing at the same time.
Apparently the company is also
running a few other games, but clearly
WoW is dominating their income, and, needless to say, doing very well for them. And probably won't be stopping anytime soon -- if Blizzard follows through on their plan to
release Wrath asap in China, odds are that The9's biggest game will get even more popular.
Tags: china, financial, peak-concurrent-users, report, second-quarter, the9, wow
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, News items, Expansions, Leveling, Making money, Wrath of the Lich King
Aug 12th 2008 at 3:00PM 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tormentor Aug 12th 2008 3:13PM
Wow.... $60.7 million out of $66.3?! Thats just WoW....
Pat30319 Aug 12th 2008 3:17PM
Theres nothing else to do overthere, even chinamen get bored.
Eric Aug 12th 2008 3:50PM
They're called Chinese gold farmers for a reason...
DirtyPriest Aug 14th 2008 5:32AM
"which means one million accounts (not necessarily people) were logged on and playing at the same time"
I see what you did there.