0.0047 of Blizzard's Monthly Revenue...

[Vyndree]

In case anyone is interested in double-checking my math... I suck at math.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...07868&sid=1#18

According to http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/in...ge=MembersList
There are 9,414 registered members on Dual-boxing.com

Let's make the generous assumption that
A) they are all active
B) they all multibox on WoW (as opposed to other games)
C) they all multibox two or more characters
D) all multiboxers are represented and registered on dual-boxing.com

According to http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/01/22...n-subscribers/
Blizzard has hit 10 million subscribers in 2008.

Let's also make the (untrue) assumption that
A) all players of WoW worldwide pay $15/month in subscription fees
B) there are no more than 10 million subscribers since the original article was written


10,000,000 subscribers * $15/mo = $150,000,000

9414 dual-boxing.com members * 2 accounts each * $15/mo = $282,420
9414 dual-boxing.com members * 3 accounts each * $15/mo = $423,630
9414 dual-boxing.com members * 4 accounts each * $15/mo = $564,840
9414 dual-boxing.com members * 5 accounts each * $15/mo = $706,050

Assuming the (untrue) assumption that ALL multiboxers are 5-boxers:
$706,050 multiboxer revenue / $150,000,000 total revenue = 0.004707 of total revenue

Assuming ALL multiboxers are 4-boxers: 0.0037656 of total revenue
Assuming ALL multiboxers are 3-boxers: 0.0028242 of total revenue
Assuming ALL multiboxers are 2-boxers: 0.0018828 of total revenue





Are those numbers acceptable?

[Anozireth]

I don't know what the monthly fee is in China, but it's sure not $15. And they have a LOT of players in China. So that number may be a little low. However, even if you multiply it by 100, it's still a tiny number. So I suppose it works.

[Syro]

It's 0.4707% not 0.004707%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent

[Deshu]

You, my dear, have waaaay too much free time! lol

I think this further proves the point that boxers are a MINORITY!

[-silencer-]

I think this further proves the point that boxers are a MINORITY!

Well, that's why we take so much crap in the servers - there aren't very many on and many people haven't ever seen one before.

I think the problem is that there are a bunch of multiboxers that aren't on this site, and a lot of people on this site that aren't multiboxers. We have absolutely no idea what that ratio is, so calculating any meaningful percentage is practically impossible.

[Vyndree]

It's 0.4707% not 0.004707%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent

Erg, you're right I threw % on there when I shouldn't have. Decimals, percents. Bleh. Fixing.

[Vyndree]

Let's also make the (untrue) assumption that
A) all players of WoW worldwide pay $15/month in subscription fees

I don't know what the monthly fee is in China, but it's sure not $15.

So noted.

[Bena]

5 boxers are a minority but there's probably a lot of people that have 1+ accounts. Killing boxing would also mean that those players are gone. If lets say 20/30% of people have more than 1 accounts that's 20% increase in profits. For all the qq on the forums.. why would Blizz ever say .. 'please we don't want that extra 5mil a month'.

everytime there's a qq on the forum a blizz employee gets a new car LOL

[FabFive]

I have a friend who moved to china....have been trying to employ him as my gold farmer......but he wont do it. He says wow is closer to 3 American Dollars a month there.

[Jorai]

blizz is expanding to russia and south america too so expect to see their subscriber rate jump once again.

when they put their WoW movie out it will have such a fan base, it's poised to be a global blockbuster of a video game movie, probably be the first game movie to pull in family franchise numbers.