Nine million world –wide subscribers; although huge by North American standards it is still pretty small considering some of the Asian MMO’s that claim to have as many as 50 million subscribers, but the models are so different overseas that I am not sure if they are worthy of comparison. It is no question that World of Warcraft has consumed the genre, it is the 8,000 pound gorilla and is the king of the heap and still going strong. (more…)