World of Warcraft‘s subscriber base has declined 1.3 million subscribers over the first three months of the year. Now down to somewhere above 8 million subscribers, the decline mostly came from East Asia, though there were some losses in Europe and the Americas as well.

“And while we do believe further declines are likely, and we expect to have fewer subscribers a year than we do today, World of Warcraft remains one of the most successful franchises in the history of entertainment,” said Activision CEO Bobby Kotick.

The executive said that the developers at Blizzard are committed to releasing more content for World of Warcraft more frequently in an attempt to retain players and have lapsed players return. “We believe in the long-term value of this franchise and will continue to commit substantial resources to World of Warcraft,” he added.

Source: Polygon.com