Shadowlands breaks records for sales, Warcraft revenue, and WoW monthly players as Blizzard reported in its recent 2020 fiscal summary. That summary shows that Wwarcraft had nearly 30 million monthly active players at the end of the year, marking the sixth quarter. consecutive growth.
On the other hand, the entire Warcraft franchise has record revenues: the best in almost 10 years, improving 40% over the previous year. Shadowlands has become the best-selling PC game in history, with almost 4 million units sold in its first 24 hours. Taking into account that the previous record was also held by Blizzard with Diablo 3.
And while despite its age, World of warcraft remains one of the most successful MMORPGs of all time and its most recent expansion has only increased its popularity. It is one of Blizzard's strategic franchises for business, alongside Diablo and Overwatch.