Abreast from a ancient fasten in subscribers afterwards release

At a retail aggregate of $59.99, and not accounting for the baby aggregate of players who acquirement collector's editions, ceremony amplification is alone estimated to WOW Gold Classic accompany in $180 actor or so every 2 years. Because ATVI has $7.35 billion in sales on a TTM basis, the acquirement beforehand from expansions is in actuality minimal.

Furthermore, the expansions do not in actuality accord in agreement of cable revenues, abreast from a ancient fasten in subscribers afterwards release. 

This is because ATVI makes the WoW amplification chargeless to play about 3-4 years afterwards its release MMOBC