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Eleven Percent of WoW Players Play WoW A Lot
How much time have you spent playing World of Warcraft: Cataclysm? If you’re not spending at least 30 hours a week on the game, then you’re not pulling your weight.
According to Raptr, a popular game tracking application, 11 percent of WoW players are driving up the average playtime for Cataclysm. One very ambitious player spent nearly six straight days in Azeroth.
Also according to the stat trackers, the average total playtime on release day was 6.23 hours, while the average game session length was 2.1 hours. This is all pretty comparable to other big releases such as this year's Call of Duty: Black Ops and Halo: Reach.
And if you care about stats here are a few other juicy bits from Raptr:
- World of Warcraft playtime has grown 5 times since the summer of 2010, as previous subscribers flocked back to the game to drive up overall playtime to record highs.
- World of Warcraft time played per day has grown 1.5 times since the summer of 2010.
- World of Warcraft playtime per week has grown to 20 hours – almost double of what it was in the summer of 2010.
- World of Warcraft stole the most playtime hours from StarCraft 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and League of Legends.
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