I dont believe that its gone down to 1.7m...
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That's still pretty crazy; shocking even. Whatever the case, I don't pay much attention to sub numbers. I only care about two words: C L A S S I C W H E N?
Mh do we get a video or will you tell me on twitter what you think about the loss of subs from the start of BfA to now? 
1.5m is about GW2 numbers, 2m is TESO active players. Both of those games are considered “semi-dead”. And even if FF14 surpassed WoW not so long ago crossing 10m, I don’t believe there’s such a huge gap. Based on this, I don’t think it’s true.
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