In addition to the problems with Blizzard and World of Warcraft is competition which includes Blizzard's Star Wars: The Old Republic. In its debut in December 2011. the game quickly sold 2 million copies and tallied 1.7 million subscribers. It has a lot of tasks to finish to catch up to World of Warcraft buy WoTLK Gold, but it's already impacting Azeroth. It was revealed in February that Blizzard admits there was a problem with The Old Republic has been drawing players from Azeroth to space.

"Not only are P2Pah users not showing as much enthusiasm for Mists of Pandaria however, those who are using the add-on aren't speaking very positive about the extension."

The Old Republic is just one important game that has an impact to World of Warcraft . NCsoft's world of warcraft, the long-awaited pay-once MMORPG is due out later in the year (more about it in the future). Plus in the event that a rumor proves correct, Bethesda and Zenimax are developing an MMO game based on the highly acclaimed Elder Scrolls franchise. If the game does exist it will surely aid in the problem of predators of subscribers World of Warcraft currently faces.

World of Warcraft could also be hurt by the $15/month subscription that it is billed. Subscription-based games are dying form (or fast transforming into microtransaction models) The game The Old Republic being the final among the dinosaurs that have been virtualized. (Try to act surprised when Blizzard will announce a free-to-play business model within the next one or two years.) World of Warcraft --an MMORPG over 1 million users signed up to Beta testing within 48 hours--will be charged at the start (probably $50 to $60) However, the game won't make players reach into their pockets to play WoW WoTLK Classic Gold.