List of WoW Killers

Lord of the Rings Online
April 2007 - LOTRO becomes the best selling PC game of the year
December 2007 - LOTRO dwindles but holds steady at 300,000 subscriptions
September 2010 - LOTRO becomes free to play
westkarana.com/index.php/2007/12/22/is-lord-of-the-rings-online-a-failure/

Age of Conan
June 2008 – Age of Conan sells over 1 million copies
February 2009 – Age of Conan drops below 100,000 subscriptions
May 2011 - Age of Conan becomes free to play
www.shacknews.com/article/57362/funcom-loses-23m-age-of

Warhammer Online
October 2008 - Warhammer reaches 750,000 players in less than a month
January 2009 - Warhammer's subscriptions dwindle to 300,000
November 2009 - Warhammer becomes free to play
www.maximumpc.com/article/news/warhammer_online_slips_300000_subscribers_layoffs_rumored

Star Trek Online
February 2010 - Star Trek Online launches with over 1 million accounts created and is the #1 selling PC game on Amazon
April 2010 - Star Trek Online has reportedly dwindled to 100,000 subscriptions.
January 2012 - Star Trek Online becomes free to play
trekmovie.com/2010/02/02/star-trek-online-launches-with-over-1-million-accounts-new-ground-vi
deo/
www.gamespot.com/news/star-trek-online-engages-free-to-play-january-17-6344718


Aion
August 2009 - Aion has the biggest MMO pre-launch of the year with over 400,000 pre-orders
September 2009 - Aion becomes the best selling PC game of the year, with 1 million units sold on its western release
Now - Aion has 3.5 million subscribers in Asia but faces dwindling numbers in the Western World which has never reached even 1/3 that many subscribers
Now - Aion has gone F2P in Europe with US soon to follow.
www.gamespot.com/news/aion-preorders-near-400000-6228635
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aion:_The_Tower_of_Eternity

Rift
March 2011 - Rift launches, sells 1 million copies
August 2011 - Rift opens free week in what was rumoured to be an attempt to boost dwindling subscriptions
Now - Trion has suspiciously never stated actual subscription numbers, but instead chose to "boast" that they took (a measly) 600k subscribers of WoW's then 12 million
news.mmosite.com/content/2011-06-08/rift_has_cost_50m_sold_1m_units_and_taken_6000000_players
_from_wow.shtml