With the release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, popular game tracker Raptr has released brand-new stats about gameplay time within the game. The top 11 percent of hardcore players have the most overall playtime. The top player of WoW on Raptr has 149 hours played in a single week, coming out to around 6 days straight.
The average total playtime of the first day of release was 6.23 hours, which stands on par with the first days of games in the Call of Duty and Halo franchises. The average game session clocks in just over 2 hours.
The averages are balanced by two extremes: there are hardcore gamers who clock in over 30 hours per week, and there are some who average less than 5.
Other intriguing stats are in the report as well, including:
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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.
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World of Warcraft time played per day has grown 1.5 times since the summer of 2010.
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World of Warcraft playtime per week has grown to 20 hours – almost double of what it was in the summer of 2010.
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World of Warcraft stole the most playtime hours from StarCraft 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and League of Legends.
