Its fiscal Q3 2013 earnings report was slightly better than the analysts' lackluster forecasts, but revealed a drop in its subscriber base from 80 million to 79 million during the quarter.
One other large magazine also saw a significant drop in subscribers.
The firm's preliminary numbers for the second quarter, which is traditionally weak, show a slight drop in subscribers.
"But a sharp drop in subscribers for the game publisher's other marquee title, World of Warcraft, knocked the wind out of the company's stock," the newspaper reported.
Remember that in Fall 2011, after the price hike, Netflix reported a larger drop in subscribers than it had anticipated -- and it had already anticipated a pretty large drop in subscribers.
Reuters reports: "Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable operator, on Thursday posted a fall in first-quarter net profit and a drop in basic video subscribers as it faced fierce competition from phone and satellite companies".
Back in October 2013, the company said it experienced a record monthly drop in subscribers for September 2013, even though it was the lone remaining major Japanese carrier without the iPhone available until the release of the iPhone 5s and 5c, which also occurred in September 2013.
Japanese carrier NTT Docomo has revealed that it experienced a record monthly drop in subscribers for September, which is somewhat surprising given that the company was the lone remaining major Japanese carrier without the iPhone on offer until the release of the iPhone 5s and 5c, also in September.
Dish Network posted earnings for it's second quarter that fell short of expectations, although the company did see a 13 percent increase in revenue, despite a drop in the number of subscribers.
"Given the MMORPG landscape in recent years, where pure subscription is becoming a rarity, EA will have been planning to introduce this since before launch, but the drop in subscribers makes it a timely announcement," said Steve Bailey, senior analyst at IHS Screen Digest.
