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WoW: Burning Crusade fastest-selling game ever

Posted on Wednesday 24th January 2007 at 08:31 by Neal
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The recently-released expansion to World of Warcraft, "The Burning Crusade," has earned the title of the fastest-selling video game of all time. In just the first day of sales, almost 2.4 million copies of the game were snatched off of the shelves, not even given a chance to cool down off the retailers' hands.

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The title was released in both North America and Europe, which may have helped the sales but in no way lessens the incredible victory Blizzard has gotten from this. Approaching 2.4 million copies in 24 hours means they were selling, on average, nearly 100,000 copies an hour in the two continents, which is an unbelievable pace. World of Warcraft already had the reputation of being addicting the point of stealing friends and family away, and I can only imagine how many people who may have grown stagnant in the realm of Azeroth will re-enter the world now that they have lots of new content to enjoy.
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Rangers51Comment 1: 2007-01-24 11:26
Rangers51 Great. Now nobody's ever going to shut up about WoW. Just what the rest of us needed.
HamedoComment 2: 2007-01-24 12:42
Hamedo I love WoW, myself. I'm not getting TBC for some time yet though, because I have no interest in rolling a belf or Drenei, and I can't see the extra content for another 34 levels.
Cloud_Strife510Comment 3: 2007-01-24 14:24
Cloud_Strife510
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The title was released in both North America and Europe,

Correlation does not always imply causation, but I do believe this is a major contributing factor.

Videogame companies take note you get better sales when you sell to America and Europe at the same time.

But the chance of being heard by a corporate CEO 0%
HamedoComment 4: 2007-01-24 14:29
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World of Warcraft already had the reputation of being addicting the point of stealing friends and family away, and I can only imagine how many people who may have grown stagnant in the realm of Azeroth will re-enter the world now that they have lots of new content to enjoy.


Well I, for one, welcome our new videogame overlords.

/bow

Does anyone know how well Everquest did in it's heyday? Did it even come close to comparing to WoW's numbers?
karasumanComment 5: 2007-01-24 18:49
karasuman Like I told Neal in chat, I'm glad that my husband doesn't expect me to share him with a computer game.

This news is really kinda sad if you look at it like junkies buying crack. smile.gif
GamblingCatComment 6: 2007-01-24 22:56
GamblingCat Im a WoW fan, to bad i lack the cash to get this, but when i get the money, im back on. im not surpised this game sold fast at all.
HanyouComment 7: 2007-01-24 23:27
Hanyou
Quote (Hamedo @ 24th January 2007 08:29)
Does anyone know how well Everquest did in it's heyday? Did it even come close to comparing to WoW's numbers?

It's not even close. Before WoW, a game was considered a successful MMORPG if they had 100,000 users, and that includes Everquest. WoW has done slightly better than that, since they have over 8 million active accounts.
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