In what is now the day-one PC sales record in North America and Europe, about 2.4 million nerds collectively left their mother's basement to go and purchase the first World of Warcraft expansion, The Burning Crusade. From Next Generation:
Blizzard announced today that World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade sold 2.4 million units worldwide in its first day of availability, breaking day-one PC game sales records in North America and Europe.
Blizzard said that around 1.2 million copies of the expansion sold in North America on day one, representing over half of the estimated 2 million-plus North American World of Warcraft players. The new release sold 1.1 million units in Europe, where there are over 1.5 million World of Warcraft players.
Blizzard added that by the end of the first day of the game’s availability, 1.7 million players had logged in to play The Burning Crusade.
Impressive. I wonder how long it will be until any of them ever see the light of day again?
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11:42 AM on 01.23.2007
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Someone told me today I was going to get the clap from KFC. Go figure.
Im just kidding don't get butthurt.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AlCzx49acYw
-kam-RA
living off the brains of your fellow norgdrol?
When is the second life expansion coming out? Does anybody know?
I know some people were having problems trying to update their account with the Burning Crusade expansion. That would probably make sense of the people not updating immediately.
...Candyland?
*snarf snarf*
and mostly to do with the amount of caffeine/sugar you intake for non-physical activites.
But next time Im around your backwoods neck of town where the cousins are dying to betrophed to their relatives and bucktoothed rednecks run wild, maybe I'll pick one up.
*Snarf, Snarf*
How's that?
1) I know your dying to flame some Halo fanboys seeing as how you're a WoW junkie, but your on the wrong board. This has nothing to do with Halo...
2) Nice job with the insulting stereotypes. I wasn't doing that, I was just stating facts about PITT_sause, where as, you are stating opinions of a game.
...what a think to do on a gaming site. You should be ashamed.
Well, I play Halo and I also play WoW. Therefor, by your claim that I wouldn't know a good game, WoW is not a good game.
OOOO SICK BURN!!!
So what does that make me? Try not to hurt my feelings, I might cry.
By which I mean that it is riddled with plot holes.
Would the Fonz play WoW?
Mxyzptlk you may have touched a nerd nerve.
@ Snaileb:
Summa started it! ;)
I could out-nerd at least 85% of you any day of the week! Bring it on!
I like Wow, I play it about 3 hours a week. I have no one on my friends list, not in a guild, just solo. I think it's fun. To me, it's kinda like playing Diablo in 3d.
WHY AM I TALKING SHIT???
OK ERMM.... i need to make a point here ermmm....?
NOPE no points, but WoW could do with cinematics after completeing a dungeon sort of like Phantasy star online.
It is what you are. Do not reject your nerdiness.
Embrace it.
...but please, move out of your mothers basement and get laid.