World of Warcraft

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World of Warcraft(R): Wrath of the Lich King(TM) Shatters Day-1 Sales Record
With More Than 2.8 Million Copies Sold in Its First 24 Hours, Blizzard Entertainment(R)'s Second World of Warcraft Expansion is Now the Fastest-Selling PC Game Ever

IRVINE, Calif., Nov 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft(R)'s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King(TM), has sold more than 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours of availability*, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. This eclipses the previous record of nearly 2.4 million copies sold in 24 hours, set in January 2007 by Blizzard's first World of Warcraft expansion, The Burning Crusade(R). Wrath of the Lich King was simultaneously released in North America, Europe, Chile, Argentina, and Russia on November 13; Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand on November 14; and South Korea and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau on November 18.
In celebration of the launch, more than 15,000 stores throughout the world had their doors open at midnight to welcome thousands of expectant players. Several of these locations were attended by Blizzard Entertainment representatives, who met players and signed copies of the game.

"We're grateful for the incredible support that players around the world have continued to show for World of Warcraft," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "Wrath of the Lich King contains some of the best content we've created for the game so far, and we look forward to seeing even more players log in to experience it in the days ahead."

"After a single day of availability, Wrath of the Lich King is already the bestselling PC game of 2008 at GameStop and ranks as one of our top-selling products so far this year," said Bob McKenzie, GameStop's senior vice president of merchandising. "In keeping with the tradition established by their previous releases, Blizzard Entertainment has again created a product that not only reflects their high standards of quality but is clearly an instant hit with gamers around the country."

Prior to the launch of Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft's subscriber population had grown to more than 11 million players, further strengthening its position as the world's most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game. More information about the new expansion can be found at the official Wrath of the Lich King website: www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath.

I mean really? i will never understand whats the attraction but WOW is king of all MMO. Nothing even comes close to sheer number and intereste it generates in people. Now since my sub for WAR will run out i feel sorry for Mythic and current state of EU servers (thanks to GOA). But i will never understand what's so special about WOW? can anyone explain it to me please?

Originally posted by Getalife

 

I mean really? i will never understand whats the attraction but WOW is king of all MMO. Nothing even comes close to sheer number and intereste it generates in people. Now since my sub for WAR will run out i feel sorry for Mythic and current state of EU servers (thanks to GOA). But i will never understand what's so special about WOW? can anyone explain it to me please?

No.

i really want to know. it bogles my mind.

Well, you will never understand apparently so I certainly wouldn't waste time explaining it :p

That said, have you played it? Best way to find out is to do so. If it didn't attract you but some other game did what's the difference between the two? That should be what's important to you.

Originally posted by Getalife

i really want to know. it bogles my mind.

Why doest it boggle your mind?  You find a popular game that millions play boggling?   maybe you should then start to wonder why is anything  popular that anyone plays, or uses or buys etc.  Or infact why does anyone play anything.

Its fun.  It leaves you with a ton of options available to progress you character

1. 10 man raids
2. Battlegrounds
3. Crafting epic gear
4.  Reputations
5. Acheivements
6. Raids
7.  Arena
8  Daily quests
9. Heroics/badges
10. Lake wintergrasp (oRvR)

the fact that every day I can log in and do any of the things on that list and progress my character is awesome.   If I just want to relax, I do some daily quests, or work on a reputation or maybe an acheivement.   If I'm hyped up, I'll do a 10 man raid with my guild.   If I'm crazed, I'll go to Lake Wintergrasp and facemelt some alliance.

The thing is, every aspect of WOW's gameplay is fun and polished.  And every aspect allows you to progress smoothly.   You can 'grind' one aspect religiously if you want (there are people who do battlegrounds all day long).. or you can touch on many of the aspects all in the same day and advance in each of them more slowly.

But really, the reason 80% of north american servers are full and they had to release 22 new servers in the past 2 weeks is just because the game is well polished and very fun.

It's hard to explain when you find the right game for you. It's a little bit like falling in love.

Ok Pheace thanks for your time than. You were  great help. And no i am not going to play WOW just to see the attraction. I just wanted to see from WOW fans prespective what makes them go nuts about this game. By your theory i ahve to play each and every MMO out there to get first hand experince but sometimes getting people opinion is lot better.

And you just wasted space for two posts you could have done soemthing better with your time. Thank you.

Originally posted by Getalife

Ok Pheace thanks for your time than. You were  great help. And no i am not going to play WOW just to see the attraction. I just wanted to see from WOW fans prespective what makes them go nuts about this game. By your theory i ahve to play each and every MMO out there to get first hand experince but sometimes getting people opinion is lot better.

 

And you just wasted space for two posts you could have done soemthign better with your time. Thank you.

I suggest people try and play a MMO (With a free trial ...) to see what the attraction is when they ask about it? Yeah, doesn't make sense to you? Lol, well if you want to act bitter, go right ahead, I'm playing games while posting here, i'm not wasting time here ^^