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Splidz
02-16-2005, 07:16 AM
Blizzard is making mad cash from this game...like maaaaaaaad cash. Some news from their site:

Last week, we welcomed a whole new continent to the World of Warcraft, and by all accounts, the game was an absolute success from day one. In just its first day of release, throngs of fans lined up in stores throughout Europe to purchase an estimated 280,000 copies of the game, a number that far exceeded what other experts estimated as the overall size of the European MMORPG market. As World of Warcraft's launch proved, those estimates were clearly too low. By the end of the weekend, the number of World of Warcraft players only grew, with over 380,000 copies sold in its first weekend. By this first weekend, peak concurrency had hit over 180,000 players.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/

The great thing about this, I think, is that they will be able to put in all sorts of crazy content. One problem with Planetside was that it didn't too all that great, so the number of staff they could afford to have working on content upgrades must be limited. With WoW, they could afford to have the entire company working full-time on content if they wanted.

It's nice to be playing a game that will get this kind of attention!

Frils
02-16-2005, 03:04 PM
Yes it is.....you playing tonight homey.....btw I need ammo