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With over eight million players worldwide in the original World of WarCraft, the expansion was set up to become a game to break numerous records. Today it was announced in a Blizzard press release that The Burning Crusade has broken previous records on selling the most copies during 24 hours.
- With an estimated total of nearly 1.2 million copies sold on the first day in North America and an estimated total of more than 1.1 million copies sold in Europe within the first 24 hours of launch, writes Shacknews and points toward the internal company records and the reports from key distribution partners.
Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, tells that the expansion has exceeded their most ambitious expectations. He also say that they are pleased to see that so many players are eager to see all of the content that the expansion has to offer.
- We look forward seeing everyone online as additional players continue to upgrade in the days ahead, he adds.
By the end of the first day in North America and Europe, over 1.7 million players had already logged in and upgraded to The Burning Crusade.
Links
Shacknews.com - Source
WoW-Europe.com - World of WarCraft Europe
Today Blizzard announced that the expansion for World of WarCraft - The Burning Crusade - has broken yet another record. After 2,4 million copies sold during the first 24 hours it became the fastest-selling PC game ever in North America and Europe.
With over eight million players worldwide in the original World of WarCraft, the expansion was set up to become a game to break numerous records. Today it was announced in a Blizzard press release that The Burning Crusade has broken previous records on selling the most copies during 24 hours.
- With an estimated total of nearly 1.2 million copies sold on the first day in North America and an estimated total of more than 1.1 million copies sold in Europe within the first 24 hours of launch, writes Shacknews and points toward the internal company records and the reports from key distribution partners.
Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, tells that the expansion has exceeded their most ambitious expectations. He also say that they are pleased to see that so many players are eager to see all of the content that the expansion has to offer.
- We look forward seeing everyone online as additional players continue to upgrade in the days ahead, he adds.
By the end of the first day in North America and Europe, over 1.7 million players had already logged in and upgraded to The Burning Crusade.
Links
Shacknews.com - Source
WoW-Europe.com - World of WarCraft Europe
