this seems like a terribly low number for this game.

you're joking

Some people seem to live in an alternative reality where games that don't sell 5 million day one are somehow flops.

certainly not.

It's a Blizzard game damnit!

What people need to realize is that Blizzard games are like Nintendo games, they will open small, and then sell forever. Unless Blizzard has lost its soul and has become like any other generic game maker of today, and the game drops off the charts, but that remains to be seen

Just don't expect huge blockbuster openings from Blizzard games. Blizzard is still above that, their games have always followed similar patterns as Nintnedo games.

Because nobody does.  Digital Distribution's biggest problem is that NOBODY wants to say just how big a pie it is.

I'm not sure why, but the major companies see some advantage in it so who am i to say.

I see two possible scenarios:

1. DD is so small that it's almost embarrasing to release figures.

2. DD is very profitable and successful and the publishers don't want retailers finding out how successful DD is.  Especially as it could create extra competition from retailers setting up their own DD networks and would get rid of second-hand sales.

Personally I think 2 is the more likely with the way DD has grown and the direction Sony tried to take with PSP Go. Remember how some retailers refused to stock the PSP Go as they wouldn't see any money from the software.

Yeah I can see 2 being the case... still annoying.

Isn't starcraft 2 still in open beta in south korea? If thats the case then these numbers don't include the biggest region for Starcraft 2.

Even if this does include DD this is an impressive number considering warcraft 3 sold 1.5 million copies in its first month.

SC2 had a worldwide release, so its out in South Korea. It's just very hard to track sales there becasue many play the game in internet cafés without directly buying it.