PC gaming not dead: WoW expansion first day sales prove it

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dolemit3 on 20 November 2008

It's 2.8 million copies on day 1:

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that World of Warcraft's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, sold more than 2.8 million copies in its first day on sale.

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Khuutra on 20 November 2008

No one claims that PC gaming is dead, only that it is dying.

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mike_intellivision on 20 November 2008

WoW is not typical of PC gaming.

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dolemit3 on 20 November 2008

mike_intellivision said:
WoW is not typical of PC gaming.

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If everyone with a PC plays WoW, then it is typical of PC gaming.

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thekitchensink on 20 November 2008

WoW ain't representative of PC gaming as a whole--it's pretty much the exception that proves the rule.

That said, it beat Burning Crusade by about 400k--impressive!

Now if only Blizzard burned down and this terrible game went with it.

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Khuutra on 20 November 2008

dolemit3 said:

mike_intellivision said:
WoW is not typical of PC gaming.

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If everyone with a PC plays WoW, then it is typical of PC gaming.

If everyone with a PC plays WoW, then PC gaming really is dead.

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lenardo1 on 20 November 2008

i bought 2 copies! :)(one for me one for the wife)

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WoW and some other MMORPGs is keeping PC gaming alive... fair enough

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Kyros on 20 November 2008

Nobody was denying the success of WoW. One of the reasons why PC gaming is dying btw. All the money that is spend on MMoRPGs is not spend on normal games.