can u tell me whats special in Left4Dead other than the multiplay ? because i played the demo but i didnt find any other thing special in this game.

Not surprised, the expansion is awesome! I am enjoying it, but soaking it in a bit this time around and not trying to race to 80, like some people. Between Gears 2 and L4D I try to squeeze in some WoW time......wouldn't it be ironic if the GOTY ends up being WOTLK.......crazy, but not far fetched....XD!

12million WoW players on a total of 100+milllion more or less assiduous PC gamers is a very good result, but doesn't speak for the majority of this platform players.
PC gaming always had ups and downs, but the platform won't die easily, it has amongst its weapons a very large user base (although hardcore PC gamers are a minority, but still some tens of millions strong), a huge SW legacy and a continuity more than a decade long (just as DOS had).

Edit:                     ^^ just counting W9x/NT platform

PC dying? You can't serious, there's a ton of new releases. Personally, I'm not a WOW fan, but I play PC more than any console or handheld.

To put the 12M WoW players in perspective
-- 22 console or handeld games have sold more.

Mike from Morgantown

As I pointed out earlier WoW has sold a lot more than 12 million copies, 12 millions is the number of people still playing the game at this time........

If anything I think WoW is one of the reasons the PC market is dying.

You do the math.

This thread is about PC gaming not dead, and WoW as proof?

WoW always sells well...it's pretty much a nonfactor. But Left 4 Dead came out this week and had twice as many preorders as the Orange Box...I'm pretty sure it's gonna sell great.  I'd say that's more proof that PC gaming is not dead, not WoW.

Also, NNN2004, the game is all about multiplayer...and I'd highly recommend playing a full campaign before fully judging the game. And if you can't see why it rocks after that, then it's a lost cause. There's also VS. mode in the full game that demo players didn't get to try...playing as the Infected is really awesome...I find it much more fun to play as a boss Infected while in VS. mode.

Actually, WoW has sold far more copies than 11 million.

It has 11 million concurrent monthly users. That means 11 million people paid $13 last month. Not including however many have paid/played before, but are not today.

Staggeringly striking!  There are merely a small number of games that exceed that.