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World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Sells 3.3 Million Units In 24 Hours, Breaks Record

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Posted December 13, 2010 - By Nikole Zivalich





World of WarCraft: Cataclysm

World of WarcraftCataclysm has become the fastest selling PC-game of all time. It sold 3.3 million copies in its first 24 hours of release. According to Blizzard it broke the current PC-game record held by the previous WoW expansion Wrath of the Lich King, which sold 2.8 million copies in its original launch in 2008. 

More than 10,000 stores across the globe opened their doors at midnight for the launch last week. Blizzard-sponsored launch events were held all over the world, including Mexico, Chile, Russia and Australia. There were 12 million Wow-players prior to the launch of the third expansion, making sure World of Warcraft remains the most popular MMORPG out there. Be honest, are you playing Cataclysm

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is available now for the PC and Mac.

World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Sells 3.3 Million Units In 24 Hours, Breaks Record
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  • koolboricua

    i dont like WOW but i still take my hats off to Blizzard for what they do and how much money they make. I cant believe this game sold so much. But i should have seen that coming. Everything Blizzards touches turns to Gold. I speak for Startcraft and Warcraft RTS

    Posted: December 14, 2010 11:11 AM
    koolboricua
  • Pwnproof

    Cata is a blast! Phck the haters let them hate, most of us are too pleased and happy with it to care :D

    Posted: December 14, 2010 10:07 AM
    Pwnproof
  • saitin

    most successful launch out of all 3 expac's, my server has yet to crash or have lag.
    well done blizz.

    Posted: December 14, 2010 10:03 AM
    saitin
  • Malwrath

    when u play with nice people u know in real life it is a very fun game

    Posted: December 14, 2010 9:46 AM
    Malwrath
  • Servcrow

    I quit playing (went on extended hiatus, sabbatical, what have you) before Lich King shipped. The Cataclysm patch and world breaking intrigued me enough to pay for the $5/$5/$10 special and open a new account as well as start all new characters. Blizzard sucked me in again (insert "Godfather III" reference here) and I've been pleased with the changes to Azeroth so far.

    If nothing else it'll keep me busy 'til "Old Republic" goes live, right? C'mon Bioware...give us a release date already!!

    Posted: December 14, 2010 8:50 AM
    Servcrow
  • zech678

    ok

    Posted: December 14, 2010 12:35 AM
    zech678
  • Crazywheels63

    nope...sorry.....Stopped playing it like over a year ago... I will wait for SWTor to come out... I did not like the cutthroat sensibility of it with WoW....like ninja looting... screw someone out of their ore...try to get as much gold for an item..Elitist guilds that quite frankly sucked balls for ranking....oh ..and to top it all off...this expansion... everything should have been done when Lich King came out..not going to pay for 5 levels of what...stuff they should have done over two or three years ago.. Suck it Blizzard.....

    Posted: December 13, 2010 8:25 PM
    Crazywheels63
  • fallenmoogla

    Too busy with Rift to play WoW. (=

    Posted: December 13, 2010 6:25 PM
  • ovcydian

    I'm playing and I'm happy with it. With this new expansion almost all if not all of the old quests have been changed. The game seems brighter and more refined. I rerolled a new toon and am happy with all the changes.

    To the guy saying that wow will devour your humanity and leave you as a withered husk... Dramatic much? lol... its a game, if you can't control yourself then that's your problem not the game.

    Posted: December 13, 2010 5:21 PM
    ovcydian
  • Apsalus07

    This makes me embarrassed to be a PC gamer. It's going to set a trend (or continue the trend) of neverending MMO WoW clones on the PC. Stop buying this please people! For all our sakes, please get some rehab for your WoW addiction. In fact, this is an intervention. Your habits are hurting us all. Yes WoW is a fun game - at first. Then you realize it's just a sophisticated human brain trap designed to suck you in, devour your humanity, soil your dignity, and leave you but a withered husk. Just say no to WoW. /Endrant.

    Posted: December 13, 2010 4:54 PM
    Apsalus07
  • javik

    wow sucks it died at bc

    Posted: December 13, 2010 4:19 PM
  • crocodilius

    i cant get teh epic troll sword from archaeology...its just wont spawn ;(

    Posted: December 13, 2010 3:28 PM
    crocodilius
  • Cavityking23

    Look's amazing but Star Wars stole my heart at E3.

    Posted: December 13, 2010 2:51 PM
    Cavityking23
  • Gabtraf

    I didn't buy Cata, I won't buy Cata. I don't feel like raiding anymore, too much work to have fun when you can't trust others to do their job correctly. I'll continue playing StarCraft 2 thank you very much.

    Posted: December 13, 2010 2:25 PM
    Gabtraf
  • GamebustaZX

    getting back into WoW after I got my first girl friend 3 years ago lmao and I did get the cheap expantions deals I will get the expentaion tomorrow

    Posted: December 13, 2010 2:15 PM
    GamebustaZX
  • magic1264

    And the world was worse for it...

    Posted: December 13, 2010 2:12 PM
    magic1264
  • CamperHunter1

    I have not purchased Cataclysm yet but I did take Blizzard up on the $5/$5/$10 deal to get back into the game after 3 1/2 years of retirement.

    So far, leaning towards picking it up, but I'm not 100% sure I want to yet.

    Posted: December 13, 2010 1:51 PM
    CamperHunter1
  • Worzeth

    "The third expansion in the WoW series also increased the subscriber population by 12 million players,"

    Wait, they had 13.5 million before, so now they have OVER 24 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS?

    I find that hard to believe.

    Posted: December 13, 2010 1:27 PM
    Worzeth

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