[Tiara]

From the WoW-Europe.com site

Blizzard Entertainment today announced that World of Warcraft has become an overnight success in Europe, achieving record-breaking sales in its first 24 hours since the game launched on Friday, 11th February. World of Warcraft has sold-through an estimated 280,000* copies at retail on day-one, selling more units in one day than what was previously thought to be the overall cumulative size of the European MMORPG market. This figure rose to more than 380,000 units being sold-through by the end of the first weekend.

*CHA-CHING*

Pretty impressive. no wonder the servers went berserk yesterday. A few hundred thousand new players is a heavy payload dropped on them

[pyro-manic]

Christ. I didn't think MMO games were that popular... Blizzard are going to be minted.

[Rictor]

Money fight!

[Dark_4ce]

No ****. The mmorpg scene hasn't seen anything of the like. But its Blizzard, what did you expect?

Look at me for example, I didn't wait for this game. I heard of it, but didn't want to buy it. Then I saw the beta. Then I had to buy it. Go figure...

[pyro-manic]

I don't even know what it is, to be honest. Is it another Dungeons and Dragons orcs-vs-wizards-vs-dwarves type thing? I played the demo of Baldur's Gate 2 a while back, and it was unbelievably crap. I was some dude in a cage, and I tried to escape and got the crap kicked out of me by some huge bat thingy. I battered the crap out of it with a large stick, but it wouldn't die for some stupid reason...

[Dark_4ce]

Yes and no. While I personally like BG2, the first level was absolute crap. Which is the stuck in the cage one. WoW is more of a 3rd person 3D RPG Diabloesque gaming experience. But better. I can't quite place it yet, buts its just... Cool. That giddy feeling you get when you just bought yourself something really cool. But this feeling continues for days on end. If you got a friend who has it, I suggest you give it a go.

[redmenace]

I can't wait for world of starcraft

[Nico]

next SC game is Ghost, and that's it, like it or not

[StratComm]

Which is a real shame seeing as how StarCraft continues to have the largest following worldwide of any game Blizzard has ever released.  I still think they've got something secret on the back burner besides Ghost; the market's just too ripe to not be taking advantage of it.

[Stealth]

there were a few leaks of Starcraft 2 over the last few years... and i don't blame them for it.  They'd make a fortune, that's for sure.  i mean SC's as old as Freespace, yet it's still one of the top 10 most played games in the world (or it was a year ago anyway).  i mean, it's Korea's national sport pretty much  they have replays on TV and such  hugely popular

Yeah i knew WoW would 0wn as soon as it came out beta.  the last few days WC3's been extremely slow, probably because all the bandwidth is going to WoW

[IceFire]

On the other hand, if I were Blizzard, I'd be spending of time working on StarCraft 2 before I ever told the public anything.  Its got to be one of the most anticipated sequels to a game ever and it better look, sound, and ultimately be one of the best games they have ever done.  Its already got hype and it hasn't even been announced

[StratComm]

I will admit too that the WC3 engine needs a LOT of tweaking before it's ready to do a starcraft sequal any real justice (and I think they will ultimately not only do it, but do it from the base of that engine).  But the potential, if not the promise, is already there.  I liked what I saw in the secret scene at the end of WC3 after you beat it on hard, even if it was very primitive.

[Dough with Fish]

lolz.

You'd think that Blizzard would have learned from the American launch of the game.  The same exact thing happened then, they sold about 400,000 units by the end of the first week, and it caused all sorts of problems which are almost all gone, there are still a few issues but they're minor compared to all the crap that happened at launch.

But, yeah, I think it says something about a company when they expect to have 600,000 users by the end of the first year but they get them all by the end of the first week. And, also, for them to sell more units than the size of the predicted market.

I challenge someone to find a company that always does what Blizzard does (constantly release amazingly polished games that are instant bestsellers,  and are still updating games that are 8 years old, create games that are more addicting that drugs, cigarettes, booze, and sex COMBINED), because I honestly don't think there is another one out there like it.

[Fury]

He who calls BG1 or BG2 crap, is calling Divine Fury of Punishment onto himself.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Dough with Fish
lolz.

You'd think that Blizzard would have learned from the American launch of the game.  The same exact thing happened then, they sold about 400,000 units by the end of the first week, and it caused all sorts of problems which are almost all gone, there are still a few issues but they're minor compared to all the crap that happened at launch.

yeah, they should have refused to sell

Really, regarding the server crashes two days ago:
when I see the reaction of customers on the Bliz' forums, I'm amazed. Some claim that they've been on others mmorpg ( yeah right, they're n00bs ) and never saw that, that's complete bull how many times did Lineage2 completly die off and I had to wait hours for it to come back?
And they go insulting Blizzard, and ask for a second free month, etc. Not, the same as above also claimed working as commercials and were much more open to their customers, how handy ( yeah right, they're schoolgirls )
Only thing I would have criticized is the lack of updates. Gotta admit they don't communicate much.

[Getter Robo G]

D&D since 1982 so I am qualified to say SOME of it was crap.. Anyway Never winter nights can be modded for WC3 that should make you all happy (especially Mr fury)...

[Gloriano]

I didn't expect anything less because WOW is blizzards game and they have always made awesome games that sells

I still think they've got something secret on the back burner besides Ghost; the market's just too ripe to not be taking advantage

Diablo 3 maybe ? that is only rumour so far but that blizzard team that made Diablo series is hiring peoples

[Clave]

380,000 users at £9.00 a month? that's er.... nearly £3.5 million EVERY month!  I AM in the wrong business!

[Nico]

Originally posted by Holy Imperial Gloriano
Diablo 3 maybe ? that is only rumour so far but that blizzard team that made Diablo series is hiring peoples

With Diablo, Mephisto and Baal all dead for good, I highly doubt we'll ever see Diablo3
That or crappy plot twist, wich I highly doubt Bliz' would commit.

[Ransom]

I dunno, they could always pull a Myth 3 and do Diablo 3 in the past.