Travicity
01-10-2011, 10:56 PM
WoW: Cataclysm Sells 4.7 Million in December
Latest World of Warcraft expansion racks up enormous sales in December.
Apparently it's not yet impossible to hit ridiculously astronomical sales numbers on the PC, provided your game has World of Warcraft in its title. In an announcement that will probably shock no one at this point, Blizzard revealed the latest WoW expansion, Cataclysm, sold a whopping 4.7 million units in December.
As previously revealed, 3.3 million of those 4.7 million units were sold in the first 24 hours of its December 7 release alone. The huge number makes Cataclysm the fastest selling PC game ever -- although technically, yes, it's an expansion pack and not a full-fledged game. So for sticklers, let's call it the fastest selling "PC videogame software" ever. And the game it beat to take the title? Surprise: the last World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.
"We've been floored by the community's response so far, and we'd like to thank them for their continued passion and support for World of Warcraft, and for helping Cataclysm reach this incredible milestone," said Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime.
Cataclysm certainly seems worthy of its huge success.
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Latest World of Warcraft expansion racks up enormous sales in December.
Apparently it's not yet impossible to hit ridiculously astronomical sales numbers on the PC, provided your game has World of Warcraft in its title. In an announcement that will probably shock no one at this point, Blizzard revealed the latest WoW expansion, Cataclysm, sold a whopping 4.7 million units in December.
As previously revealed, 3.3 million of those 4.7 million units were sold in the first 24 hours of its December 7 release alone. The huge number makes Cataclysm the fastest selling PC game ever -- although technically, yes, it's an expansion pack and not a full-fledged game. So for sticklers, let's call it the fastest selling "PC videogame software" ever. And the game it beat to take the title? Surprise: the last World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.
"We've been floored by the community's response so far, and we'd like to thank them for their continued passion and support for World of Warcraft, and for helping Cataclysm reach this incredible milestone," said Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime.
Cataclysm certainly seems worthy of its huge success.
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