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Just a curious thing I've never noticed before
Did Blizzard just hotfix an ilvl requirement onto Awakened LFR?
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On the frontpage there is a picture that says, that GW2 is the fastest selling MMO of all time.
How is that possible if WoW Cataclysm, sold 3.3M on their first day.
And how much did Classic WoW sell for, 8M in first year?
Hasn't WoW been the fastest MMO sold of all time? Or don't they count MMORPG with MMO?
Am i reading the picture wrong or did i miss something?
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2013-08-30, 10:16 AM #1Over 9000!
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[FRONTPAGE] GW2 3.5M sold in their first year time, Fastest selling MMO in history?
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2013-08-30, 10:19 AM #2The Insane
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Guild Wars will probably say that the Cataclysm launch was an expansion, and thus doesn't count.
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2013-08-30, 10:20 AM #3Over 9000!
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Still, classic sold like what 8M in first year? that's 4.5M more then they claim. Originally Posted by Butler Log
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2013-08-30, 10:25 AM #4Epic!
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There's a footnote somewhere that it's the fastest selling MMO in the west
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2013-08-30, 10:28 AM #5Mechagnome
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They said 'in the west' which doesnt count European/Asian markets, which removes a fair amount of WoW's numbers.
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2013-08-30, 10:30 AM #6The Lightbringer
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the footnote says its compared against other pay to play mmos in North America, Australia and Europe. so i think that means they are not comparing it to WoW since its sub based? Originally Posted by Kalx
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the west doesn't include Europe? news to me. Originally Posted by Theiea
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2013-08-30, 10:32 AM #7Titan
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Where do you get these figures from? Originally Posted by Gimlix
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2013-08-30, 10:35 AM #8The Lightbringer
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i didn't think WoW actually sold much in the first year, mmos were not as popular then, pretty sure it wasn't 8million in the first year. Originally Posted by Pann
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2013-08-30, 10:56 AM #9Legendary!
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If only 500k of those people stuck around... every time i play the world is empty.
Aye mate
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2013-08-30, 11:04 AM #10Deleted
Too bad everyone came back to WoW. I dislike advertising like that, but what can you do...
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2013-08-30, 11:06 AM #11I am Murloc!
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Just because WoW had 8 million subs doesn't mean they sold 8m copies, because as far as I know, people don't buy the game in the east. Having said that, I find this claim also rather dubious if you compare it to some expansion sales. Originally Posted by Gimlix
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2013-08-30, 11:07 AM #12The Lightbringer
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its all marketing bs designed for the product to look good , smoke and mirrors
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2013-08-30, 11:11 AM #13Mechagnome
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i've always thought "west" covers EU as well. Originally Posted by Theiea
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2013-08-30, 11:17 AM #14Deleted
Great. Now, how many players did actually stay there after buying into the hype?
That's the interesting question.
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2013-08-30, 11:39 AM #15Old God
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Not that impressive considering how big MMO market today is. SC2 sold 3-4 millions within first month and RTS market is really small compare to MMO's.
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2013-08-30, 11:43 AM #16Mechagnome
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GW2 was good then the levelling just got uninteresting and boring and I just went back to WoW.
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2013-08-30, 12:03 PM #17Pit Lord
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I believe Cataclysm sold more and that was an expansion pack, not to mention GW2 was one of the most over hyped games of 2012. It was fun while it lasted but in the end wow will always be my main game.
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2013-08-30, 12:19 PM #18Deleted
The * that relates to the "Fastest Selling MMO in History" for those that are interested
* based on initial 9 months combined digital and retail sales units against PC pay and play MMORPG games; includes North America, Australia and Europe. Source DFC Intelligence
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2013-08-30, 12:25 PM #19Titan
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WoW did not sell 8 million copies in their first year, that much is certain. And expansions probably doesn't count.
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2013-08-30, 12:30 PM #20Mechagnome
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Yea....no. Originally Posted by Gimlix
The first couple of days they had ~100k people playing the game concurrently. On the first day, all 40 servers were filled to capacity, so by the end of that weekend more were added. 200k people made accounts on the first day. The game launched in 2004. It wasn't until a couple years later, that they got up to 8 million sales..
