Blizzard je to ponovo učinio i danas potvrdio da je Burning Crusade postigao rekord u prodaji u roku od 24 časa. Zvanične informacije:
Blizzard Entertainment today announced that World of Warcraft®: The Burning Crusade has broken the day-one sales record to become the fastest-selling PC game ever in North America and Europe, with a worldwide total of nearly 2.4 million copies sold in the first 24 hours of availability. The Burning Crusade, the first expansion set for World of Warcraft, was simultaneously released in North America, Europe, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia on January 16, and on January 17 in Australia and New Zealand.
Blizzard had supplied more than 4 million game boxes to retailers
worldwide, and more than 5,000 stores throughout the world had their
doors open at midnight to welcome thousands of expectant players.
Day-one sales totals on both continents were similar, with an estimated
total of nearly 1.2 million copies sold on the first day in North
America and an estimated total of more than 1.1 million copies sold in
Europe within the first 24 hours of launch(a). By the end of the first
day of availability on both continents, a total of more than 1.7
million players had already logged in and upgraded World of Warcraft to
play The Burning Crusade.
"The Burning Crusade has already exceeded even our most ambitious
expectations," said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard
Entertainment. "We're pleased that so many players are eager to see all
of the new content that the expansion has to offer, and we look forward
to seeing everyone online as additional players continue to upgrade in
the days ahead."
Retailers are continuing to report sustained demand, so if players have
not yet purchased their copy of The Burning Crusade, they are advised
to call ahead to make sure their store has copies on hand. Additional
shipments of the expansion have been routed to retailers to help
maintain stock levels.
"The immediate popularity of The Burning Crusade once again shows that
Blizzard consistently delivers what gamers want," said Robert McKenzie,
senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop Corp. "In addition
to setting a new day-one PC-game sales record at our GameStop and EB
Games stores, the expansion garnered more online pre-orders than any
other PC game in our company's history."


