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Subject: Cataclysm Sells 3.3 Million Copies
In One day

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/58314/WoW-Cataclysm-Shatters-Sales-Records

http://www.pcworld.com/article/213406/world_of_warcraft_cataclysm_sells_record_33_million_in_24_hours.html

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-sets-first-day-sales-record/?news=123




“We had to bring Azeroth to the brink of destruction in Cataclysm, but the result was our best expansion yet,” said Blizzard co-founder and CEO Mike Morhaime, in a statement. “We want to thank all of our new, existing, and returning players throughout the world for their incredible enthusiasm and support.”




 

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I for one welcome our new video game overlords.

 

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When Blizzard finally occupies its own Country as its dictator I trust that I will be put in a position of power.

 

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I am not sure who is printing money faster, the US Treasury or Blizzard thinking

 

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Tai-Daishar_MT posted:
I am not sure who is printing money faster, the US Treasury or Blizzard thinking


It's gotta be close. On Blizzard's part, the digital sales was brilliant. I haven't seen anything brilliant come out of the government for a very, very long time.

 

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The expansion wasn't really optional though. It felt like Blizzard put a gun to my head. "Buy the expansion or you are stuck at level 80 you stupid stupid newb!".

 

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Ravynmagi posted:
The expansion wasn't really optional though. It felt like Blizzard put a gun to my head. "Buy the expansion or you are stuck at level 80 you stupid stupid newb!".



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Digital pre-sales was indeed quite brilliant. Most gaming companies can't do this because of their prearrangement with retailers. Blizzard just does whatever they want... retailers be damned! Gotta love it sometimes, hehe.

 

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Retailers aren't about to tell Blizzard "No"..

curious what GameStop's quarterly earnings will look like...

 

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I still bought the box. There was really nothing to download or install since it was pretty much patched in ahead of time. All we really needed was the code. But still, for $40, I needed something to remind me where my $40 went. tongue And I got a nice printed 12 page user manual.

And I'm $40 closer to my next Best Buy Reward Zone gift certificate. happy

 

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I like having the box also...(don't really care about the CE tho..)

 

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I *hate* game boxes. They are so cool and perty looking, I feel like I *must* keep them, even though my mind tells me that it's all in my head.

Digital sales skip this whole internal conflict of insanity. tongue

 

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Sprawl-zero1eye- posted:
I *hate* game boxes. They are so cool and perty looking, I feel like I *must* keep them, even though my mind tells me that it's all in my head.

Digital sales skip this whole internal conflict of insanity. tongue


This exactly. I think I still have my AC box.

 

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Sprawl-zero1eye- posted:
I *hate* game boxes. They are so cool and perty looking, I feel like I *must* keep them, even though my mind tells me that it's all in my head.

Digital sales skip this whole internal conflict of insanity. tongue



^^ LOL um YEP, THIS.

 

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That reminds me. For those of you who have ever watched Hoarders on A&E. I want to see a Horders show with a computer geek who has saved every piece of hardware, every box, every gadget, every floppy disk, every AOL CD, etc. I'm sure there has to be a few of those nut jobs around, considering so many of us are just a stones throw from that level of crazy already. I'm getting bored of all the cat lady hoarders.

 

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^ My mind just painted a picture of a lone guy with a horde of cat ladies all hoarding a plethora of cats!

 

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Ravynmagi posted:
That reminds me. For those of you who have ever watched Hoarders on A&E. I want to see a Horders show with a computer geek who has saved every piece of hardware, every box, every gadget, every floppy disk, every AOL CD, etc. I'm sure there has to be a few of those nut jobs around, considering so many of us are just a stones throw from that level of crazy already. I'm getting bored of all the cat lady hoarders.



Those made great clay-pigeons back in the day...and really decent frisbees!

 

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Ravynmagi posted:
That reminds me. For those of you who have ever watched Hoarders on A&E. I want to see a Horders show with a computer geek who has saved every piece of hardware, every box, every gadget, every floppy disk, every AOL CD, etc. I'm sure there has to be a few of those nut jobs around, considering so many of us are just a stones throw from that level of crazy already. I'm getting bored of all the cat lady hoarders.


At least you aren't talking about me. I threw away the AOL CDs.

 

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At one point in time, they were a godsend. 10 more free hours for making a new account, cha-ching!

How we used Internet hourly is beyond me, lol.

 

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I still have games on 3.5 floppies.

 

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Still have the "cartridge basic" for the old IBM PC Jr...as well as DOS 2.0 on 5-1/4's...

I also still have a working 5-1/4 drive..but I haven't hooked it up in years..(It's a seagate tho..so I'm sure it still works!!)

 

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I sleep with the box in bed. Very sexy it is.

 

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huldu posted:
I sleep with the box in bed. Very sexy it is.


laugh

 

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legba11 posted:
I still have games on 3.5 floppies.


Winner!

Are the 3.5 inch floppies for Space Quest 1 or Lode Runner?

 

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