World of Warcraft Breaks PC Game Sales Records

Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 2, 2004 @10:54AM from the watch-your-head-for-shattering-records dept.

Many readers have written in to mention the astonishingly fast rate of sales for World of Warcraft. From the article: "...sold through to over 240,000 customers at retailers in North America on Tuesday, November 23, selling more in its first 24 hours than any other PC game in history. ... Within the first day, over 200,000 players created World of Warcraft accounts. By 5:00 p.m. PST, over 100,000 were playing the game concurrently. These two record-breaking numbers made World of Warcraft the fastest-growing MMORPG in history." The official site also has information on an extension of the trial period for users who have experienced lag and queues.

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EverQuest 2 vs WoW in graphics: by genrader · 2004-12-02 10:57 · Score: 5, Informative

I have played both World of Warcraft and EverQuest 2 on my crappy machine, 1.4ghz Athlo nXP 1600+, 768mb pc2100 DDR, Radeon 9700. Everyone I know has MAD graphics problems with EQ2 with their uber systems, but these people are idiots because they are turning the graphics as high as they can get them. WoW runs smoothly cause it really doesn't require much more power than Everquest 1. I run EQ2 on medium settings perfectly with little to no lag.

Oh, if anyone wants to rant about GameSpot's 7.8 for EQ2 and 9.5 for WoW, notice the same guy reviewed the games.

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