News: 2.4 million copies are sold in one day.
Blizzard has passed along word that 2.4 million copies of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade were sold on the game's first day of availability. Blizzard says this makes Burning Crusade the fastest selling PC game ever in North America and Europe.
Blizzard shipped more than 4 million copies of Burning Crusade to North America, Europe, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. According to the WoW servers, 1.7 million players have already cracked open the Burning Crusade box and logged in to the new expansion.
УThe Burning Crusade has already exceeded even our most ambitious expectations,Ф said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. УWe'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.Ф
We'll have more on the Burning Crusade and all things World of Warcraft, including a BC review, soon.