World of Warcraft Mist of Pandaria Already Sold 2.7 Million Copies

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WOW! Just wow! WoW Mist of Pandaria sold 2.7 million copies in its release week (September 25 to October 1). And if we include the other Asian Mist of Pandaria sales, I would guess it will also be over 3 million copies sold worldwide.

Another good news is that WoW global subscriber base surpassed the 10-millionth mark. I know this is less than the 11 million peak several years ago but I believe this is still a great figure for MMORPGs.

Quoting official Blizzard Press Release

ALLIANCE AND HORDE ARMIES GROW WITH LAUNCH OF MISTS OF PANDARIA

New World of Warcraft® expansion sells 2.7 million copies in first week — global subscriber base passes 10 million

IRVINE, Calif. — October 4, 2012 — Following the September 25 global rollout of World of Warcraft®: Mists of Pandaria™, the new expansion to the world’s #1 subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that millions of players have already joined the fight for Pandaria. During the first week of launch, prior to the release in China on October 2, the expansion had already sold through approximately 2.7 million copies and the game’s global player base passed 10 million subscribers, with growth across all major regions.*

“With Mists of Pandaria, we set out to expand on the sense of fun and discovery that’s always been at the heart of World of Warcraft — in addition to adding a huge variety of new content and features to the game,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “It’s been gratifying to see the results of all of the work we put into this expansion and to hear all of the positive feedback from players so far.”

The World of Warcraft development team is already hard at work on the first major post-launch content update. Further details, including features and release timing, will be provided in the weeks ahead.

Gratz to Blizzard!!! and Gratz to the WoW Gamers too! Enjoy Mist of Pandaria!

For the full press release, kindly visit

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?id=7473409