AoC tops charts in Europe, ahead of GTA IV. In Germany, one of the largest games markets in Europe, both the standard and the CE-version makes it on the top 10 list.
I think your summary gives all the explanation needed as to why this did not need to be posted as an article. Seriously its getting ridiculous now, we dont need to have tons of reviews being put up, especially ones from relatively unknown sources that no one cares about. Maybe 2 reviews from the big sites like IGN, Gamespot etc. or one that completely slates it (as with Haze) is helpful, but not a middling review from an unknown source, in lets face it, a blatant attempt to gain cheap upbids.
A review reporting system of some type needs to be put in place i think, and i know some others have suggested something similar before.
@Thumper, What is the current sales # of World of Warcraft : Burning Crusade ? Currently, SE has it at 10.81 Million (GLS), while AoC:HA is 3 Million (GLS).
Is it reasonable to expect 30% of WoW:BC for AoC:HA ? I am asking this since I didn't follow PC games sales (I play PC games, but not many of them in the few last years, unlike 20 years ago)
Oh, thanks for the reminder, I actually forgot that WoW didn't have a simultaneous worldwide launch. But yeah, I do agree with you. MMO's always hat the reputation of being to complex and WoW changed the way MMO's are developed and seen by gamers. So AoC's definitely gonna benefit from that.
According to this messageboard WoW hit 1 million after a little more than 3 months (with the European launch).
Probably not an incredibly useful comparison because WoW did not have a simultaneous worldwide launch and AoC has the benefit of a much larger population of MMO players to draw on (thanks to WoW, of course). Before WoW, many people had never played an MMO before. That being said, I don't think anybody expected AoC to launch as well as it has and there's gonna be a ton of people convincing their friends/guildmates to jump aboard. I've got a couple pestering me!
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