Midnight launch event: Global edition
by Mike Schramm 
Jan 18th 2007 at 3:14PM
While we're still waiting on sales figures from Monday's launch of the expansion, at first glance, looking at the pictures posted here and elsewhere from around the world, it was pretty darn successful.
That's right, it looks like Blizzard pulled it off-- almost simultaneously, within the same 24 hours, they were able to both get a game on shelves, get it home with players, and let them sign online. Lag problems aside, that's a huge task, and I'm not sure they could have pulled it off any better.
As a final note on the launch, Rushter over at WorldofWar has done a little YouTube crawling, and pulled up a list of video from events all over the world. I thought things were crazy here in the US, but look how insane they got in Germany.
Look at that line! When I first heard the 5 million copies in the first ten days figure, I was skeptical. But with lines like this all over the planet, it might just be true.
Previously: Midnight launch events
That's right, it looks like Blizzard pulled it off-- almost simultaneously, within the same 24 hours, they were able to both get a game on shelves, get it home with players, and let them sign online. Lag problems aside, that's a huge task, and I'm not sure they could have pulled it off any better.
As a final note on the launch, Rushter over at WorldofWar has done a little YouTube crawling, and pulled up a list of video from events all over the world. I thought things were crazy here in the US, but look how insane they got in Germany.
Look at that line! When I first heard the 5 million copies in the first ten days figure, I was skeptical. But with lines like this all over the planet, it might just be true.
Previously: Midnight launch events
Filed under: Fan stuff, Blizzard, News items, Economy, Expansions, The Burning Crusade
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dane Jan 18th 2007 6:56PM
Here is the PC Gamer World of Warcraft Burning Crusade launch party podcast with free giveaway contest, just thought you might want to see this and maybe enter...
PCG Video Podcast site:
http://www.pcgamerpodcast.com/video/
Direct link to podcast:
http://futurenet.vo.llnwd.net/o2/pcgamer/PCG_VP27.mp4
Arbuz Chokaro Jan 18th 2007 8:33PM
I bet the guy at the very end of the line was like "Pfft, I'm totally gonna buy BC, and then go home and play it in like 2 hours!"
I mean, why the hell would there be such a huge line? THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH COPIES FOR YOU PEOPLE. GO HOME!