StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty has become 2010’s bestselling PC game to date, shifting over one million copies within its first 24 hours of availability and 1.5 million in its first 48 hours, according to publisher Activision Blizzard.
The title was released simultaneously in North America, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau on July 27, with more than 8,000 stores worldwide holding midnight launch events.
In the UK it debuted atop the all formats software chart, selling more boxed copies last week than the 1998 original managed during its entire lifetime.
"We launched StarCraft II in 11 different languages and on five different continents because we wanted to make sure as many players as possible were able to log on and play on day one," said Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime. "We're pleased that so many people around the world have already picked up a copy of the game, and we look forward to welcoming even more players to Battle.net in the weeks and months ahead."
According to Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz, “this initial sales figure largely excludes the impact of the title's launch in South Korea, where the title's predecessor, 1998's Starcraft, is a national electronic sport and has maintained its popularity over the past 12 years.
“StarCraft II is being monetised though revenue models in Korea which are considerably different from that of the rest of the world… Therefore, we believe that pure 'unit' sales (as measured in the press release) will account for a very small portion of Korean StarCraft II revenue and that the unit sales reported in the press release largely reflect the game's performance in other territories.
“We believe that the initial 1.5 million unit 48-hour sell through figure (largely ex-Korea) puts StarCraft II on track to meet or exceed our 2.4 million sell-though estimate through the remainder of the year in North America and Europe.”
Source: http://www.next-gen.biz/news/starcraft-ii-becomes-2010%E2%80%99s-bestselling-pc-game
That's a lot, is it really that good game?
