Another 250,000 boxes of WoW for Europe

After not seeing WoW on the shelves in the games stores I visited on Saturday, I received news from one of the guys of my D&D group who wants to buy WoW, but couldn't get hold of it. There has been an announcement by Blizzard, Europe, about the situation. They have sold 620,000 boxes (!!!!!), and are currently sold out. The next shipment will be another 250,000 boxes, to be released this Friday. As a good part of these boxes are already pre-ordered, sales will probably pass 800,000 by the end of the month.

The new 250,000 boxes will contain an additional "bonus" of viral marketing, a buddy key for 10 days of free WoW play. Before only the collectors edition had this buddy key, the regular box came without one.

Number of people in my D&D group: 7
Of these, having ever played a MMORPG before WoW: 1 (me)
Now playing WoW: 4
Will be playing WoW by the end of the month: 5

News of WoW's death have been greatly exaggerated.
- posted by Tobold @ 9:51 AM Permanent Link