http://worldofwarcraft.4players.de:1038 ... videos.php

Pretty neat, very LONG ingame videos of some guy playing Wow beta. I must say, plays and feels alot like Asherons Call 2, which is a good thing because that was a good game.

way too long for my 100Kb chug-master connection.

Diggin' up 11b's wow topic:

http://www.blizzard.com/press/041201.shtml


WORLD OF WARCRAFT® SHATTERS DAY-ONE SALES RECORDS

Blizzard's newest title becomes North America's fastest-selling PC game ever, with record number of accounts created and concurrent players in first 24 hours
IRVINE, Calif. - December 1, 2004 - Blizzard Entertainment® today confirmed that World of Warcraft® has broken day-one sales records in North America, making it the most successful PC game launch ever. World of Warcraft, the company's subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), sold through to over 240,000 customers at retailers in North America on Tuesday, November 23, selling more in its first 24 hours than any other PC game in history.*

In addition to shattering sales records, World of Warcraft also broke peak concurrency and account creation records for a MMORPG. Within the first day, over 200,000 players created World of Warcraft accounts. By 5:00 p.m. PST, over 100,000 were playing the game concurrently. These two record-breaking numbers made World of Warcraft the fastest-growing MMORPG in history. Within a single day, all original 40+ World of Warcraft servers were filled to capacity, and by the end of the Thanksgiving weekend, more than 40 additional servers were deployed to meet the rapidly growing player base, as the number of new accounts and concurrent users continued to grow.

"We were all extremely pleased with the success of World of Warcraft on its first day of launch," said Mike Morhaime, president of Blizzard Entertainment. "Once we saw the numbers for the first day, we knew that we had to immediately increase capacity to accommodate the huge numbers of players joining our game. We're glad so many people are enjoying World of Warcraft, and we are dedicated to supporting a fun and smooth game experience for everyone."

Retailers across North America reported that the World of Warcraft launch was unequivocally their biggest day-one sales in PC gaming history. Leading industry retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, EB, and GameStop, all reported that hundreds of their stores sold out of World of Warcraft within the first day.

"World of Warcraft has once again shown that Blizzard consistently delivers the best games in the industry," said Robert McKenzie, vice president of merchandising at GameStop. "It sold better than any other PC game this year - in fact, World of Warcraft enjoyed the best day-one sell-through GameStop has ever seen on a PC title!"

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, players continued to buy World of Warcraft in record numbers, with a total of over 350,000* copies of the game selling through. Blizzard Entertainment and its retail partners expect the remaining supplies of World of Warcraft to sell out soon. Blizzard is currently evaluating its ability to ship additional games to retailers, given the unexpectedly high demand on the servers. The company continues to increase server capacity to accommodate the growing number of players connecting to the game. As the additional servers are brought online and proven stable, additional copies of World of Warcraft will be made available at retail. Blizzard will announce the availability of those additional games as soon as they are on shelves.


Looks like WoW is seriously pwning all the other MMORPG's out there. I might have to get this one, regardless of the monthly fee...with such a playerbase i'm bound to be safe for a while, gameplay-worthiness-while. Not to mention Blizzard excellent record when it comes to serving their playerbase. Yes, my friends, the future is looking bright. And populated by Taurens instead of Wookies.

I'd advice you to read the text from the Ctrl-Alt-Del guy (you know the comic):

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/

He made a whole rant about MMORPG's, including WoW. I think he has a strong point when he says things like "I have absolutely no interest in starting a game like that right after release. Everyone is starting out at the same level, everyone is crowded into the same areas, fighting for the same spawns. Everyone is selling the same junk lowbie loot, and 90% of the people don't know what they're doing yet. And on top of that (I've said it before, and I'll say it again), a very large portion, perhaps even the majority of the MMORPG "community" are raving, ignorant fuck-sponges."

He played the beta btw, for those who don't read the whole thing on his site.

Well put!

heheh. I would have to agree with that assessment.

Has anyone seen screenshots of WoW? I was checking some out on gamespot...looks like SHIT. I mean, seriously....crappy, low-res textures and horrible polygonal structures. I mean, jesus christ. It's like an MMORPG version of Daggerfall or something.

hmmh, agree there, also the video, the rogue one, seemed that the juniorn*gg*r or whetever his name was, was running it on lowres. very very chopy. Still id like to give it a try. Just visited the WoW forums, was trying to find the EU release date, guess what, the forums are crap and the admins are morons. I mean why sticky threads that nobody cares of in the first place and where the fuk is the important info??? sheesh.

On the bright side, the longer the US beta-tests all those MMORPG's for us we'll be sure to have lesser release bugs. Same with playstation users and GTA: San Andreas. It's a small comfort, but it's something.

Well, sorry guys but I have to retract my Wow comment. WOW sucks! When I posted this I had not played it yet, well I got in the beta and played it, and it is junk. Now Eq2 on the other hand got bad reviews but its one of the best, if not THE best mmorpg I have played. SOE did a very good job on it.

5 points to anyone who find both EU release dates (WoW and Eq2)

Is EU market really that bad. Seems to me Ppl in europe dont want to buy alsorts of cr*p, so they really havto put their mind to it if they want to sell something.

I've heard some really bad things about EQ2 also. Not that I'm a big MMORPG person, of course, and I've got my own personal issues with evercrack. But anyway....just be aware and keep an eye open.

EQ2 is already out if i'm not mistaken

WoW european release is january 14

*Points 5 times at J*

Theres a beta or summin out tho atm.

I couldnt find anywhere to sign up for the beta. aww cr*p