StarCraft II - Fastest Selling RTS of All Time

Written by Asfastasican  | Tuesday, 03 August 2010 16:25

News - StarCraft II

Gamespot along with several other news sites have reported that StarCraft II has sold 1 million during its first launch day and 1.5 million during the first 48 hours of its release. Because of its amazing launch success, Blizzard can now officially claim, as they have with this press release, that StarCraft II as the fastest selling Real-Time Strategy game of all time as well as the fastest selling PC game of 2010. An executive from Gamestop has also announced that StarCraft II is the fastest selling PC game of all time in Gamestop history. The new estimate for StarCraft II's potential sales is now 6.5 million within 2010.

With more than 1.5 million copies sold in its first 48 hours, Blizzard Entertainment's sci-fi sequel is the bestselling PC game of 2010 and the fastest-selling strategy game of all time.

It's also worth mentioning that the sales figures focus mostly on America and Europe and do not include sales in Korea according to Gamasutra

Activision Blizzard said Tuesday that the highly-anticipated PC real-time strategy game StarCraft II sold 1.5 million units worldwide in its first 48 hours -- record-breaking performance for the genre, the company claimed.

But the number was still "light of some forecasts," according to Lazard Capital analyst Colin Sebastian, who said Activision's official numbers might not paint the entire picture of the commercial strength of the game.

"While this number is light of some forecasts, we view this as largely a U.S. [plus] Europe number, with the majority of users in Korea still not reflected in the count," Sebastian noted. In Korea, the game, released worldwide on July 27, is massively popular, and pro StarCraft players are treated as celebrities.

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Sources:
Blizzard.com - StarCraft II Becomes Biggest PC Game Launch of the Year
Gamespot.com - StarCraft II deploys 1.5 Million in 48 Hours
Gamespot.com - Analysts Bullish on StarCraft II Sales
Gamasutra - Initial StarCraft II Sales Figures Miss Korea

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