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Originally Posted by Third Eye
At its peak, WOW had about 11.5 million monthly subscribers at about 15 USD/month. So monthly they were pulling in around 170 million. This game did 550 in 5 days. Granted, they won't sustain those numbers, but I imagine that through holiday sales they will probably generate what WOW does in 2 years.
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You have to remember that those 11.5 million subscribers also payed $49.99 for the game + 2 expansion (or is it 3 now?) at $29.99 a pop. You also have to take the past players into account who also also payed for the game + expansion and that number will be much larger than 11.5 million.