Jun 19, 2006, 03:24 PM // 15:24
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Just down the road.
Profession: Mo/
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Guild Wars Hits 2,000,000!
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Originally Posted by guildwars.com
Guild Wars Hits Two Million North America's Number One PC Game Confirms More than Two Million Units Sold
June 19, 2006 (BELLEVUE, WA) — ArenaNet®, developer of the world's leading subscription-free online roleplaying games Guild Wars® and Guild Wars FactionsTM, and NCsoft® Corporation, the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games, announce today the Guild Wars franchise has sold more than two million units worldwide to date. In further news, sales data from The NPD Group shows Guild Wars Factions as the number one selling PC game in North America for the month of May 2006.
"The highly successful release of Guild Wars Factions has solidified the Guild Wars franchise as a mainstay with gamers," says Bob McKenzie, Senior VP of Merchandising, GameStop, Inc. "As a top seller for GameStop and EBGames, we watch with high interest how this property continues to make a stronghold for itself in the marketplace."
When the first installment in this award-winning series, Guild Wars, launched in April 2005, it revolutionized online gaming and was an instant bestseller worldwide. Not to be outdone, ArenaNet's hotly anticipated Guild Wars Factions, released April 28, 2006, was the number one game in both North America and Europe for the month of May.
"ArenaNet continues to take chances in both game design and business model, and it's great to have the fans respond so enthusiastically right out of the gate with Guild Wars Factions," says Patrick Wyatt, co-founder of ArenaNet. "Our fans have been overwhelmingly supportive of Guild Wars, and we will continue to make the Guild Wars franchise bigger and better with each release."
Guild Wars and Guild Wars Factions are global online roleplaying games in which players immerse themselves in a rich fantasy world, build personalized characters, compete in head-to-head battles with players from around the world, and find adventure in missions and quests. In the game that has captivated millions of players, more than 7000 guilds worldwide are currently competing in the Guild Wars Factions tournament season, the finalists of which will be flown to Leipzig, Germany in August to compete for more than $100,000 in cash and prizes. For complete tournament rules, please visit www.guildwars.com.
Guild Wars Factions is rated T for Teen.
About ArenaNet
ArenaNet, located in Bellevue, Washington, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NCsoft Corporation. ArenaNet has built a state-of-the-art interactive game network and develops premier multiplayer online games for dedicated game players. ArenaNet's titles, Guild Wars and Guild Wars Factions, are global online roleplaying games that allow gamers to play with anyone, anytime, and anywhere in the world. More information about ArenaNet can be found at www.arena.net.
About NCsoft Corporation
NCsoft North America is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, with its own development and publishing offices in Texas and California, also works with other NCsoft subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. The company has successfully launched multiple online titles in the last three years and continues to support its AAA franchises that include Lineage®/ Lineage II, City of Heroes®/ City of VillainsTM, Guild Wars®/ Guild Wars FactionsTM and Auto Assault®. More information about NCsoft can be found at http://www.plaync.com.
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Jun 19, 2006, 03:30 PM // 15:30
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Dec 2005
Profession: N/Me
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Awesome. Thats 250,000 real people and 1,750,000 chinese farmer bots!1!
Juuuust kidding. Seriously, I hope these numbers mean that the gaming world will start taking Guild Wars as seriously as they do WoW.
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Jun 19, 2006, 03:32 PM // 15:32
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Montreal
Guild: Mind H A C K [OMG]
Profession: W/
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Yay! hehe Im glad to hear that! LETS OWN WOW!!
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Jun 19, 2006, 03:35 PM // 15:35
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: May 2006
Guild: Ancient Warriors Gaming Clan
Profession: W/Mo
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go Anet go.
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Jun 19, 2006, 03:41 PM // 15:41
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: End of the Universe
Guild: My guild name not know you must.
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Oh, im soooo happy for Anet....now they can have loads of Ferraris and Hummers and live in huuuge mansions. Go Anet go!
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Jun 19, 2006, 03:41 PM // 15:41
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Canada, Qc
Guild: [Holy]
Profession: Me/Mo
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2 millions...... I know why I lag so much
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Jun 19, 2006, 04:32 PM // 16:32
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Lion's Arch Merchant
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Wow, that's awesome! I wonder how many of the 2 million are active on a regular basis though...
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Jun 19, 2006, 04:42 PM // 16:42
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Jun 2005
Guild: The Black Hand Gang [BHG]
Profession: Mo/
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2 Million Units, that includes both Factions and Prophecies. That means that I count as 2 units. So I think there are far fewer accounts than 2 Million. Then consider how many of those are active... how many are repeat buys from bot farmers original accounts being banned... you get the idea.
Still, congrats though. Looks like they are slowly, but surely making their way up there.
(Hopes he didn't land in anyone's cornflakes )
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Jun 19, 2006, 04:48 PM // 16:48
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Mar 2006
Guild: Abaddons Bane
Profession: N/
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[QUOTE=TheSonofDarwin]2 Million Units, that includes both Factions and Prophecies. That means that I count as 2 units. Unquote.
Exactly my thoughts, and what about those people who bought 3 prohecies accounts, and then 3 factions accounts? At least it is still selling though, just not necessairly to 2 million people.
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Jun 19, 2006, 05:07 PM // 17:07
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Belgium
Guild: Remnants of Ascalon, KT alliance
Profession: R/N
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congrats Anet, keep up the good work
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Jun 19, 2006, 05:15 PM // 17:15
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Edge
Guild: Tormented Weapons [emo]
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Congrats Anet. It's a great game and I've defintely gotten my money's worth out of it.
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Jun 19, 2006, 05:34 PM // 17:34
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Underworld Spelunker
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[QUOTE=penguo]
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Originally Posted by TheSonofDarwin
2 Million Units, that includes both Factions and Prophecies. That means that I count as 2 units. Unquote.
Exactly my thoughts, and what about those people who bought 3 prohecies accounts, and then 3 factions accounts? At least it is still selling though, just not necessairly to 2 million people.
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every one of those is a sale and it doesnt matter if they take a break as Anet does not lose monthly income from inactive/closed/etc accounts
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Jun 19, 2006, 05:58 PM // 17:58
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Krytan Explorer
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I find it funny how they write all their stories in third party format... as if it came out of a real newspaper. It sounds like the most baiest journalism i've ever read.
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Jun 19, 2006, 06:47 PM // 18:47
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Banned
Join Date: Nov 2005
Guild: The Licious Fame Farmers {TLG}
Profession: W/E
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I hope that everyone knows that guildwars isn't the only game with bots..
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Jun 19, 2006, 07:17 PM // 19:17
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: California
Guild: 15 over 50 [Rare]
Profession: W/Mo
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2 millions for Guild Wars but World Of Warcraft has close to 5 millions.. not saying that its a good thing.
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Jun 19, 2006, 07:23 PM // 19:23
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Academy Page
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Middle of Space, Corner of No and Where
Guild: Ell EFF GEE
Profession: R/
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Quote:
I hope these numbers mean that the gaming world will start taking Guild Wars as seriously as they do WoW.
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dont fool yourself, no one takes WoW seriously
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Jun 19, 2006, 07:24 PM // 19:24
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Jan 2006
Guild: Zombies of War
Profession: W/
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It's funny, people will complain about anything. I am 2 sales in the bank for the best game ever made. Congrats ANet. Keep it up, and you'll keep me.
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Jun 19, 2006, 11:26 PM // 23:26
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Lion's Arch Merchant
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I'm very happy for Arena.net in this success.
I have to admidt, when I first heard about Guild Wars (before it went into beta) I wasn't all that enthused. It didn't strike me as that big of a deal for some reason. I completely ignored the game, even after release. I ended up buying it out of boredom in Sept of 05, and it only took a few hours before I saw how wonderful the game was. 9 months later, and 600 hours played, and I'm still loving it with a passion.
I feel sorry for the people who don't "get it". You see it alot on other forums, or usenet, where people complain about the level cap, only carrying 8 skills at a time, etc.. They just don't GET IT. They are missing out on a wonderful and addictive game.
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Jun 20, 2006, 12:05 AM // 00:05
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Raged Out
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Congrats on launching a great game!!
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