GW Reaches 5 Million Milestone

http://www.guildwars.com/events/pres...2008-02-26.php

Its official. About 6 months after the 4 million, GW reaches the 5 million mark. Interesting.....we are still getting a healthy noob population (aside from the many bots and such), even in the announcement of GW2. Grats Anet.

Woopee!

5 million copies sold. So, maybe a million players?

Bleh, you beat me.

Still cool though. Grats Anet.

wow 5 mil that is exciting

how much longer do you think ne wpeople will buy GW? Seems as if most folks are winding down

QF - F***ing - T
I mean, seriously, its been a year. A freaking year. And all we got was "The Movement of the World". Honestly. At least announce whether the beta is open or not.

Does that include BMP sales?

This is their first series, and it did well.
Good for them. I hope they make a bunch more fun games in the future.

Hmm...I doubt that they would count. It's not a real expansion.....maybe, maybe not.

Seems being the imperative word. There's still plenty going on. Just have a lot of people on the forums saying they've had enough of this or that.

GJ Anet....but yes, I wouldn't mind more info on GW2

Well, I didn't start Guild Wars right away.
I played Everquest 2 and then Wow, then Guild Wars.
Once people get bored of mmorpg formulas, Guild Wars can feel like a refreshing and interesting change.

It was fun doing quests that made me laugh and do strange things like round up piglets and bees, rather than the "here's a quick/lame justification in asking you to kill 6 bears" quests, that I was used to.

Very nice, looks like they have made a shitload of cash

I hope they go on to make many more fun games

What is the point of getting a population in this game when PvE is done by yourself. There is barely any human interaction at all, barely in PvP as well.

Gratz anet meh i guess 3-4milj players

Guild Wars sells 1 million every 6 months. It's constant since launch.

You're in a bad guild, aren't you?
Seriously though, most people that have been playing at least 6 months find a good guild and stick to and either do stuff with that guild or by themselves. Partly due to guilds, partly due to bad PUGs (There will never be a day when my pickup group has a person running a horrible build)
So there is interaction, but just alot between a few people. And if there is no interaction in most PvP, then you automatically fail. Good PvPers have synergy, otherwise they suck.

Very nice work, ANet : ) And people say Guild Wars is dead!

You know, you have a point there. Maybe the enormous outcry about the expansion has made Anet careful about announcing more about GW2. Hmm......

If that is why, good job Anet. You sure are keeping me at the tip of my seat.

gratz Anet hope GW2 will be at least as successfull as GW was/is Anet for president xD

Damn Zinger and the other complainers
Guild Wars is still a good game so people will buy it continously.