WoW Received Pandarian Boost, Exceeds 10 Million Subs

2.7 million copies in first week! That's Pandarian success for World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft which had been losing more and more subscribers in 2012, has received a massive subscriber base boost following the release of the latest expansion "Mists of Pandaria". Mists of Pandaria has already sold 2.7 million copies in one week and helped World of Wacraft exceed the 10 million subscriber mark once again. Continue reading for the rest of the story.

Mists of Pandaria sales help World of Warcraft pass 10 million mark again

If you haven't read about it, you must have seen it. A game like World of Warcraft doesn't need a perfect expansion to sell 2.7 million copies in one week. It's everywhere on the news and even those who has nothing to do with games, let alone MMO's, have seen Mists of Pandaria ads on the internet and on the TV. So I am not going to talk about the incredible success of Mists of Pandaria just because of the sales in first week. We will need to wait and see the real feedback and play the expansion thoroughly to decide if it lives up to the expectations of WoW fans. And no, I am not going to criticise the expansion in any way. I have not played it enough to say anything yet. 

Alliance group fighting Hozen in Stormstout Brewery.

Nevertheless, it's still a good thing to see that the king of MMO's is back with a new expansion and it looks stronger than ever before. Mists of Pandaria's 2.7 million sales in its first week means much more to the MMO world than just WoW fans. It will motivate WoW's developers as well as all the other developers working on MMO games. And more than anyone else, it's probably made Blizzard's CEO Mike Morhaime the happiest CEO of the week. 

Morhaime said: "With Mists of Pandaria, we set out to expand on the sense of fun and discovery that’s always been at the heart of World of Warcraft - in addition to adding a huge variety of new content and features to the game. It’s been gratifying to see the results of all of the work we put into this expansion and to hear all of the positive feedback from players so far.”

And we should note that Mists of Pandaria sold 2.7 million copies before its launch in China.

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