Guild Wars Hits 2,000,000!

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Lion's Arch Merchant
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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.


Discuss.
BBQRibs
BBQRibs
Ascalonian Squire
#2
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.
Mayh3m
Mayh3m
Frost Gate Guardian
#3
Yay! hehe Im glad to hear that! LETS OWN WOW!!
AW Lore
AW Lore
Jungle Guide
#4
go Anet go.
megalomaniac_mutant
megalomaniac_mutant
Lion's Arch Merchant
#5
Oh, im soooo happy for Anet....now they can have loads of Ferraris and Hummers and live in huuuge mansions. Go Anet go!
Francis Demeules
Francis Demeules
Desert Nomad
#6
2 millions...... I know why I lag so much
MadOnion
MadOnion
Lion's Arch Merchant
#7
Wow, that's awesome! I wonder how many of the 2 million are active on a regular basis though...
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TheSonofDarwin
Lion's Arch Merchant
#8
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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Orbberius
Krytan Explorer
#9
Congrats, the game deserves it.
penguo
penguo
Lion's Arch Merchant
#10
[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.
SilentAssassin
SilentAssassin
Wilds Pathfinder
#11
congrats Anet, keep up the good work
Big_Iron
Big_Iron
Desert Nomad
#12
Congrats Anet. It's a great game and I've defintely gotten my money's worth out of it.
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Loviatar
Underworld Spelunker
#13
[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.
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
awesome sauce
awesome sauce
Krytan Explorer
#14
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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eternal pho
Banned
#15
I hope that everyone knows that guildwars isn't the only game with bots..
Sir Skullcrasher
Sir Skullcrasher
Furnace Stoker
#16
2 millions for Guild Wars but World Of Warcraft has close to 5 millions.. not saying that its a good thing.
Arknow
Arknow
Academy Page
#17
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I hope these numbers mean that the gaming world will start taking Guild Wars as seriously as they do WoW.

dont fool yourself, no one takes WoW seriously
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lagrand1
Wilds Pathfinder
#18
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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Whiplashr
Lion's Arch Merchant
#19
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.
MMSDome
MMSDome
Raged Out
#20
Congrats on launching a great game!!