PC Game Fun Time

Word has reached me from my sources that World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has has become the all time record holder for one day PC game sales, with 2.8 million copies sold.  At $40 per copy, this comes out to about $112 million in sales.

For comparison purposes, the one day sales record for consoles is currently held by Halo 3 with a figure of $170 million.  At the higher price point of $60 per copy, this again comes out to 2.8 million copies sold in one day.

While one day sales figures are hardly a measure of the health of the industry as a whole, it is interesting to note that even with the “decline” of PC gaming, sales records are still being made.   In fact, the records are even quite competitive with console sales records!

The truth is that PC gaming sales figures are still strong, they have just been shifted online and away from the traditional genres like first person shooters.  While the death of traditional genres may be disturbing to the more traditional crowd, the platform itself lives on.