I'm going to stay strictly neutral on this one so that I can hold onto the money that is bet......

I think that the number can be done in the period of a month, but in 24 hours.....nope.

Originally posted by Furor

I will bet $300 that wow's new expansion will sell out 3.4 million copies in 24 hours, and i have put money investing in activision blizzard already. I am planning to invest more money into activision blizzard this coming fall.(september)

If i lose ill give you all $300 bucks each.

you heard it from me first.

How are you planning on giving us 300$? via paypal? :S

Originally posted by Furor

I will bet $300 that wow's new expansion will sell out 3.4 million copies in 24 hours, and i have put money investing in activision blizzard already. I am planning to invest more money into activision blizzard this coming fall.(september)

If i lose ill give you all $300 bucks each.

you heard it from me first.

Ok, I'll take that bet.  I bet you $300 that the next WoW expansion will not sell 3.4 million copies in the next 24 hours.  Heck, let's get serious, and make it $3000.

i wish i could seriously bet 3,000 against the op.   no way in hell its gonna sell 3.4 mil copies in 24hours.    

of course blizzard stock is doing well, i got my dividend check through the mail from activision blizzard last week, being a shareholder that is....its the safest investment portfolio. I will pump more investment into activision blizzard before 3, sc2, and the next wow expansion releases. I have not lost my value of stocks since burning crusade yet.

I don't have $300 atm, will you take $240 worth of pudding instead?

ATVI is undervalued you fools, mortgage your homes and invest!

Furor, I have $1.20 and a ball of lint that says you don't have $300 to bet.

Originally posted by Zorndorf

Originally posted by Abrahmm

I'm actually surprised they haven't had more sales of their expansions when they release, seeing as current players basically NEED the expansion to continue playing the game. You can't chase the carrot without the new stick.

 

Well.

How about 8.6 million confirmed boxes by NPD then. ...

http://www.wow.com/2009/07/30/npd-world-of-warcraft-has-sold-8-6-million-boxes-at-retail/

It sure beats the 800 K first month of Sims3.

Now which game will kill WOW again ?  :)))))

 

800k in the first month for Sims 3 vs. 8.6 million total WoW box sales for the last 4 years including expansions is a funny way of comparing.

 Next time, read the article you link.

Originally posted by Zorndorf

Originally posted by Zorvan

Originally posted by Zorndorf

Originally posted by Abrahmm

I'm actually surprised they haven't had more sales of their expansions when they release, seeing as current players basically NEED the expansion to continue playing the game. You can't chase the carrot without the new stick.

 

Well.

How about 8.6 million confirmed boxes by NPD then. ...

http://www.wow.com/2009/07/30/npd-world-of-warcraft-has-sold-8-6-million-boxes-at-retail/

It sure beats the 800 K first month of Sims3.

Now which game will kill WOW again ?  :)))))

 

800k in the first month for Sims 3 vs. 8.6 million total WoW box sales for the last 4 years including expansions is a funny way of comparing.

 

Yes, but like I calculated: due to the subscriptions...
 

Blizzard sells the equivalent money of around 40.000.000 copies ... each year (6-7 M subs * 30 dollar subs cards * 6).

So Blizzard "keeps selling" the game millions of time ... each month.

You left out that part of my post.... :)))

 

You know, I didn't say WoW didn't make more money.
 

I said comparing the first month of Sims 3 to 4 years of WoW was an illogical comparison.

For one thing, you're comparing a singleplayer game that gets bought once and that's it, to an mmo with a monthly fee being paid.

Originally posted by Furor

of course blizzard stock is doing well, i got my dividend check through the mail from activision blizzard last week, being a shareholder that is....its the safest investment portfolio. I will pump more investment into activision blizzard before 3, sc2, and the next wow expansion releases. I have not lost my value of stocks since burning crusade yet.

Here it is your "doing-well stock":

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3175348

There is no such word as confidence in world of contemprorary economy.

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witoshkin

Ahh, more Zorndorf going off topic with completely irrelevant info to bolster and advertise for WoW. Never gets old.