Warhammer Online sits atop latest NPD PC games chart
by Kyle Horner 
Oct 2nd 2008 at 11:00AM
Filed under: Fantasy, Warhammer Online, News items
All this news about Warhammer Online selling really well isn't entirely surprising, considering the positive buzz it was getting leading up to its launch. What we're really curious to see are the next few weeks worth of NPD lists. As other PC games come out and the cold lumbering beast approaches, things should get pretty interesting.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Abriael said on 11:37AM 10-02-2008
I'm beginning to wonder why every positive piece of news about warhammer needs to be concluded by a "boooohh but wotlk is coming!"
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Leshrac said on 11:53AM 10-02-2008
Spin journalism, its tough for people to run a site without their own preferences creeping into every thing. But this is a blog site, so I guess you get what you get; opinions.
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Gylfi said on 1:15PM 10-02-2008
Warhammer good sales may tell you what you like, to me it just reminds me how poor market is and how famished players are... who will accept the most boring games.
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Abriael said on 1:55PM 10-02-2008
And this tells me that probably you didn't even try it. Warhammer is one of the most fun and varied MMO experiences released since ultima online, and comes with the most content at launch since the beginning of the genre. Quite the opposite of boring.
I'm sorry for you, if warhammer's success makes you cry and makes you feel the need to try and spread some misinformation about it, but you can't change reality, I'm afraid. More luck next game.
Parker said on 4:32PM 10-02-2008
have you played WAR?? do a PQ or some RvR and then come back with something decent to say.
L2MMO
Gylfi said on 4:44PM 10-02-2008
Heheh see? You're one more proof that audience is THIS famished, you will take dung for willy wonka's fudge.
It takes A LOT of stomach to consider a user-friendly clone like Warhammer as a "MOST varied and fun experience".
It's just that we are THIS used to crap like World of Grindcraft.
starzzareblind said on 2:56PM 10-02-2008
I have to agree with Abriael.
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possum said on 3:59PM 10-02-2008
More spin.
i had to check this out for myself and went to a few place in the olympia tacoma area, after the preorders were taken (and some that were not claimed) the ones on the store shelves havent sold. 6 stores i checked had boxes leaving at the rate of 1 per week (avg, with some not selling any since preorder), and a couple stores are not reordering when they do finally run out.
my little contribution to anti spin in washington st.
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Tasogare said on 5:40PM 10-02-2008
I think a lot of people were burned pretty badly by Age of Conan and are a little bit more wary of a shiny new MMO coming their way that could end up being the same disappointment. I also think WAR has a little bit of a hurdle to overcome since it does look visually similar to WoW. Once the word gets out that this is a very solid piece of work, more and more people will trickle in.
Abriael said on 5:41PM 10-02-2008
As I said, Gylfi, it's pretty evident you didn't even look at it, not to mention play it. You're just running your mouth without knowing one bit of what you're talking about.
Again, more luck next game, This one is running well, and people are having great fun in it, despite you :D
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Zag said on 4:17AM 10-03-2008
I have 2 War:CE boxes myself.
I quite like it, fun and is something good to add to the Warhammer TT game as Games Workshop control the whole content of the online game.
WoW is only a Warhammer rip off, after all Warhammer as a TT game has been around for a solid 40+ years now.
People who say WAR is a clone of WoW must live in a bubble.
Can't wait to see what will happen with the other 8+ races that haven't gotten into WAR yet.
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