nicely done.

Starcraft II is a phenomenon.  There's so many players waiting for the game's launch.  However I'm hoping that the two expansions that follow will succeed even more.

Unfortunately that's also why people like Pachter think they can get away with murder.

Shut up Pachter ya 'bagger!

Mr.Starcraft II is fine by me.

Just shows when there is quality the game will sell.

That is pretty impressive, and very well deserved after hearing all the rave reviews about the game (or should I say phenomenon?).

And just looking at that pic above just reminds me of how beautiful the game looks for an RTS, quite a thing to behold.

I think the marketing for this game was done extremely well. And to be sure, the game has not let me down; it is gorgeous!

Only 1.5 million? I thought it would be more then that.

does starcraft 2 have those user map settings online games that made the first starcraft so fun?

I'm not surprised either. Kotick may be a Dick, but he knows what he's talking about with his "pillars of opportunity" and this one seems to have hit the nail on the head (even though I don't play RTS games). I am looking forward to Diablo 3 though, and if there's gonna be a money-hungry conglomerate dominating the market share of the industry I'm glad it's at least giving us games like Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, and Call of Duty.

Edit: And oh yeah that other game. The online one. Lots of people like that, I guess.

i heard that it was very good. a friend of mine hasn't been on Xbox live since this came out...........and thats saying something for him

Congratulations to Blizzard. The same is going to be said when Diablo, and also (If it gets announced) Warcraft 3, I forgot which one they are on.

Anyways well done and I hope it continues to sell.

Psh, didn't The Burning Crusade pull 2.4 million in the first 24 hours, and Wrath of the Lich King something greater than that?

Stupid MMOs being so popular and all.

I live under a bridge and even THEN, I've been hearing about this game.

They will be making so much money off of this. 60 x 1.5 million = 90 million, which means they've already gotten relatively close to what it's costing to make the base game AND the expansions.

holy moly

Globally? That almost seems a little short... but by any standard, still ridiculously good o.o

It's crazy to think that Blizzard has this kind of success with a PC game.  If they were to translate the ambitions and hard work they put into, say Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, etc. to console games, their sales would be even bigger.  With more people playing on consoles than PCs, the profits would be obscene.

It's unfortunate a lot of people can't play SC2 because of computer requirements or don't get the full experience because of a slow internet connection.  This game is definitely one of the top games I've played this year, and they're still more to come.  Can't wait.

Awesome. Totally deserved.

makes sense since people have been waiting for this over a decade.