Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
StarCraft II Sells 1.5M In First 48 Hours
Unless you've been living under a bridge, you've probably been hearing a lot about this StarCraft II thing lately. As it turns out, not only have a lot of other people been hearing about it, but a pretty sizable chunk of the gaming population has been plunking down cash for the thing, too.
Activision Blizzard today released the preliminary sales figures for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, and it's kind of huge. In the first 48 hours alone, the game sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide, with more than 1 million of those sales occurring in the initial 24 hours of availability. According to Blizzard, that makes StarCraft II the fastest-selling strategy game of all time. It didn't hurt that more than 8,000 stores across the globe had midnight launches for the game.
Is it belittling StarCraft II to call it a game at this point? Should we be calling it a phenomenon, or would Mr. StarCraft II be acceptable?
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
