In a 'World' of their own 01
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10 million: that's a big number.
It's bigger than the population of Sweden (around 9 million), it's 10 times the number of people that read The New York Times everyday (about one million) and according to a press release from video game developer Blizzard Entertainment dated Jan. 28, it's also the number of people who play the staggeringly popular online video game World of Warcraft, making it one of the best selling titles in history.
"It's probably the most popular game that we sell here," said Matt Carson, an employee in the electronics department at Target on the 29th Street Mall.
According to Blizzard's Web site the game's first expansion pack, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, broke all previous sales records for PC games, selling 2.4 million copies in the first 24 hours after release and 3.5 million in the first month when it was released in Jan. of 2007. An average one-month subscription is about $15 a month, meaning Blizzard made $52.5 million dollars off the game in that first month alone.
Yet, in spite of the game's undeniable appeal, it is rare to find someone who will admit to playing the game.
"There's so many kids that play, they just don't talk about it," said Ben Lawless, a 17-year-old senior from Palmer High School in Colorado Springs.
Lawless, an admitted avid WoW player, said that he consistently plays two to three hours a day during the school week and more on the weekend. Lawless said that there is a definite stereotype of the typical WoW player out there as a "nerd" or "geek", but that it is totally unfounded.
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