World Of Warcraft Shadowlands Is Now The Fastest Selling PC Game Of All Time

It’s been two weeks since World of Warcraft Shadowlands came out and the numbers are in. Blizzard Entertainment proudly reports that the expansion has sold over 3.7 million units worldwide making it the “fastest-selling PC game of all time.” The record was previously held by Diablo 3, which sold 3.5 million units the day that it launched in 2012.

Blizzard also shared a number of interesting statistics about the expansion and WoW in general.

“In the months leading up to the expansion’s release and the time since launch, the game reached and has sustained its highest number of players on monthly or longer-term subscriptions compared to the same period ahead of and following any WoW expansion in the past decade, in both the West and the East. Players have spent more time in Azeroth year to date than in the same period of any of the last 10 years. In addition, total player time in game this year to date has nearly doubled compared to the same period last year.”

Of course, the current pandemic may have played a part in bolstering subscriptions and playtime, as is the case with most of the more popular games, but metrics are still metrics and Blizzard is happy to count that as a win.

“It’s been a huge thrill to enter this whole-new dimension of the Warcraft universe together with millions of players around the world,” said Blizzard President J. Allen Brack. “It’s been equally rewarding to see players enjoying all of the new features and content in Shadowlands—whether they’re exploring new aspects of their characters with the Covenants or setting foot in WoW for the first time with the new-player experience in Exile’s Reach—and there’s much more to come.”

More information can be found on the Blizzard Entertainment press release page.