World of Warcraft: Legion Sells an Estimated 209K Units First Week at Retail - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 October 2016 / 41,318 Views
The sixth expansion for World of Warcraft from Blizzard - World of Warcraft: Legion - sold 208,597 units first week at retail, according to our estimates. First week sales can be viewed on the VGChartz Global Weekly Chart for the week ending September 3.
The majority of sales for the game were digital. Blizzard announced the game sold 3.3 million units worldwide in its first day.
Breaking down retail sales by region, the game sold best in the US with 96,849 units sold (46%), compared to 85,469 units sold in Europe (41%). Looking more closely at Europe, the game sold an estimated 12,250 units in the UK, 20,425 units in Germany, and 26,269 units in France.
World of Warcraft: Legion released worldwide for Windows PC on August 30.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I think we all know how digital eat retail's cake sales wise in PC market, but 200k out of 3M is really low.
I've enjoyed it so far; they've merged the servers well enough now that the game always feels alive and full of people.
"Breaking down retail sales by region, the game sold best in the US with 96,849 units sold (46%), compared to 85,469 units sold in Europe (1%)." That 1% bit seems a tad off.
