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StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void sells over 1 million copies on launch day

Blizzard dared to stare Bethesda's beast in the face on Tuesday and StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void came out with some fairly impressive sales numbers itself, especially given what it was up against.

Ozzie Mejia

November 13, 2015 2:58 PM

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At this point, it's hard to imagine any sales number impressing more than Fallout 4's $750 million on launch day. That's qutie a feat, but Blizzard has its own sales numbers surrounding its big release of the week.

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StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void sold over 1 million copies on its launch. That's across both retail and digital sales. Alright, so perhaps it can't quite touch the 12 million copies that Fallout 4 did, but think of it this way. If Blizzard was able to sell over a million copies of Legacy of the Void on launch day, despite going head-to-head with Bethesda's world-eating juggernaut and its launch day, that's a pretty impressive metric in itself.

It's a testament to StarCraft's story that has engaged RTS fans for many years. Legacy of the Void marked a bittersweet farewell to the tale Blizzard had weaved for over five years. To get an idea of how hard it was to say goodbye, brush up on our interview from this past weekend's Blizzcon.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?