Guild Wars 2 Sells 1 Million Copies Before Today’s Launch

<p>As Guild Wars 2 launches today&comma; the world of Tyria is already populated with over 1 million players&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Partial reason for the high pre-release buys are due to the bonus of playing the game before the release date if pre-purchased&period; The pre-release period has proven effective&comma; as it reached a peak player count of over 400&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ArenaNet is no doubt happy with the sales that the highly anticipated MMORPG has reached within it&&num;8217&semi;s launch&period; This can only fuel their desire to continue work on a console version of the game&comma; which currently has a small team working on it&period; No announcements have been made regarding this version however&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;guild-wars-2-sells-1-million-before-launch-6393718" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">GameSpot<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;