Hopefully this is not old news for you guys.

"If, for some shameful reason, your WoW machine is not equipped with a DVD ROM, then you can say goodbye to future adventures in Northrend. Blizzard has confirmed that the latest expansion to its massive MMO, Wrath of the Lich King, will be distributed only in DVD format. A moderator in the European forums posted:

"World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King will only be available on DVD, not on CDs. That goes for both the regular box and the Collector's Edition." "

source : http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170151

Hmmm.....That's surprising, but not overly so. I mean, people started putting pc games onto dvds back in at least 2006, maybe earlier. Perhaps this is Blizzard's way of stating that they are keeping up with the times and that they are 'hip'.

that and its probably cheaper and faster for them to print 1 dvd, instead of 6-8 discs.Besides, even if its not cheaper, its still way easier to install, if you dont have a dvd drive, drop the whopping $20 and get 1 imo. =p

You already get the dvd in the collectors edition. It was just the standard edition that you get the CD-rom

I'm pretty sure my computer has a DVD ROM, but unfortunately my computer's so slow it can't run WoW, much less Wrath of the Lich King. :(

Damn, Hooray and other such things!

Its about time, how on earth did we end up in the situation where a game (I dont mean WOW) can require 1 or 2gb of ram, a £200 video card, 10gb of HDD space, and broadband internet, and they're worried you might not have a dvd drive?

It's about time imo, it's bad enough having 8 cds to swap on a WOW reinstall now, I was fully expecting that to creep up to 12 or so with WOTLK, so hooray for Blizz.

This from a company who try their hardest to cater for older PCs and Macs too.

It is about time. It is cheap to have the game on a single DVD rather than multiple CDs in a larger box than a simple DVD case.

DVDs have been around for long enough for DVD drives to be cheap and standard. Most new PCs should come with them.

almost exactly what i said =p

Definatly, what computer doesn't come with a DVD Drive is more of a question? If you are even a normal computer user with some knowledge of componets then why DON'T you have one??
(I understand also that some people are as knowledgable with computers as writing with their left hand.)

Games these days are too big for the multi-disk CD thing. It's not like DVDROMs are cost-prohibitive.

$13.99 DVD ROM and MORE!

External ROMs can be purchased too that plug into USB ports so you don't even have to be a computer builder to get one. Of course, someone without a DVDROM probably doesn't -have- USB ports. O.o

If somebody in this day and age doesn't have a DVDROM, they need to quit gaming and go back to the Atari 2600. ;)

Does it matter? Sooner or later they'll release the content to be downloadable through the blizzard downloader. You're only really paying for the cd key anyway. And if you pc doesn't have a dvd drive, then it probably can't run WoW.