Bejeweled celebrates 10th birthday, tops 50m units sold
by Griffin McElroy 
on Feb 10th 2010 2:26PM
Can you believe that
Bejeweled has been around for
a decade? It seems like only yesterday when we accidentally sunk our first afternoon into gem-matching ... and then another ... and another -- oh where has the time gone?
According to PopCap, a 10-month celebration of the puzzle game's decade of dominance has commenced. Throughout 2010, a slew of community events will be held, like the first official
Bejeweled competition, and new installments in the franchise will be released.
The
Bejeweled creator has also served up some starting statistics, including word that the various installments in the franchise have collectively sold more than 50 million units. By PopCap's calculation, a copy of
Bejeweled is purchased every 4.3 seconds. By our calculation, eight people bought
Bejeweled in the time it took you to read this post. Maybe more, if your reading comprehension could use some work.
