Thursday, May 24th 2012
Diablo 3 Declared 'Fastest Selling PC Game' Ever
From the launch day server meltdown to the way everyone you know seems to be playing, it's pretty clear that Diablo III is quite popular. But just how popular? Blizzard announced today that it sold 3.5 million copies within the first 24 hours, which supposedly makes it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. On top of those 3.5 million copies were another 1.2 million doled out free to World of Warcraft Annual Pass subscribers. After a week, Blizzard says, Diablo III was up to 6.3 million players--not including South Korean game rooms, where it's estimated to have a 39% share. "We're definitely thrilled that so many people around the world were excited to pick up their copy of Diablo III and jump in the moment it went live," CEO Mike Morhaime said in the announcement.
"We also regret that our preparations were not enough to ensure everyone had a seamless experience when they did so. I want to reaffirm our commitment to make sure the millions of Diablo III players out there have a great experience with the game moving forward, and I also want to thank them for their ongoing support." As well as rolling out sneaky little balance updates, Blizzard is investigating reports of nasty hacks, and preparing to launch the real-money auction house on May 29.
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"We also regret that our preparations were not enough to ensure everyone had a seamless experience when they did so. I want to reaffirm our commitment to make sure the millions of Diablo III players out there have a great experience with the game moving forward, and I also want to thank them for their ongoing support." As well as rolling out sneaky little balance updates, Blizzard is investigating reports of nasty hacks, and preparing to launch the real-money auction house on May 29.
96 Comments on Diablo 3 Declared 'Fastest Selling PC Game' Ever
Take unreal 2.
Limit the player to 2 weapons at a time.
Cut off Unreal 2 balls.
Make it repetitive but copy the story.
Market the game like its the best thing since sliced bread.
And make loads of repetitive levels.
Then market as much as you can.
I haven't played D3 yet but looking forward to it.
but when they complain about the always online nature, it's multiplayer at heart. it can't be both.
it doesn't do single or multiplayer right so there is a problem there one way or the other.
Blizzard could release a flash web game with only 1 level. Put a price of $60 on it, and it would still sell oogles of money because again...Blizzard's name is on it.
Sigh...one of these days folks are gonna finally realize that Blizzard does not poop gold. Blizz does make bad games and bad decisions. Same with every big studio.
Anyway, try to be less aggressive in the future, it's just an internet discussion afterall.
I'm eagerly awaiting Torchlight 2, not because I feel it'll be a better game, but because I really enjoyed the first. $20 for a brand new title these days is almost unheard of, and that alone is awesome.
I'm sure I'll put several hundred hours into Diablo 3. The game's not for everyone and everyone's opinion is pretty valid when it comes to this game. Always on DRM is shit and I'm a hypocrite for buying it. I have some Ubisoft titles to buy now because of my hypocrisy.
Bottom line: Diablo 3 is great, but not the game everyone wanted or was expecting. It'll only get better with time.
this is a fun game, with a huge amount of replayability in coop. i still dont get how people can bitch about always on like its a game killer, when steams been always on for so long as well.
Steam has activation, so you activate and can play offline to your hearts content. I don't have a problem with that.
I'm poor and use Clear 4G on my lappy, so the signal drops and I'm looking at the login screen again. It pretty much sucks :/
I made 1 from all chars in diablo 3, finished normal with monk and dropped only 1 legendary item with some scrap stats on it.
They made an ach tree for diablo but the aches doesnt motivate me! I need the "green" set items back...
I like to play rpg games, Torchlight is a good game, i would like to play the 2'nd too.
I couldn't say diablo 3 is bad game but the motivation for replaying the game is missing that's for sure, at least for me. The difficulty modes doesn't make sense when you have no gear.