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Blizzard Entertainment is celebrating today with the news that its action-RPG sequel Diablo 3 sold more than 3.5 million units in its first 24 hours of release. More impressively, that first 24 hours sales figure doesn't include the more than 1.2 million players who received the game for free as part of Blizzard's Annual Pass promotion for World of Warcraft. The rough total of five million players on day one amounts to the biggest PC game launch in history.
The latest figures, based on "internal company records and reports from key distribution partners" indicates that the number has risen even further since the May 15, 2012 launch of Diablo 3. The game currently stands at more than 6.3 million players, not including those signing on from Korean Internet game rooms. Not a bad start for a release that is exclusive to a platform that naysayers like to refer to as "dead." Take that, PC haters.
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MetalGod2012
Too bad the game was rushed. The only thing that looks good is cinimatics and graphics. Other then that it's just like warcarp and diablo effed and pooped out a mutated baby
MetalGod2012
Too bad the game was rushed. The only thing that looks good is cinimatics and graphics. Other then that it's just like warcarp and diablo effed and pooped out a mutated baby
TheJoker2607
ya but im sure more than half of those people didnt even get to play day one
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Dbunk
Still think they did a bad job with the release? I'll give them some slack for the few days of problems, which I never had because I don't play at peak hours.
And clearly the people whining about having to be online to play are in the vast minority.
Dbunk
Still think they did a bad job with the release? I'll give them some slack for the few days of problems, which I never had because I don't play at peak hours.
And clearly the people whining about having to be online to play are in the vast minority.
OneWingedAngelJL
I have a 33 Barbarian and just beat the main storyline last night and I love grinding games like this. It doesn't even feel like grinding at all because of how enjoyable it is going through dungeons with your friends and kicking butt. The game is brutal and I love it.
RPG-fan
If you are his friend, oh who am I kidding, he has no friends, if anyone comes across macross2012, tell him that his trolling about how Diablo III will be Blizzard's biggest failure is bs, just like most of the stuff he comments on this site.
crocodilius
Blizzard IS pc. maybe if bioware didnt lose
focus they could be just as good.
mrsappho
Good to see that PC gaming is alive and well!
Duraiken
I've been playing the game for nearly a week now, have a level 11 Witch Doctor and started a Barbarian last night and got him to lvl 8. While I understand where some people are coming from on the "need to be online to play" issue, it's been stated outright that this is being done to battle piracy. Better methods like this than stupidity like bribing politicians to enact SOPA or similar initiatives.
But in regards to this being a crappy game - I have to diagree there. Yes, it can take heavy amount of grinding to keep up. There are gamers, like me, who definitely enjoy power grinding. I'm the kinda nut who, while playing Earthbound, had Jeff Winters up to lvl 30 before rescuing Paula and Ness, and made sure to beat enough monsters and sell items to buy Jeff and Paula's equipment from the shop at least several hours before you're supposed to. I have every intention of doing similar workarounds without actual cheating in Diablo 3. But graphics - Eh, I'm the kind of person who enjoys the graphical version of Nethack. I can't do text-based graphics but slightly out of date graphics don't matter if the gameplay is good.
And the gameplay here is good, no doubt in my mind there. The only Diablo 2 feature I find myself missing is the Barbarian's Item Loot skill, but I understand why they did away with it, it'd be too easy to abuse in D3. There are similar games out there, yes, but remember that they are all variations on a formula that Diablo perfected; Diablo took the experience of Roguelike games like Rogue, Angband, and Nethack, and made them Real Time, not turn by turn anymore. I'm not sure if they were the first to do so, but they're certainly the most well-known.
It's not for everybody, no. It takes a certain amount of dedication and stubbornness, and it helps to be familiar with the series already. But really, in the end, whether you like Diablo 3 and / or the series itself or not, to deny the success the game has had would be stupid. It's here, it's big, and railing at it does nothing.
Sorry for the rant, but some of these hate comments make no sense, even nonsensical nutcase like me.
jingneji
So i take it that these numbers dont include the people who bought their game online?
Redrum89
Sorry for the rant guys, just been seeing the hate for a little too long I guess
Redrum89
Lol, I love how everyone is hating without any good reasons.
As far as graphics, get a better computer. The game is beautiful on mine, so if you're whining on the graphics, sucks to be you.
Anyone arguing the pay to win argument needs to seriously review their logical thinking process. Pay to skip grinding would be a better statement of how the game's AH would function. If you don't have the desire or NEED to use the AH, you're better off for it as a gamer (which you should be or gtfo this site).
Security problems, ya there were some. Shell out $5 for an authenticator or don't open bad links. Don't throw your account email and password on a hacked site, and for Blizzard, there are a ton of them. Everyone wants a piece of Blizzard's pie, including hackers and other slime bags. To whine at Blizzard for security problems (which they've taken the high road an apologized for anyways) is just immature and not addressing the actual problem.
The "rehashed call of duty" -esque game argument....... REALLY? if you had been a fan of the series or knew ANYTHING about it at all, you would know better. and since you don't gtfo or try and keep up. People have been waiting for this game 11 years. No CoD game had that kind of anticipation. No CoD game has changed or progressed (with regards to skill, story, and function) that the Diablo series has done. Keep your hate speech away from this game and stop trying to bring everyone down.
The network requirements to even do single player... sadly I'm with you guys on this one. I've never been a fan of the "always online" system that some game companies are trying to do anymore, but thats their right. that would be the biggest reason I would give this game a 9/10 instead of 10/10. Blizzard has had their WCIII game pirated so much that they choose to do this. Gonna be better for their wallets but it will alienate some people. For me and others like more, just an annoyance.
Koalastorm
just at $60 a pop that is $210,000,000 in 24 hours, not including the collectors edition buyers..
cwbys21
And here are the "the game is popular therefor it much suck" morons.
Great for Blizzard, prove that these types of games are still viable so I have more to look forward to than just Torchlight 2 and Grim Dawn.
Nachos106
PC haters are stupid, PC is what kept video games alive & helped the newer games & platforms evolve into what they are now.
PC>ALL .-.
LarcenousLaugh
Maybe it's me, but I don't understand the "pay to win" argument in regards to Diablo. If you want to go into an AH and purchase something, it has absolutely no effect on my journey through the world of Sanctuary. None. In fact, given that the "win condition" in Diablo is really secondary to the journey/loot waterfall, by paying money you're kind of robbing yourself of the experience. So really, instead of paying to win, you're paying to lose.
If someone has other incites into the "pay to win" argument everyone and their mother keeps repeating as a con to this game, I would love to hear it.
Lunar122
getting tired of these "record setting elephant dung figures" . The game is a steaming pile of crap, just like every rehashed call of duty that sells x millions of copies with a new release every 6 months. It does not mean the game is good, it means people will buy crap no matter what. Its a sad but very true reality we live in today.
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