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Blizzard Entertainment is claiming a new sales record for Diablo III, their action/RPG sequel, saying it is the biggest PC game launch in history. Of all time. Ever: Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that as of the first 24 hours of Diablo® III’s release, more than 3.5 million copies had been sold, setting the new all-time record for fastest-selling PC game.* That number does not include the more than 1.2 million players who received Diablo III as part of signing up for the World of Warcraft® Annual Pass promotion. Altogether, more than 4.7 million gamers around the world were poised to storm Sanctuary on day 1 of Diablo III’s release -- representing the biggest PC-game launch in history.
“Regarding today’s announcement, we recognize that setting a new launch record is a big achievement” As of the first week of the game’s availability, that number had already grown to more than 6.3 million.* The above figures also do not include players in Korean Internet game rooms, where Diablo III has become the top-played game, achieving a record share of more than 39% as of May 22.†
“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,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “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.”
“Regarding today’s announcement, we recognize that setting a new launch record is a big achievement,” Morhaime continued. “However, we’re especially proud of the gameplay feedback we’ve received from players worldwide. We’re pleased that Diablo III has lived up to players’ high expectations, and we’re looking forward to welcoming more players into Sanctuary in the days ahead.”
Diablo III went live on May 15, with more than 8,000 retailers throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau opening their doors to players at midnight or concurrently with the local release time in celebration of the launch. In addition to being able to buy the game at retail stores, gamers in the regions above as well as in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil are also able to purchase Diablo III digitally via the official Diablo III website (http://www.diablo3.com).
Commenting on the game’s sales achievement, Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop, stated, “Diablo III was one of our biggest PC launches ever and will help make this a record year for Blizzard at GameStop.”
According to John Love, director of video games at Amazon.com, “Not only did Diablo III break the record for most preordered PC game of all-time on Amazon.com, but it also shattered the record for best day-one sales for any PC game ever on Amazon.com.” Blizzard thanks its retail partners around the world for their support and commitment to the Diablo series.
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It's a solid game but I don't see myself spending any more time within after a few more weeks were as I played D2 on and off for years, put thousands of hours into that game. The reasons for this one not living up to my expectations are few but striking, a great deal of the complexity and depth and synergy of the original is gone. I'm actually a fan of removing skill trees but I think removing them could, (should) have lead to more depth and customization, not less.
The biggest reason I am disappointed, is that itemization is horrible. In hell blues are almost always better than oranges. Gone are the days of getting all excited when that boss drops a big weapon only to find it's yet another +all stats, +1/2/3 other near meaningless bonuses. Every class can use all but the one or two weapon that are 'class only'. That big sledgehammer is just as useful to a wizard as it is a barbarian. Past Nightmare the 'only' thing that matters are main stat/vitality armor and dps gear because the other stats are just so freaking meaningless there.
I think I now know why they never let us get past lvl 13 in the beta. It wasn't because they wanted to hide spoilers, it's because they didn't want us to know how f'ing boring and homogenized everything was going to be past Act 1.
Nice to see PC Gaming doing so well, even if it will affirm to every other publisher that we are willing to accept draconian DRM and 'always on' policies. There was that big moment when nobody could get in at the start and thus metacritic and amazon were bombed but that quickly faded.
I still will enjoy it but unless we get a miracle patch in the next month or two that suddenly makes everything interesting again or adds some of the complexity D2 had, I don't see any real staying power. |
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