Blizzard have said that Diablo 3 sold 3.5 million copies on launch day.
That doesn’t include the 1.2 million that got the game from the Annual Pass for World of Warcraft (which included the game), so there were around 4.7 million people trying to access those poor servers on launch day.
Through the following week, that number grew to 6.3 million. Apparently, this makes it the fastest-selling PC game ever, which is quite an achievement.
Our review will be up soon.
Source: press release.
Bilbo_bobbins
well done Blizzard, shame its apparently full of bugs
Gamoc
What? No, it’s full of server issues.
Bilbo_bobbins
ok sorry, thats what I meant, not bugs, just sugs…
FRUIT0FDOOM
Nope, as polished as they come, and rightly so after more than 10 years.
Server issues as with any other major release this generation, but with over 4million people logging on for day one – it’s hardly a shock (but damn annoying for sure)
AG2297
As the other guys have said, certainly not buggy. Least buggy game I have ever played in fact! :)
DJ Judas
It’s refreshing how un-buggy this game really is.
There are some balance issues, ie people using skills that Blizz miscalculated the effectiveness of, but that’s about it.
damoxuk
It’s to be expected from Blizzard. The time they take in fine tuning there games means any bugs are ironed out years ago.
Now get Starcraft 2 : heart of the Swarm and Mists of Pandaria out this year and add Black ops 2 with that and Activision will be sitting at the top for a while still.
Burgess_101
The game is great and fully deserved of the sales. My brother and I completed it last night at 3am the final boss is the most nervous I have ever been playing a game. Now for nightmare difficulty! Who said PC gaming was dead?
FRUIT0FDOOM
Well deserved too! Almost completed Nightmare and still looking forward to the 3rd (Hell) and 4th (Inferno) play throughs :-)
An age old formula that makes the gameplay really addictive, with the addition of the auction house is a beast of a game.
PS – add me: FRUITofDOOM#2152
Kivi95
A pitty that the actual game is not as good as D1 and D2 :(. Still a good game but not as fantastic as the other 2.
KeRaSh
Yeah, it’s a very good game but I was expecting more after such a long time.
hazelam
i’d still rather buy a game i can play if my internet goes down.
DJ Judas
Yes that is a serious point of contention. For example; right now everyone’s just been booted from the game for some unknown reason.
hazelam
if they make a console version that works offline, i’ll buy it, but not this version.
Burgess_101
This game would really not work with a controller!
KeRaSh
I’m sure it could.
Burgess_101
It really couldn’t you would get destroyed.
MayContainEvil
That’s what has stopped me from getting it, I really don’t want to support always online DRM in any way.
Foxhound_Solid
That is some going…..
Severn2j
Horrible DRM aside, it is a very good game and I was pleased to get it for only 99p! :)
Unfortunately, my PC has died, so I haven’t been able to play more than a couple of hours or so. :(
hazelam
where’d you get it for 99p?
Severn2j
GAME had a deal on, trade in two PS3/360 games and get Diablo for 99p. I hadn’t intended to get it, but I couldn’t pass this up. Link is below, runs out tomorrow if your interested..
http://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HubArticleView?articleId=148256&catalogId=10201&langId&storeId=10151
colmshan1990
Please put this on Vita Blizzard.
I’d probably get a PS3 version, but a Vita one would be even better for me- plus my 3G connection means I could even be online more the game servers are! :P
Kite
No surprise. The game is quite good, and not a mare re-skin of the old one as I expected.
Even if the game was total shit, it would had sell as much from the nostalgia filled hype alone!