![]() ![]() And because the Activision/Microsoft deal seems unlikely to be finalized any time soon, I don’t think we’ll see a Game Pass launch which would reduce overall sales on PC and Xbox. I don’t know for sure if Diablo 4 will top Diablo 3’s records and its pace of sales, but given how much the industry as a whole has grown since 2013, I imagine it very well might. If this game is good, and it launches not broken, and there are not some dastardly secret plans for horrible microtransactions that Blizzard swears do not exist, then yes, I can see this being the absolute biggest, monster release of 2023, and it may not even have a proper Call of Duty installment to compete with, given that supposedly just more paid MW2 content is coming next year instead of a full game. In 2022, it was said that Diablo 3 has amassed 65 million players in one form or another since launch. ![]() It was the fastest-selling PC release…ever, back, when it came out, and three years after release in 2015, Blizzard announced that it has sold 30 million copies (which may include its Reaper of Souls expansion). Diablo 3, even with its disastrous launch and Real Money Auction House shenanigans, evolved into a megahit in short order. They’re more or less all like that, and I don’t think we can underestimate just how well a Diablo game can sell and just how beloved this series is. But with just a taste of Diablo 4, I already feel like Blizzard has given me something I never knew I wanted.” All I needed was an updated version of my favorite ARPG to be happy. There is a quality to Diablo 4 that seems unnecessary, in a way. “After my preview, I’m extremely excited by the world of Diablo 4, and I can’t believe I’m here writing to you about how I’m pumped to see how the story of a Diablo game resolves… I want to see the world not just to meet new demons to obliterate but to feel the mood in the air. ![]()
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