To each their own, I will be making a thread on it to avoid further derailing.
I personally only knew about the BP which I thought made sense for a game like this, so yeah, the shop is the only thing that really caught me off guard.
Diablo IV Launches, Immediately Sets New Record as Blizzard Entertainment’s Fastest-Selling Game of All Time
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I personally only knew about the BP which I thought made sense for a game like this, so yeah, the shop is the only thing that really caught me off guard.
Online focused stuff will definitely benefit even more from the fomo the big stuff are all benefitting from, but we are still talking about millions of people who are buying the single player stuff day 1 and lots would pay more if those companies did the shitty pay more for the real release date strategy, just like they are with 70 (or the even more expensive editions that usually instant sell out) even if people complained. The big stuff is getting bigger, the absolute juggernauts are going to do even more, with spending being up overall, despite software sales being down a bit (pretty sure sales are still higher than any time besides the COVID sales boom).
I only bought it, new to Diablo, cause I was upset about Overwatch 2 having its PVE changed from a full campaign to episodic seasonal release missions. Oh well. I'm going on a hiatus from Overwatch for few seasons, especially with all the games just released and soon to release.
That aside I'm playing Diablo and SF6, having a great overwatch 2 hiatus 😀
That aside I'm playing Diablo and SF6, having a great overwatch 2 hiatus 😀
The mtx may be costly on a game that already costs 70 bucks to purchase, but at least you can make pretty decent looking characters with ingame armours, and a transmog system to mix and match. Though needing to salvage to unlock the look of an item is kinda stupid.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands breaks record for biggest PC game launch
Blizzard announced today that World of Warcraft's latest expansion, Shadowlands, sold over 3.7 million copies on its launch day, November 23.
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oh hey a Diablo thread full of posts about the MTX, what a novel concept.
This game had an incredibly smooth launch and is launching in a far better state (gameplay, game systems, loot, endgame…) than I even hoped for. Congrats to the team, they made a hell of a game.
Looking forward to beefy seasonal updates paid for by optional cosmetics bought by consenting adults that let everyone else access new content for free
This game had an incredibly smooth launch and is launching in a far better state (gameplay, game systems, loot, endgame…) than I even hoped for. Congrats to the team, they made a hell of a game.
Looking forward to beefy seasonal updates paid for by optional cosmetics bought by consenting adults that let everyone else access new content for free
Did I pay the premium price, mostly to start a bit earlier? Yep, guilty.
Overall I must admit, that I'm really enjoying the game, I just finished the campaign earlier today and hit level 55 with my Sorc after doing some nightmares with a friend.
Why did I go for the Deluxe Edition and the game at all? Well, I played all Diablo games on PC and joyed all of them, though I'm not a hardcore Diablo player. I'll still easily get 100+ hours of enjoyment out of D4. Blizzard improved the game and service a lot since the initial closed beta (the one for pre-order people or people with keys they got through giveaways, etc.). I didn't pre-order until a couple of days before the earlier launch window though. I played the other tests as well and had a couple of issues, until the Server Slam happened. I had zero disconnects there and no queue. Launch was smooth on PC, I even got to play/login like 2 minutes early or so. No Error 37 fun like with Diablo III...
Also, I must say it feels good to finally play a game again that works and runs properly and is clearly made with love. I was getting really annoyed at the latest game releases, especially on PC. But here we are, a game with voiced dialogues everywhere, no boring books to read for anything, very nicely produced lore series leading up to the launch on their YouTube channel. The world is created really with a love of attention to details, there is so much to see and discover and so many little things that make me like the game and the graphics (and it plays really well). No huge bugs and a great performance, which is actually a plus these days...especially for AAA games on PC with online components. I can play the game with max details, DLSS quality, native res, unlocked FPS or locked fps without any hitch on my Gaming Laptop, where other games in the recents months often had issues and it's about refund or waiting for patches.
So yeah, it's a deserved win for Blizzard in my opinion and it shows, that taking your time to finish a game is really worth it, both for sales, quality, review socres and the buyers of the product...who would have guessed.
Overall I must admit, that I'm really enjoying the game, I just finished the campaign earlier today and hit level 55 with my Sorc after doing some nightmares with a friend.
Why did I go for the Deluxe Edition and the game at all? Well, I played all Diablo games on PC and joyed all of them, though I'm not a hardcore Diablo player. I'll still easily get 100+ hours of enjoyment out of D4. Blizzard improved the game and service a lot since the initial closed beta (the one for pre-order people or people with keys they got through giveaways, etc.). I didn't pre-order until a couple of days before the earlier launch window though. I played the other tests as well and had a couple of issues, until the Server Slam happened. I had zero disconnects there and no queue. Launch was smooth on PC, I even got to play/login like 2 minutes early or so. No Error 37 fun like with Diablo III...
Also, I must say it feels good to finally play a game again that works and runs properly and is clearly made with love. I was getting really annoyed at the latest game releases, especially on PC. But here we are, a game with voiced dialogues everywhere, no boring books to read for anything, very nicely produced lore series leading up to the launch on their YouTube channel. The world is created really with a love of attention to details, there is so much to see and discover and so many little things that make me like the game and the graphics (and it plays really well). No huge bugs and a great performance, which is actually a plus these days...especially for AAA games on PC with online components. I can play the game with max details, DLSS quality, native res, unlocked FPS or locked fps without any hitch on my Gaming Laptop, where other games in the recents months often had issues and it's about refund or waiting for patches.
So yeah, it's a deserved win for Blizzard in my opinion and it shows, that taking your time to finish a game is really worth it, both for sales, quality, review socres and the buyers of the product...who would have guessed.
They're not listing copies but you can make some guesses based on average hours played per player.
If 6 hours per player is 15.5M players.
If 12 hours, 7.7M players.
If 24 hours (a good chunk in the five days it's been out), 3.875M players.
If 6 hours per player is 15.5M players.
If 12 hours, 7.7M players.
If 24 hours (a good chunk in the five days it's been out), 3.875M players.
Yup, and some of us love mtx in games, subsidizing the rest of us
The majority of my playtime is me streaming my ps5 to my gcloud
Logitech G Cloud via remote play. 1080p, bright screen, light hardware, 60fps, no/minimum tinkering needed, great haptics, either PC or PS5 game settings, depending what device you're streaming.
If we assume that on average, every person who bought the Deluxe or Ultimate edition has played 20 hours since Thursday, that would be 4.6 million Deluxe/Ultimate editions sold. And then you have maybe 3-4 million regular versions of the game that have already been purchased.
So Diablo 4 has probably sold somewhere in the 7-9 million range.
So if we average out the price of all editions sold to something like $78 per sale, Blizzard has already made around $550 million to $700 million off the game. With more sales, the shop, and the battle pass, it will clear something like $1.3 billion by the end of July.
So Diablo 4 has probably sold somewhere in the 7-9 million range.
So if we average out the price of all editions sold to something like $78 per sale, Blizzard has already made around $550 million to $700 million off the game. With more sales, the shop, and the battle pass, it will clear something like $1.3 billion by the end of July.
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That one stickied thread on the gaming forum reminds me of this iconic pair every single time I open ERA.
I have a gaming PC and XSX - currently playing on the XSX. Going away for the summer - if I buy the PC version can I still stream if it's not local? Seemed unclear from googling it
It's pretty damn great, the campaign was by far the best Diablo story ever, and it gave us one of the best cutscenes they've ever made. They've absolutely nailed the combat, design and audio. The whole foundation is solid as a rock. That's not to say it's perfect, the UI needs some work, the game is missing some basic QoL and some pretty standard features. I'm excited to see where they take it honestly.
That vocal group has been groaning for over a decade about the way things are now. It's a lost cause, no one cares anymore. Sterling in particular has been on a crusade against ANY monetization, no matter how benign. It's out of touch content that resonates with a shrinking few gaming boomers who wish every game was the way things used to be, rose tinted to absolute fuck of course.
Anyone who is unable to control their impulses and not buy shit they can't afford needs to avoid most live service games, period. The rest of us can enjoy free content paid for by people who can afford pretties.
Yeah lots of that group had zero interest in the game anyway and mostly just likes to soapbox. Easy to criticize things you dislike for moral superiority points
They're the vocal minority. Reddit is an absolute shit show for this, everyone hates on the game without ever playing it, and they downvote anyone saying anything positive. Those of us who actually enjoy Diablo are having a blast because D4 is fantastic.
I need to stop reading this thread. I've never played a Diablo before but have recently purchased Zelda and Jedi Survivor. I need to beat at least Jedi Survivor before I even THINK about buying this.
F**k it. Off to the shops I go.
F**k it. Off to the shops I go.
Wait, what? I've been avoiding playing with friends because I thought they'd steamroll it since none of them have kids and can just no-life it so they're all way above me.
right? lmao
give us actual purchase numbers or don't bother at all
What about Diablo 2 remake?
Anyway with those kinds of numbers, it sounds like Ultimate Version has sold 2 million copies or something like that.
Well you're being extremely combative and overly annoying (on purpose it seems). After reading a few of your posts in this thread you come across as a troll who embodies the "stop having fun" meme, so it's not really surprising that you're bothering some people.
Fastest selling is time aligned, not necessarily total sales figures.
Well... Good thing for both of us that I moved on hours ago and already said I'd be making a separate thread for it.
But pop off FellowTarnished, tell me how you really feel.
As much as i would love to play this, i can't in good conscience support this game when this success will be leveraged to further halt unionization and cover up sexual harassment, but congratulations to the devs for making such a great game and smooth launch in spite of terrible working conditions.
This is wrong, there are still zones that have a minimum level and there are still side quests that only show up once you have the minimum level requirement, and no, you can not share the quests that your higher-leveled friend is doing.
Look, I get that boycotting or not is all down to personal choice, and no one should feel bad for not wanting to boycott the game. But some of the posts ITT are clearly taking such ugly glee at the game having the success that it has over the boycott sentiment and mocking the people who do refuse to support the publisher.
There's a fine line between
"Let people have fun with the game and support the devs"
and
"lol so much for the 'boycott'! I'm buying two copies just to piss you off! What are you gonna do now that the game's breaking records???"
There's a fine line between
"Let people have fun with the game and support the devs"
and
"lol so much for the 'boycott'! I'm buying two copies just to piss you off! What are you gonna do now that the game's breaking records???"
Diablo III did 3.5, Shadowlands did 3.7 and Diablo IV is apparently fastest on PC AND Console so it trumped both.
Sure- you can find some scenario's where it still doesn't work. But more often than not, level syncing in the game allows you and a friend to join up and play together to do content together. After all, in most of these scenarios it's usually a case of not wanting the higher level player to join the lower level player and end up destroying everything in sight. Instead, a higher level friend can still join up and they can have fun together without one player ruining the experience or needing to start a new character just to play with them.
It's better than most games where you always need to be within 1-2 levels of each other to play at all if you don't want major issues.
Having both local multiplayer and online cross play must also be helping theses titles.
Those figures are for the first 24 hours which are not included in Blizzard's announcement metrics.