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blkfish92 on 16 March 2012

Wow that's high hopes, not sure how the others did, but can it happen?



           

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kivi95 on 16 March 2012

Yeah imo it will sell atleast 6m in it's first year.



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Mad55 on 16 March 2012

i think it will do like 2 or 3 million in its first year then 4 million total. i mean its sales haven't been that huge on past games I think.



TruckOSaurus on 16 March 2012
Mad55 said:
i think it will do like 2 or 3 million in its first year then 4 million total. i mean its sales haven't been that huge on past games I think.

You should do a little research...



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crissindahouse on 16 March 2012

if it will be a good game it will sell so much. europeans love pc gaming and with digital downloads it will sell 500k-1 million in germany alone.



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Mad55 on 16 March 2012
TruckOSaurus said:
Mad55 said:
i think it will do like 2 or 3 million in its first year then 4 million total. i mean its sales haven't been that huge on past games I think.

You should do a little research...

i did neither one seemed to crack 5 million copies, but maybe i didn't research hard enough. 



kivi95 on 16 March 2012

This game will be pretty huge I mean right now when I logged in there was about 40k people playing the game. And it's over 10years sense D2:Lords of destruction released.



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Barozi on 16 March 2012

What ? No that's far too much. That game isn't front loaded.

Unless there will be a console version in autumn.



crissindahouse on 16 March 2012

ok i will kill a baby seal now, but for example on amazon it's in the top hundred for 250 days now here in germany and it's still 2 months away lol. and i think this is representative for germany because everyone is talking about it since years. atm place 1 and 2 on amazon.

same with gamestop, spielegrotte and blabla charts.



TruckOSaurus on 16 March 2012
Mad55 said:
TruckOSaurus said:
Mad55 said:
i think it will do like 2 or 3 million in its first year then 4 million total. i mean its sales haven't been that huge on past games I think.

You should do a little research...

i did neither one seemed to crack 5 million copies, but maybe i didn't research hard enough. 

I'll admit that the information is not as easily accessible as I thought. I had to use the WayBack Machine to retrieve an old 2008 Blizzard press release:

http://web.archive.org/web/20080701085213/http://www.blizzard.com/us/press/080628.html

About the Diablo Series
Launched at the end of 1996, the original Diablo helped popularize the action role-playing-game genre, earning widespread critical and commercial success. The game's sequel, Diablo II, shipped in 2000 to similar acclaim, winning several Game of the Year awards and at the time becoming the fastest-selling computer game ever. Diablo II's award-winning expansion set, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction™, debuted in 2001, becoming Blizzard Entertainment's sixth-consecutive #1-selling game. To date, the franchise has sold more than 18.5 million copies worldwide.* Diablo's gothic horror theme has also inspired a number of licensed products, including novels and action figures.



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