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Analyst Predicts Diablo III Sales To Reach Five Million In First Year

Posted on Friday, March 16 @ 09:16:21 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack


Your average game development studio would have a heart-attack if they found out they sold one-million copies within a year, but Blizzard Entertainment isn't your average studio. Five-million units sounds about right.

Doug Creutz of Cowen & Company estimates that Diablo III will manage to sell five million units within its first 12 months. A fifth of those sales will come from World of Warcraft's 'annual pass' system which offers Diablo III at no extra charge.

For comparison's sake, StarCraft II sold around 4 million after its first year, while World of Warcraft didn't have four-million total subscribers-to-date until nine months after launch. Better yet, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction still hasn't sold five-million copies in its lifetime. Needless to say, this estimate is extremely high, but if any any game of 2012 is going to do it (excluding Call of Duty), Diablo III is it if hype is any direct indication.

The addition of console versions should boost the numbers tremendously, but no release date for platforms outside of PC has been revealed, so this prediction is aimed directly at the PC version which will debut on May 15th.
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  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 16th, 2012 at 10:31 am
    I'll be one of those. :)
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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 16th, 2012 at 11:35 am
    Cant wait for this. I think by May 15 ill probably be burned out from WoW and needing a break from it anyways.
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  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 16th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
    Perfect timing.

    P.S. We need to run some instances or BGs this weekend. I need all of my Conquest Points and Justice Points for the week.
    0 0
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Mar 16th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
    So the console IS still a possibility/in development? I still confused
    0 0
  • sg4real
    sg4real
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Mar 16th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
    I'd guess console versions will come later on.
    0 0
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 16th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
    All signs point to a release at a later date.
    0 0
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2012 at 5:30 am
    No! No console version! PC only b*tches!
    1 0
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2012 at 10:59 am
    Even when it comes to console the PC version will be much better, so no worries.
    0 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
    It's not like even if the console version was better it would affect your enjoyment of the pc version.
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
    It's not about enjoyment. I just don't the console users to get thier grubby little hands on it.
    0 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
    My hands are quite grubby
    0 0

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