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Home News Diablo III Breaks PC Pre-Order Records For Amazon and Blizzard

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Diablo III Breaks PC Pre-Order Records For Amazon and Blizzard

Posted on Thursday, May 10 @ 19:19:55 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

When Blizzard Entertainment has a new game coming out you can bet your house on it selling like water during a dry summer. Even with that in mind, few would have guessed just how many Diablo III pre-orders there are.

GameSpot has been told by a representative at Amazon that Diablo III is now the most pre-ordered PC game in their 18-year history beating out games such as World of Warcraft—including its over 9,000 expansions—Battlefield 3, StarCraft II, and all of the other PC gaming juggernauts. This has come on the heels of the announcement that it is also the most pre-ordered game in Blizzard's history, a fact that was announced during Activision Blizzard's quartery earnings report.

What makes this announcement so meaningful is that this isn't another mainstream FPS game that inheritably picks up over a million pre-orders merely by existing, this is a deep action role-playing game with classic roots. Granted, Blizzard has a prolific fan base, but Diablo and Diablo II are considered by many to be hardcore games that have a more niche market than Blizzard's other IPs. That said, Diablo III is one badass game, and if there's one thing I've learned about games and sales it's that word of mouth is everything, and the recent beta was met with a lot of praise.

Are you as excited as I am for this game? No? Don't worry, it'll come to consoles soon. Heck, your PC might even be able to play it. Check out our latest guide to see if your specs can run this demonic beast.
Related Games:   Diablo III
Tags:   Blizzard, Diablo 3


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  • Ranim
    Ranim
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
    Someone make a god sim that will sell well.
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  • warmaster670
    warmaster670
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 8:42 pm
    Its a shame that the Blizzard of today is nothing compared to the Blizzard of the past.
    1 1
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
    In what way...
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  • ilzilla
    ilzilla
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
    Since when is Diablo a hardcore game? You run around and click a lot. It's fun, but it does not lack mass appeal.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
    Isn't WoW just autoattack, hitting hotkeys and a lot of background dice rolling? Isn't Starcraft the same thing? Everything Blizzard has put out has had some very large appeal, hence their existence. Hardcore is such a vague term nowadays.
    0 0
  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
    What makes it hardcore is its story. Do I really have to ****ing explain this **** to you?!
    2 2
  • Ranim
    Ranim
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 9:13 pm
    Hail Satan, the rainbow pony god, and the roly poly fish head angels
    1 2
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
    I don't know what you're talking about, but it's making my crotch tingle
    0 2
  • shandog137
    shandog137
    Joined: Mar 2007
    Posted: May 10th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
    Why does this make me want a new PC. Hopefully the huge number of preorders expedites the port to console
    0 1
  • CaptainPicard
    CaptainPicard
    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: May 11th, 2012 at 1:30 am
    It makes me want a new PC too, mainly because i dont really wanna resort to playing it on console... but just like Max Payne ill have to
    0 0
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: May 11th, 2012 at 3:34 am
    This news doesn't surprise me a whole lot, i'm more interested in seeing what the review scores will be. Diablo 2, despite being insanely popular among the general public and critics alike, had an average of about 8.3%, well below what you'd expect from a game with such popularity. Then again, critics are waaay more generous now than they used to be
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  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: May 11th, 2012 at 3:35 am
    83%*
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: May 11th, 2012 at 6:32 am
    "Wocka Wocka!".
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  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: May 11th, 2012 at 9:02 am
    Thanks to Steam breaking me of what PA described so eloquently as "Animism," I had no issue foregoing the pretty box art in favor of an instant midnight release via Battle.net.

    I'm actually amazed so many people pre-ordered from Amazon--are they offering free 1 day shipping or guaranteed delivery by Friday?
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  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: May 11th, 2012 at 10:06 am
    The wife pre-ordered D3 for me. They're claiming launch day delivery, but since I never pre-order and thus have no experience in the matter I'm skeptical.
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