Diablo III sells 3.5 million in 24 hours

Luckily, a large number of people have ALWAYS been unsatisfied with the Diablo franchise, and Blizzard keeps making them. Diablo 1 was received with some apprehension in its day, many critics used its inventory system and ultra-simplified play style as primary weaknesses. I believe it received some flak over its graphics engine too, but nowhere near as much as did Diablo 2. Diablo 2 was given a lukewarm reception even by diehard Diablo fans, as it threw many aspects of the tried-and-true formula to the wind.

And here we are over a decade later, getting the third reinvention of the same brilliant game, and people are whining about the exact same things. Except now that most people have broadband, and they decided battle.net (the method many if not most people used to play the previous games) would be the ONLY way to play, it went from being one of the things people loved the most about the game to something people love to complain about.

Sales doesn't mean much, when a big part ( and I mean REALLY BIG part) of their customers are/were unsatisfied with this game...

Just was curious and was watching on YouTube a video about a Barbarian "solo" kill an apparently very hard boss. Player started with showing his skill set, gear and stats. When i saw the part where he said "Currently I have 28.000+ damage..." I just skipped to some other video about something else from sidebar.Thanks.

I cant afford this game right now :(

This game = <3

@Legrieme The Truth of Gaming: Every game designer wishes they could be the one to make a game like Diablo. The truth of the entire world: Business is a cutthroat thing, as are all human endeavors, and communism has never been shown to be an egalitarian form of government. So give it a rest with your ridiculous avatar, unless you are in fact a member of the communist party in a country where that is actually considered desirable.

Love it and everything about it. Even the constant online connection. Best thing in the world.

Onomatopoeia of Diablo III mouse: "Fap fap" (http://imageshack.us/f/195/diablomore3.jpg/)

The internet connection thing is bloody annoying, but wasn't really aware of it until after purchased the game. It did frustrate me somewhat, but I actually have found I don't mind knowing when my friends are playing, or hopping in and out of games. Even so, I love the game. It's nostalgic bliss, neat and simple. I bought it because it was the 3rd installment of Diablo, and it turns out, it is a Diablo game. Didn't really lose much on that investment really.

The name fools people.......

People take actions when it's too late. It starts with online only single player experience, in a few years you will be paying monthly charges for every game that you will be renting for it will be online play through streaming like them java/flash crappy games. Only then will you be whining and boycotting such games, but it will be to late. I feel ashamed to say MOST gamers are stupid, ignorant, with no principles and morals. Sometimes I wonder why I'm not into the whole LMFAO/lady gaga/hip hop thing, why I'm not into blingblings, into cars, why I don't like to watch sports that I don't even practice on tv, why I'm not into them mobile smart phones with those useless apps, why I think Facebook is a waste of time, why I don't drive a truck guzzling gas instead of driving my economic car, why I'm not into reality tv, and why I'm not buying games from companies that want to screw me and remove my freedom. Where did you get your lobotomy guys? Or did you all stuck crayons up your nose like Homer?

Doesn't change the fact that the game is a weak sequel...

No reason why this game can't be ported to PS3. If the cell can run GOW3, it can run Diablow 3.

You still fail to see the point. You confuse "eliminating" piracy with maximizing profitability. If a process reduced overhead, loss of revenue, piracy and/or increases revenue by any percentage at all, you do it. It's business 101. (You might consider taking a business course in college as it will open an entirely new way that you look at business and capitalism). Digital distribution drastically reduces piracy, re-sales, overhead etc… and therefor systems like online authentication, DD etc... not will, but ARE becoming mainstream. You will always have a percentage of the public that gets around certain securities, but that’s not the point. If piracy for a product can be reduced from 3.2% loss of revenue to only 1.2% loss of revenue (as an example) then that system is worth being implemented as obviously the increased revenue outweighs the cost if implementation. For example, we have a product on the market that was launched years ago and to this day, we are very aware of exactly how much piracy takes place on this product and where the sources are. We have always evaluated the “cost” from loss of revenue versus the time required to pursue said resources or what percentage of the pirating demographic would have purchased the product if the free copy wasn’t available (most pirates on certain products wouldn’t buy anyway). We have been perfectly happy with a 2% annual loss based on illegal replication but if there is something we can do in the future to knock that down to 1%, you can be darn sure we’re doing it. Never forget, it’s BUSINESS, nothing more.

never bought a diablo game, don't think i ever will. Looks kinda boring with hack/slash and item whoring. Still waiting on SC2 HOS, just praying they don't apply this DRM sh*t with that game as well.

Oh, and for all the gamers say boycot because of DRM...I agree with you, but i also say to you: it's hopeless. Just look at COD, everybody knows it's trash and say don't buy, but it's the best selling game. Casuals and big corporations have taken over gaming. Get over it or find a new hobby. I'm still deciding on which myself, lol

Actually yes, except it won't be DVDs; it will be authenticated through your account on digital distribution which is already occurring (Netflix, Fios, iTunes etc...). DVD pirating is a huge issue which is yet another reason why digital media will replace physical media. Our partner company is a film/TV production company and we fight DVD and Bluray pirating all of the time.

Who cares. I actually think web varification is a good idea and so far it's working great. This is a huge step forward for anti-piracy which is the point. Don't blame EA, blame all of the people that rip PC games off of the web. In fact, some of our software in our production company ($1,800+ programs) are constant online varification as well. It's about time that video games caught up.

i'm so glad for this news, because they really deserve it. d3 is a masterpiece in my book

If you over-advertise, they will come

Dam Sheep...Keep buying games from companies like this and you will ensure we will continue to get the pineapple up the kazoo with each new release.

Their business practice will not change unless gamers take a stand.

this is news because...?

this is expected to happend