Didn't the console version only just get released? hardly a fair comparison.
I'm not comparing sales except in that their sudden console focus is foolhardy.
Even if Diablo 3 sold TWICE as much as it did in it's first 2 months for the next 2 years STRAIGHT (which it of course won't) the sales STILL wouldn not compare to the PC sales.
It's a PC franchise, a PC game, with a devoted, and gigantic PC community.
FIX THE GOD DAMNED PC VERSION is the first thing they should have focused on before any console port. Even the idiot suits at the top who don't understand anything gaming related should lok at the numbers and realize it's only common sense!
Didn't the console version only just get released? hardly a fair comparison.
I'm not comparing sales except in that their sudden console focus is foolhardy.
Even if Diablo 3 sold TWICE as much as it did in it's first 2 months for the next 2 years STRAIGHT (which it of course won't) the sales STILL wouldn not compare to the PC sales.
It's a PC franchise, a PC game, with a devoted, and gigantic PC community.
FIX THE GOD DAMNED PC VERSION is the first thing they should have focused on before any console port. Even the idiot suits at the top who don't understand anything gaming related should lok at the numbers and realize it's only common sense!
I agree, they should fix the pc version, but the PS4 version will be out mid next year, so maybe they could do a pc re release with it.
Didn't the console version only just get released? hardly a fair comparison.
Yes. It´s fair. GTAV sold like 10M on both consoles day 1, so D3 should have sold a few millions too..
Delayed releases generally sell less. No it's not fair. Do some research sonny.
You people are missing the point. And the point is that the console focus over fixing the PC game is idiotic.
You don't do that when the PC brings in 13.5 million friggin sales. This game will never sell anywhere near that amount on consoles. It's a PC franchise, PC needed to be the sole focuse until the community was content.
Didn't the console version only just get released? hardly a fair comparison.
Yes. It´s fair. GTAV sold like 10M on both consoles day 1, so D3 should have sold a few millions too..
Delayed releases generally sell less. No it's not fair. Do some research sonny.
You people are missing the point. And the point is that the console focus over fixing the PC game is idiotic.
You don't do that when the PC brings in 13.5 million friggin sales. This game will never sell anywhere near that amount on consoles. It's a PC franchise, PC needed to be the sole focuse until the community was content.
THEN you focus on a solid console release.
They already got those 13.5 million peoples money. They were focussing on new customers. Smart.
Didn't the console version only just get released? hardly a fair comparison.
Yes. It´s fair. GTAV sold like 10M on both consoles day 1, so D3 should have sold a few millions too..
Delayed releases generally sell less. No it's not fair. Do some research sonny.
You people are missing the point. And the point is that the console focus over fixing the PC game is idiotic.
You don't do that when the PC brings in 13.5 million friggin sales. This game will never sell anywhere near that amount on consoles. It's a PC franchise, PC needed to be the sole focuse until the community was content.
THEN you focus on a solid console release.
Activision owns Blizzard. Activision hates PC gamers. Make the rest of conclusions.
If only they could have shown more imagination to justify these sales figures. For all the hype, D3 has to be one of the most conservatively designed games I've seen in my time.
If they want my money, they will fix the PC version. I have no interest in owning this game on console. So far I have skipped this game and will continue to do so unless they fix it.
I regret my purchase. Instead of being happy with the popularity of the franchise they decided to turn greedy with the RMAH ruining one of the main aspects of the genre for me: the loot.
Their AO-DRM also caused the game to be unplayable on the day of launch and caused lag.
@uninspiredcup said:
I heard Path Of Exile was alot better, and free.
You heard right. Path of Exile destroys D3 in every single way.
Didn't the console version only just get released? hardly a fair comparison.
Yes. It´s fair. GTAV sold like 10M on both consoles day 1, so D3 should have sold a few millions too..
Delayed releases generally sell less. No it's not fair. Do some research sonny.
But aren´t consoles where all the money is ? XD
Yes. Thats why pc games get huge delays and bad ports. That and most of the userbase don't actually pay for games.
Diablo III's DRM probably had something to do with it.
But why then D3 on consoles didn´t sell at least some measly 2M copies ?
Because console only gamers don't care about PC franchises? Every thread about PC exclusives gets the same reaction from the majority of console only gamers. They don't care about the same games PC gamers do. Plus the fact the console/PC gamers will usually opt to play the PC version for games like D3. Easy to see why it isn't selling well on consoles really.
I ain't gonna lie, I found the PS3 version quite good. and no Battlenet bullshit is fine by me. I am enjoying the console version immensely.
Same here. Spent a lot of time on the PC version and called it quits some months ago until I picked up the 360 version. It's ridiculous just how better the game is on consoles at this point and I'll be sticking with the 360 version until the pre-expansion "2.0" patch hits PC later on.
must be mostly Steam sales, VGChartz tracks store sales and for that they have a little over 3 million for PC and nearly a million for Xbox 360 and PS3
must be mostly Steam sales, VGChartz tracks store sales and for that they have a little over 3 million for PC and nearly a million for Xbox 360 and PS3
must be mostly Steam sales, VGChartz tracks store sales and for that they have a little over 3 million for PC and nearly a million for Xbox 360 and PS3
Want to get this on my PS3 so bad but I'm getting a PS4 at the beginning of next month. Hoping that he PS4 version comes bundled with the expansion pack.
Won't to get this on my PS3 so bad but I'm getting a PS4 at the beginning of next month. Hoping that he PS4 version comes bundled with the expansion pack.
The current console version sucks. Screen tearing, aliasing, even more zoomed in for that extra special claustrophobic effect (perfect for sharing the screen with 3 other people! ), sub 720p and constant frame rate drops.
must be mostly Steam sales, VGChartz tracks store sales and for that they have a little over 3 million for PC and nearly a million for Xbox 360 and PS3
Won't to get this on my PS3 so bad but I'm getting a PS4 at the beginning of next month. Hoping that he PS4 version comes bundled with the expansion pack.
The current console version sucks. Screen tearing, aliasing, even more zoomed in for that extra special claustrophobic effect (perfect for sharing the screen with 3 other people! ), sub 720p and constant frame rate drops.
Next gen versio SHOULD atleast be playable.
The framerate drops are pretty ridiculous. If I was getting a PS4 I would have waited, but that ain't happening. Still lots of fun though.
Won't to get this on my PS3 so bad but I'm getting a PS4 at the beginning of next month. Hoping that he PS4 version comes bundled with the expansion pack.
The current console version sucks. Screen tearing, aliasing, even more zoomed in for that extra special claustrophobic effect (perfect for sharing the screen with 3 other people! ), sub 720p and constant frame rate drops.
Next gen versio SHOULD atleast be playable.
Honestly, I'd take a hit in the performance and graphics considering how much better the mechanics/systems are in the console versions compared to the PC version at the moment. Until the pre-expansion "2.0" PC patch hits, the console version of D3 is definitely the one to play right now.
This information is either old or false. Diablo III came out in May, 2012 and on its one year anniversary may this year they released an infographic where they posted that they had sold 14.5 million copies. This one BEFORE the console release. So that's nearly 15 million sold on PC, and that was 6 months ago.
I'll bet you anything the PC version of Diablo III has hit 16 million sold copies, if not more.
must be mostly Steam sales, VGChartz tracks store sales and for that they have a little over 3 million for PC and nearly a million for Xbox 360 and PS3
Wow. that's just so wrong. 3 million? Try 15++ million.
As of may 2013 (one year after release):
* 14.5 million unique players
* 2.1 million daily players on average (5.8 million highest)
* 2.8 billion hours played (roughly equal to 34,000 years)
* 67.1 million characters made
* 33% of characters made in Europe, 33% in Americas and 34% asia (perfectly divided by the three divisions, who else can claim that?)
More info:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/9691895/
Pretty mindblowing statistics. I could excpect these numbers from LOL, WOW etc but not D3.
Would be good if they had the complexity, customisation, "realistic" style graphics of PoE with Diablo 3's artists, polish, interface, gameplay and environment design.
must be mostly Steam sales, VGChartz tracks store sales and for that they have a little over 3 million for PC and nearly a million for Xbox 360 and PS3
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