Unless you are lost in the middle of the underworld, the exit from Diablo IV no one missed it. The publisher of the new episode of the cult video game series was pleased to have achieved the fastest launch in its history. This means that Blizzard had never sold so many copies of a game before its official release.
Posted on June 6 Diablo IV However, it offers players to discover the lands of Sanctuary from June 2 through early access. For four days, people who purchased the Deluxe and Ultimate versions of the title were able to navigate the game’s dark and dreary environments in advance. Diablo IVBlizzard (which Microsoft wants to acquire) stated that 93 million hours were played during this early access.
10,000 round trips to Mars
If the publisher has not revealed, for the moment, the number of players who have bought the new episode of the saga, a simple calculation suggests the immense commercial success of Diablo IV. Assuming each person has made it through the full 96 hours of early access to the game, the number of sales is already approaching 970,000 copies (as much as Street Fighter 6). The reality is therefore much higher.
Blizzard has fun with this colossal total playing time, which represents around 10,000 years. By way of comparison, the publisher states that those 93 million hours would have allowed listening to Taylor Swift’s complete discography 4.5 million times, making 10,000 round trips to the planet Mars or seeing the set of the franchise’s films. . Fast and Furious 4 million times.
Finally, Blizzard delivers a final comparison, allowing us to realize the success of its new game, the accumulated time invested in the early access of the game is equivalent to one hour of play by all the inhabitants of Los Angeles, London, New York, Seoul , Sydney and Tokyo. After a third criticized work, the creative work around Diablo IV seems to have conquered the public.
Source: BFM TV
