Bah! my whole post disappeared, so I'll make it short.
WoW has sold : 8 million copies
Current subscriptions: 6.5 million
Warcraft III sold: 7.6 million
Diablo 2 sold: 14.5 million
Clearly, Diablo was more popular than WC3, yet WoW was based upon Warcraft. A potential fanbase of 14.5 million exists for Diablo, and even if everybody who plays WoW is a former Diablo fan (which they are far from), that leaves 7.9 million people waiting for D3.
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I'm sure that 1 million of those copies were repurchases, if those are the latest sales records. Cuz I recall having to buy 3 copies, after losing one, after a time of not playing it, and the second being stolen by siblings. Now where is that third copy...
But the fact still remains that regardless of having to buy multiple copies, Diablo does have a gigantic fanbase.
Yeah, that is true. Some people who got their CD-key banned have probably bought new ones, but they are a minority.
The biggest problem I think is people only downloading the game. If everyone who had downloaded Diablo had bought it instead, I think those numbers would have increasd substantially. But then again so would WC3.
PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
i got it 3 times myself. i wouldnt count on 14 million playing at the same time. Theres none of my friends that hasnt got Diablo + LoD at least 2 times We keep loosing it. But even without as many supporters, Diablo is really popular and has a very big fanbase. Blizzard knows how to make money and ofc they wouldnt let such a great franchise rot.
I bought the whole set three times. First time my little brother scratched the crap out of it, the second I stepped on the play disc when my room was messy and now i have my third set. I am not disagreeing with you PhrozenDragon, I am just saying those numbers can never be right on how many people own Diablo series.
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PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
I have to buy a second copy of Baldur's gate 2, Icewind dale and age of empires 2. BG/IWD because they were scatched, yes all 6 discs (4 for BG/2 for IWD) and i somehow lost my AOE2 disc.
I have never has to buy another copy of any blizzard game. infact the only ones i dont own are Starcraft/broodwar (i have the cracked version of these two and my friend has the a copy maybe i should get him to copy them?), and WOW (uh and the expansion)
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So if anyone would guess, how many people do you think have bought D2 considering your multiple copies?
I would guess that it still lies in the 13 million area. I can't believe that more than 1 million copies are repurchases.
PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
i bought 2 of the battle chests becuase both times EB didnt have the sigular coppies and my hammerdin was begging for me to lvl him and who turns down hammerdins? but then those died and then i got 3 more copies of the lod for scratches:mad:
WoW has sold : 8 million copies
Current subscriptions: 6.5 million
Warcraft III sold: 7.6 million
Diablo 2 sold: 14.5 million
Clearly, Diablo was more popular than WC3, yet WoW was based upon Warcraft. A potential fanbase of 14.5 million exists for Diablo, and even if everybody who plays WoW is a former Diablo fan (which they are far from), that leaves 7.9 million people waiting for D3.
But the fact still remains that regardless of having to buy multiple copies, Diablo does have a gigantic fanbase.
The biggest problem I think is people only downloading the game. If everyone who had downloaded Diablo had bought it instead, I think those numbers would have increasd substantially. But then again so would WC3.
So far, never happened.
Its cheap now because they sell them in very cheap packages with the normal game and LOD bundled.
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I have never has to buy another copy of any blizzard game. infact the only ones i dont own are Starcraft/broodwar (i have the cracked version of these two and my friend has the a copy maybe i should get him to copy them?), and WOW (uh and the expansion)
I would guess that it still lies in the 13 million area. I can't believe that more than 1 million copies are repurchases.