Just when you thought the news couldn’t get any better for the combined monolith of Activision-Blizzard, they drop the long-awaited, much-wanted Diablo III.  It was a very successful launch for Blizzard, improving on the history of the Diablo franchise.  How successful was it?  Blizzard estimates 4.7 million copies of Diablo III were active within the first 24 hours of the game’s launch; that’s 3.5 million copies sold and an additional 1.2 million copies released as part of a deal where WoW subscribers who renewed for a year got a free copy.  Within the first week, Blizzard had 6.3 million players on the system, which is incredible.  That would make Diablo III the fastest-selling computer game of all time.

Let’s do a total, shall we?  Actiblizzard has the best-selling console game of all time in Call of Duty: Black Ops and those games, they’ve got the most popular MMORPG in the genre’s history in World of Warcraft, and now they’ve got the best-selling computer game of all time in Diablo III.  Activision-Blizzard is practically rolling around in cash, which is just incredible when you think about it.

Have you guys been playing Diablo III?  I guess if you have been, you’re probably not reading this website because Diablo III is sucking up all your free time.

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