Blizzard has revealed a brand new and reasonably spectacular participant depend milestone for the Diablo franchise as a complete, nevertheless it nonetheless pales compared to the gross sales figures for a single Grand Theft Auto sport.
In a publish on the official Diablo X (previously Twitter) account, Blizzard reveals that the Diablo franchise has hit greater than 100 million gamers, with that determine counting throughout all 4 mainline Diablo installments and cellular entry Diablo Immortal.
Against this, nonetheless, Grand Theft Auto 5 alone has bought over 200 million copies eventually depend, which is double your entire Diablo franchise’s gamers. Even that quantity pales compared to the mighty Minecraft, which is sitting at a jaw-dropping 300 million gross sales at time of writing.
Issues get much more dire for Diablo once you notice that the 100 million determine is not gross sales, however participant counts.
That is tremendous for video games like the primary three Diablo entries, however Diablo Immortal is a free-to-play cellular sport, which presumably implies that the numerous gamers who tried it for 5 minutes after which gave as much as go do one thing else are included in that 100 million depend.
Moreover, it is value noting that Diablo 4 is on the market on Xbox Recreation Cross; actually, it was the primary Activision Blizzard sport to be added to the service following Microsoft’s record-breaking acquisition of the writer.
Once more, that implies that presumably, anybody who gave Diablo 4 a strive on Recreation Cross can be included within the 100 million determine. As a reminder, the GTA and Minecraft figures are chilly, onerous gross sales, not participant counts, and the Diablo determine is for a whole sequence.
It is value noting right here that the Diablo sequence continues to be phenomenally profitable. Inside its first yr of launch, Diablo Immortal reportedly made Blizzard half a billion {dollars}, and Diablo 4 is seemingly Blizzard’s fastest-selling sport ever.
This comparability merely proves the completely colossal presence that Minecraft and GTA 5 nonetheless have within the gaming business. When a sequence as widespread and influential as Diablo cannot even maintain a candle to the gross sales of a single sport in a franchise, you realize that franchise has taken over the world.
Rockstar is at the moment engaged on Grand Theft Auto 6, which is about for launch subsequent yr. The debut trailer for that sport achieved a whopping 90 million views in simply 24 hours, so it appears like GTA‘s dominance of the gaming world is about to proceed. Keep tuned for extra.