Diablo 3 ignites Diablo 2 Battlechest sales
Here is the latest sales stats by Gamasutra that shows an upsurge in the seven year old Diablo 2 (!!!) Battlechest sales:
PC
North America: 1. Diablo Battle Chest (Blizzard), 2. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard), 3. The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff (EA Games), 4. Spore Creature Creator (EA Games), 5. The Orange Box (EA Games).
Japan: 1. Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 3.0 Premium (E-Frontier), 2. Lineage: The Cross Rancor (E-Frontier), 3. Ragnarok Online Summer Package 2008 (E-Frontier), 4. Hellgate: London (EA Games), 5. Final Fantasy XI: Vana’diel Collection (Square Enix).
UK: 1. The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff (EA Games), 2. Football Manager 2008 (Sega), 3. Mass Effect (EA Games), 4. Diablo II (Blizzard), 5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision).
This week’s announcement of the upcoming release of Diablo III has spurred new interest in the series, resulting in the Diablo Battle Chest compilation finishing as this week’s best-selling PC software title in the United States. Blizzard’s World of Warcraft Battle Chest also sees increased sales in the days following the announcement. The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff eclipses Spore Creature Creator’s weekly North American sales, meanwhile, as The Orange Box rounds out the regional top five.
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Yah bro, the same effect as with StarCraft, but Diablo has a greater impact because of all the Blizzy titles, it was the ’shelf’ game (StarCraft is still popular).
Everywhere.. “I started playing Diablo 2 coz of Diablo 3″, some “let’s buy original copies of D2 and wreak havoc on Battle.Net!”
It’s been a while since Diablo II and everyone wants to replay it before the sequel comes out….and most of us have lost our discs. /cry
Not this gamer.
My copies are very much intact.
I’m currently using an Assassin, but I’m only at act 2. My first time with this class. Always been a Barbarian. I was tempted to try the Sorceress but chickened out.
But I know I should. The Sorceress and Necromancer class changes the gameplay significantly, I believe.
[...] Well… it looks like I wasn’t the only one thinking about doing that. According to Games Industry Wire, Diablo 2 Battlechests are selling like crazy all over the world! In fact, it’s doing so well [...]
a couple of Level 80s in teh house!!! although 5-7 years is a long time and have longed to reconnect with a new char or two. so im doing it again =)
What’s your class, Kev?
the new one is a necro. =)
Great choice! I should grow a spine and try it myself haha.