Diablo III Pre-Orders Break Blizzard Records

Written by: Caltu (Twitter @_Caltu_ - Google+) | May 11, 2012 12:30 pm

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Diablo III is definitely one of the most anticipated titles of the year and is one of the highest pre-ordered as well.

In the Activision Blizzard conference call, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime stated that Diablo 3 was Blizzards highest ever pre-ordered title, dwarfing the return of the StarCraft IP with Wings Of Liberty and smashing the third World Of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm.

Its no secret that people have been waiting a long time for the third installment of Diablo, a fair few years in fact.

The pre-orders don’t come as much of a surprise when you think about it, but Morhaime also states that the Annual Pass holders that get D3 free are also included in this figure.

So 1,200,000 copies are already confirmed to be pre-ordered with the Annual Pass taking them past how many WoL units got sold in the first day!

With the Annual Pass securing over one million units sold for a game that isn’t even out this is sure to be a Blizzards new way to market a game.

Mists Of Pandaria in the next Annual pass? *tin foil hat*

Diablo III Pre-Orders Break Blizzard Records

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http://twitter.com/FishBaitism Fish Bait

I`m predicting WASpace during livestream
- http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr
  
  Oh, is that the drinking game for this gameplay. The number of times they say WA Space.
Krzysztof Kotarba

I’m kinda worried… at midnight there will be huge “DDoS” player attack on severs…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-McMillin/100000928798479 Joshua McMillin

Cannot wait for the gameplay videos. You guys are hilarious.
http://www.facebook.com/akakrios Krios Akakrios

I Loooved Rock and Roll Racing, solid throwback mike. and yeah Blizzard got my $$$ for the D3 CE.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=603399199 Jonathon Donaghy

i’ll probably have the livesream of gameplay up at least, but i’ll be playing diablo on the other moniter, so how much of it i’ll actually see i don’t know.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Johnson/1353890372 Michael Johnson

I don’t like Activisions constant rehashes, but you have to stand in awe at the fact that in 1994, Bobby Kotick bought out a bankrupt Activision and turned it into what it is today.
http://profile.yahoo.com/2SZI7MOKR6OET3R6YXZJQC5WGQ John Athon

14,000 hrs = 1.6 years
- http://twitter.com/_Caltu_ Callum Lawrence
  
  I know its a long shot but I have enough Mountain Dew to get it done!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PG4DRLIEDYPSF3YKJW6ZW7UVYM aj

I played this game already, in 1999.

Never mind me folks, I have always disliked these games. :/
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660476603 Rob Kellams

Most preordered game on Amazon as well.
http://www.MasterRenny.com/ Thomas Renshaw

Diablo never interested me and still doesn’t, and i really dont get why theyre including the Annual pass as “pre-orders” seeing as you got the game “free” based on signing up for a year of WoW therefore that isnt a preorder in my books
http://twitter.com/DaPhoolz Rp TheFoolz

How bad can you play Diablo? I’ll have to see it with my own eyes this upcoming livestream.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/ITHF7XKYGVXFAPCDMDJTKHLBBU Lian Wan
  
  Make a ranged character and then only fight in melee range.
http://twitter.com/Vazzaroth Josh Hagood

Mike, You have quite a few cranial accessories.

Or for the simpler crowd: YOU GOTTA LOTTA SHIT ON YO HEAD!