Following the announcement of Diablo III at the 2008 Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals, merely 9 days ago, Gamasutra reports that sales of the seven-year-old RPG hack 'n slash game Diablo II Battle Chest has risen considerably on last week's worldwide sale charts.
The Diablo II Battle Chest took the lead on North American PC sales as the #1 in the Top 5 Sales. On the United Kingdom charts, the Diablo II Battle Chest received the 4th spot.
At this rate, Game Stores around the world will be out of stock of any remaining copies. If your area already is out of stock and you wish to get your hands on Diablo II and Lord of Destruction expansion, your only option at this point is to head to the Blizzard Store to purchase a digital download of the game. It is now available after the Diablo III announcement. Blizzard Entertainment most likely foresaw this prior to the announcement. A clever planning.
I had a feeling this would happen, but I did not think it would be the number 1 bought PC game of the week. Four of my friends went and bought the game after the announcement.
Haha I took my buddy to EB games to get it so he could play some D2 with me. The clerk told us he had 6 copies of the battlechest in the morning, and 14 people have come to purchase one.. so that left us as the 9th person turned away, in a relatively small nova scotian town. Lol. Luckily, Wal Mart had a single copy left.. n he got it
Wow, that's crazy especially considering how old of a game it is. I remember people talking about seeing it back in the stores; even advertised before WWI, and figured the reason behind it would be the announcement of D3....guess those folks were right! Hell yeah...go Diablo, off to play some LOD time to get my fix now too!
Heck, now I feel the urge to continue leveling up my noobie Barbarian. Miss my sorceress though. I still remember when I put most of my talent points into frost .... and Duriel is immune to it. Was a verrrrrry long fight.
Heck, now I feel the urge to continue leveling up my noobie Barbarian. Miss my sorceress though. I still remember when I put most of my talent points into frost .... and Duriel is immune to it. Was a verrrrrry long fight.
i was thinking about this the other day.
It would have seriously pist me off if you started diablo2, built your sorceress into a fire build and gotten to diablo and it says immune to fire above his head. heh heh
Yup, I went out and bought the battle chest last week. I never really played d2. I just borrowed a friend's copy and played approx the first Act. Not sure why I didn't play farther than that. I LOVED the first Diablo, bought it the second it was available for Mac (no thanks to Blizzard for making us wait something like an entire year before it was available for Mac :P)
shit, i still need to buy it since i cant find my old copies. Man blizzard must be happy, games like starcraft and diablo are still selling even after there old as crap:D
Wow, that is AWESOME news! Diablo still deserves to be on top after 8 friggen years. I recently picked it up again and am quickly remembering its addictive qualities, I played it for 8 hours straight yesterday. I'm playing a level 21 Barb on US East if anyone wants to play with me I play in rooms under this screen name password is diablofans
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This news just made my day. I woulda belived it more if it made the top 20 or so... BUT #1 on the charts. When Blizzard makes money it can only lead to good things.
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shit, i still need to buy it since i cant find my old copies. Man blizzard must be happy, games like starcraft and diablo are still selling even after there old as crap:D
imagine how many year Diablo 3 will rule the market!:thumbsup:
Following the announcement of Diablo III at the 2008 Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals, merely 9 days ago, Gamasutra reports that sales of the seven-year-old RPG hack 'n slash game Diablo II Battle Chest has risen considerably on last week's worldwide sale charts.
The Diablo II Battle Chest took the lead on North American PC sales as the #1 in the Top 5 Sales. On the United Kingdom charts, the Diablo II Battle Chest received the 4th spot.
At this rate, Game Stores around the world will be out of stock of any remaining copies. If your area already is out of stock and you wish to get your hands on Diablo II and Lord of Destruction expansion, your only option at this point is to head to the Blizzard Store to purchase a digital download of the game. It is now available after the Diablo III announcement. Blizzard Entertainment most likely foresaw this prior to the announcement. A clever planning.
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Agreed....
The Battle Chest is great, but it's got nothing on this:
I still have my copy of it. Unfortunately, it was really limited... but you can find copies on eBay here 'n there still if you want one badly enough.
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I am playing a HC trapassassin atm
gets scary though because I am on a wireless connection so i find my self exiting the game on spikes
And by me.
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
i was thinking about this the other day.
It would have seriously pist me off if you started diablo2, built your sorceress into a fire build and gotten to diablo and it says immune to fire above his head. heh heh
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