Diablo 4, the latest edition of a role-playing action game series, has garnered an astounding $666 million in sales within a week of its full launch on June 6.
Activision Blizzard, the publisher, revealed that players have already clocked in an astonishing 30,000 years of playtime and obliterated a staggering 2.73 billion monsters in the game.
Expressing gratitude to the global player base, Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra stated, “It’s a testament to our incredible teams working together to craft and support genre-defining games, build legendary worlds and inspire memories that will last a lifetime.”
The record sales figure encompasses worldwide sales across all platforms during the first five days since launch.
The contribution of microtransactions to this sales milestone was not specified.
Activision Blizzard stated that Diablo 4 broke records in terms of both revenue and units sold, making it the fastest-selling game in Blizzard’s history. It even surpassed the combined global box office earnings of all horror films released in 2023.