Diablo 4 is Blizzard’s fastest-selling game ever, but Blizzard won’t say how much it’s sold

Diablo 4 is now in the wild, and Blizzard has announced it is the fastest-selling game in the company’s long and storied history. To give that some context, this thing has sold faster than the likes of Starcraft 2 and Overwatch (as well as its own predecessors) though what that actually means in terms of hard numbers remains a mystery for now, with Blizzard opting for vagueness amidst the celebrations. The press release says Diablo 4 “is Blizzard Entertainment’s fastest-selling game of all time, with Blizzard’s highest pre-launch unit sales ever on both console and PC”.

The game has been greeted with a bunch of perfect review scores (PCG’s review remains in-progress until we’ve had enough time with the launch game) and, while there are plenty of grumbles, a generally enthusiastic reception among players. Since it launched in early access Blizzard says Diablo 4 has been played for 93 million hours “or over 10,000 years—the equivalent of playing 24 hours a day since the beginning of human civilization”.