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It's tempting to believe that the Diablo 3 playerbase has been eclipsed by a resurgent Diablo 2: Resurrected on one side, and Diablo 4 on the other, but according to Blizzard, that's not the case. Apparently there's still a "massive" playerbase playing Diablo 3, and it counts players in the "millions".
"Each game has its own core players," Diablo Legacy executive producer Matthew Cederquist told me during a group interview at Blizzard recently - Diablo 3 technically falls under the Legacy team's jurisdiction. "There's actually millions of people that still play Diablo 3.
"Even when Diablo 4 came out, some players were cannibalised and brought over to D4, but there's still a massive player base for Diablo 3," he added. "Every single ladder season that comes out, you will see people transition from D4 back to D3 and play for that opening weekend, or that week or so, and they'll transition right back to D4. And vice versa D2."
Cederquist's remark was made when I asked about a comment by previous Diablo boss Rod Fergusson - who left Blizzard about five months ago to join 2K and lead BioShock - who told GameFile in March that, "We have more Diablo 2: Resurrected players than Diablo 3 right now." But that statement only reflects a fleeting state in the series playerbase, Cederquist said. The Diablo audience's playing habits are more fluid when opposed to something like, say, World of Warcraft.
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I have Diablo 3 for the PS4 and I have not played it yet. Saving it for a rainy day...
"Each game has its own core players," Diablo Legacy executive producer Matthew Cederquist told me during a group interview at Blizzard recently - Diablo 3 technically falls under the Legacy team's jurisdiction. "There's actually millions of people that still play Diablo 3.
"Even when Diablo 4 came out, some players were cannibalised and brought over to D4, but there's still a massive player base for Diablo 3," he added. "Every single ladder season that comes out, you will see people transition from D4 back to D3 and play for that opening weekend, or that week or so, and they'll transition right back to D4. And vice versa D2."
Cederquist's remark was made when I asked about a comment by previous Diablo boss Rod Fergusson - who left Blizzard about five months ago to join 2K and lead BioShock - who told GameFile in March that, "We have more Diablo 2: Resurrected players than Diablo 3 right now." But that statement only reflects a fleeting state in the series playerbase, Cederquist said. The Diablo audience's playing habits are more fluid when opposed to something like, say, World of Warcraft.
"There's actually millions of people that still play it" - Blizzard insists Diablo 3 still has a "massive" playerbase
But is it larger than Diablo 2's?
www.eurogamer.net
I have Diablo 3 for the PS4 and I have not played it yet. Saving it for a rainy day...
