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Diablo Battle Chest Hits #2 in Weekly PC Sales, Outsells Spore Creature Creator

by Chris Faylor, Jul 15, 2008 4:43pm PDT

Related Topics – Diablo 2, NPD, Software Sales, PC

In the week following Diablo 3's announcement on June 28, Blizzard's Diablo Battle Chest compilation was the second best-selling PC game at United States retailers. Compiled by sales-tracking firm NPD, the data covers the week of June 29 to July 5.

Containing the original Diablo, Diablo II, and the Diablo II expansion Lord of Destruction, the Diablo Battle Chest hit retailers in 2003. In the week before Diablo 3's official announcement, rumors of its revelation bumped Battle Chest sales up to #10.

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Half the list is a blizzard's game. The rest is EA except for Age of Conan.

Jul 15, 2008 5:03pm PDT

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Half the list is a blizzard's game. The rest is EA except for Age of Conan. : razlebol
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  Heh, 5 Blizzard, 4 Will Wright, and 1 random MMO. Says a lot about the current state of PC gaming. : pyrogen
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    Says a lot about the current state of PC retail. It shows nothing about the current state of PC Gaming. : Wisp!
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      PC Retail says a lot about the current state of PC gaming : jackalope
      
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      I think that's becoming less and less true, as more people start using online services like D2D and Steam... : Vincent Grayson
      
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      one word: denial : tedrotheredro
      
      It may not be the majority, but I've only bought two retail games in the past 2 years. I've bought about... : valael
      
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      Even the NPA (the board that publishes these numbers) agrees that it's only a fraction of PC sales going ... : vertdang
      
      *NPD rather. ey kant spel guud : vertdang
      
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      I just tell it how I see it...I like my PC as much as the next guy : tedrotheredro
      
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      oh, and the problem is not the sales, it's the games on the list (and WoW: BC, WC3, and Age of Conan are ... : tedrotheredro
      
      Well, you have to remember that this is a slow time of year. There aren't many new releases. I'm sure in ... : Wisp!

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what? what is warcraft3 doing up there? i guess people are getting hyped up with the new WoW expansion that they are starting to play warcraft3 again just to go through story...
btw, war3 = best game ever imo.

Jul 16, 2008 6:31am PDT

what? what is warcraft3 doing up there? i guess people are getting hyped up with the new WoW expansion th... : Mandoca

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I just can't imagine playing 800x600 res game with what? 256 colors, that's got to look like complete crap.

Jul 15, 2008 5:32pm PDT

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I just can't imagine playing 800x600 res game with what? 256 colors, that's got to look like complete cra... : dangerdoggie
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Im surprised to see WoW up there..
when i left WoW there were a ton of dying servers

Jul 15, 2008 4:50pm PDT

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Im surprised to see WoW up there.. when i left WoW there were a ton of dying servers : bluewagon
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- all of there servers are thriving atm, you probably played on a faction that was dying. yeah i cant belie... : syn0r
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  - It is the best internet logic in the world. : [7]kami
- lol : johnny rotten

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No offense to Diablo 2, (as I'm one of the people who bought it a few days ago) but what the fuck else was there to buy last week anyway? I cant recall the name of a single new title that was released last week.

Jul 15, 2008 9:51pm PDT

No offense to Diablo 2, (as I'm one of the people who bought it a few days ago) but what the fuck else wa... : jarek99

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While it's neat I guess to show this NPD list all the time, I don't think you claim it to be a list of the best selling games without including online distribution.. atleast imo.

Jul 15, 2008 5:15pm PDT

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While it's neat I guess to show this NPD list all the time, I don't think you claim it to be a list of th... : datim
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  and how many keys were sold through that site? If you did that, Diablo2 would probably be one of the high... : Demius
  - Probably a lot, it would nice to see those numbers. : datim
- Or even the largest retailer in the world (Wal-Mart) : OmegaRed59

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1. The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff Expansion Pack

/facepalm

Jul 15, 2008 5:14pm PDT

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1. The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff Expansion Pack /facepalm : thebigbeefsandwhich
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- I lol'd at that. Didn't even know it existed. : Tincan

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I wish it showed numbers I highly doubt 1000s of people are still buying these games weekly

Jul 15, 2008 6:03pm PDT

I wish it showed numbers I highly doubt 1000s of people are still buying these games weekly : DJediX

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Can we get some numbers? I'd love to see the differences in the spots.

Jul 15, 2008 5:25pm PDT

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Can we get some numbers? I'd love to see the differences in the spots. : Porkasaurus
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- Sorry, they only release positions for PC game sales, not numbers, to the public. : Chris Faylor

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By: Chandler55 x Show Full Post

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and this is probably not even taking into account those $5 diablo2 keys lol

but ikea wtf?

Jul 15, 2008 5:14pm PDT

and this is probably not even taking into account those $5 diablo2 keys lol but ikea wtf? : Chandler55

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Why can't we have online numbers? I want to see how they compare now. :(

Jul 15, 2008 5:07pm PDT

Why can't we have online numbers? I want to see how they compare now. :( : zehh

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I don't think this is indicitave of D2 selling a lot of copies, as it is of other PC games not selling very may copies at all.

Jul 15, 2008 4:55pm PDT

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I don't think this is indicitave of D2 selling a lot of copies, as it is of other PC games not selling ve... : jimvolk
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- Yeah those sims add ons and age of connan don't sell at all. : Horn
- pretty much this, sadly : feek

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Blizzard is responsible for half of the games on the top 10 list for last week.

lol

Jul 15, 2008 5:01pm PDT

Blizzard is responsible for half of the games on the top 10 list for last week. lol : walker270

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You cannot stop the clicking juggernaut that is, DIABLO 2. }:D

Gimme D3 now please. :{

Jul 15, 2008 4:50pm PDT

You cannot stop the clicking juggernaut that is, DIABLO 2. }:D Gimme D3 now please. :{ : DM7

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