Diablo 3 to sell over 4 million copies

An analyst has estimated that Diablo III could exceed a total sales count of 4 million units over its life span with 3.5 million copies expected to be sold this year alone. Arvind Bhatia, who works for Stern Agee, believes that Activision-Blizzard’s Q1 2012 financial results to be as good as expected due to the hype surrounding Diablo III.

Bhatia bases these expectations that Diablo II has sold over 4 million units. This analysis will no doubt send Activision-Blizzard’s stocks skyrocketing and this is likely to be amplified when Diablo III goes on sale on May 15. Crown & Company analyst Doug Creutz is however expecting the game to hit the 5 million units sold mark by the end of 2012. Either way Activision-Blizzard is going to make a killing this year and then there is the release of Black Ops 2 to consider. Cha-ching!

Sources :

Neoseeker: http://www.neoseeker.com/news/19055-diablo-3-to-sell-35-million-units-this-year-expects-analyst/

VG 24/7: http://www.vg247.com/2012/05/04/analyst-expects-diablo-iii-to-sell-3-5-million-units-in-2012/

VG 24/7: http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/16/diablo-iii-to-sell-5-million-in-its-first-year-says-analyst/