Yes it was boosted by the predecessores. But try and get my point:
-the inital sale boost was around 4M right? All due to the predecessors reputation.
- sold around 7M in the first month i believe.
And what about the reamining 5M up until the end of the December? During this period the game was "enjoying" all type of bad reviews, hate on the forums, "Dissapointment of the Year" Awards by sites that months sooner said it was a great game ...
So i believe that D3 success wasnt dall due to D2. And maybe ..just maybe the game isnt as bad as claimed on forums like this and the official ones ( and some gaming sites .. probably the same people that visit those forums
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The reason why so many on the forums are committed to such a vision of D3 having failed is idd a matter that deserves a thread like this to discuss.
Isnt that the same phenomenon that u can see regarding WoWs success? That unending wish to see it die ( not just WoW but anything that has a Blizzard logo ). Popular things do atract a lot of negativity and sadly those "haters" are the most vocal on the forums and everywhere.