Will Diablo 4's Release Date Harm its Chances Against Final Fantasy 16?

The gaming world has been buzzing with excitement and anticipation since the announcement of Diablo 4, the latest installment in the long-running Diablo series. However, recent news has raised some concerns about the game's release date and its potential competition with other highly anticipated titles, such as Final Fantasy 16.

[masterfox]

again with FFXVI sales thing lol, two way different games , two way different demographics, each one of them will have their respective sales without affecting each other, me for example I wouldnt buy Diablo 4 over 16 , not even if is like 20 bucks, heck I wouldnt download D4 if it was even free and not because I hate the game or something is just is not my type of games ;)

[VJGenova]

I already bought Diablo IV, and I hated FF13 and FF15. FFVIIR was OK, but I'd take Diablo IV over part two of FFVIIR any day.

[nitus10]

I played through FF13 twice and on the second playthough I actually started to like the game. As for FF15, I do have the game but I really can't get that interested (maybe sometime later). I even have FF7 Remake (thanks PS+) but have only played the demo (great graphics though).

I have played the Diablo 3 demo and while that game is IMO a great adrenaline rush I actually prefer RPG's which includes all the Souls games as well as NioH 1 and 2, Horizon Zero Dawn... just to name a few.

The problem is that I have too many great (IMO) games and there is only so much time in the day to play them.

[lelo2play]

Diablo 4 releases on PC, Xbox series, Xbox One, PS5 and PS4. FFXVI releases on PS5.
FFXVI might take some of PS5 sales, but it's unlikely to hurt much of Diablo 4 total sales.

[Flakegriffin]

Yeah, the comparison is so silly. That’s like saying “With PSVR 2 coming out soon do you think it will harm Dead by Daylights player base?!” Lol

[Orchard]

Simply put, no. If anything, it's the other way around. Diablo is the bigger game.

Heck, just look at the sales. FF15 sold 10m in 6 years. D3 did 30m in 3 years. and FF16 is coming to even less platforms than FF15.

[shinoff2183]

Diablo three re released like 4 different versions each time a new piece of dlc came out. I also don't think Xbox sales helped ff15 much if at all. Personally I didn't like ff15 , I feel the dmc action in ff16 will kill that for me(ff just ain't the same) , and Diablo is just a dlc transaction fest

[MrNinosan]

I'm interested in what happened between 2014 and 2015.
Blizzard announced 2013, the game reached 14 million
Then suddenly 2015 it reached 30 million (over 20 million on PC).

Anyways, more than 66% of the sales are on PC, and based on rumours many of those are extra accounts to be used as bots.

I don't think Diablo nor FFXVI will hurt each other in sales.
FFXVI is a PS5 exclusive and will sell millions while Diablo IV is on all platforms, but PC-gamers are the ones who will make a difference, and they don't care about FFXVI anyways.

Also if ActiBlizz deal goes through, it will most likely sell in lower millions due to GamePass.

[Crows90]

Probably inflated their numbers

[Michiel1989]

Pc gamers don't care about FF? what makes you say this. I'm a pc gamer mainly and my fav series is FF. Have you also considered that PC gamers care about FF, but are not willing to buy a whole new console for it just to play it on day one?

[Elda]

Nope. I'm buying both.

[gangsta_red]

Diabo is definitely bigger with the PC crowd. I think for consoles though, FF is bigger.

Again, I'm just commenting on my perception and not taking into account actual sales.

And this is why I think these two can thrive alongside one another. I'm personally looking forward to both.

[Kaii]

Two different dishes but companies like EA that release Titanfall 2/BF 1 In the same launch window just ended up destroying TF2 numbers. (Same Publisher)

I'd LIKE for D4 to be cooked In the oven some more and be current-gen only not gimmick the game with last-gen hardware restrictions, but we can't always get what we want.

[Dandalandan117]

Apples and Oranges so nope

[ironmonkey]

Both will turn profits regardless.

[Crows90]

With the recent fumbles from blizzard...not sure D4 will thrive.

[Fist4achin]

People have already forgotten blizzards stance when a winner of one of their tournaments took a stance against China and blizzard supported China instead of a person and free speech against China.

[anast]

No. They have a different base. Not to be like this, but this a crap content.

[porkChop]

What? Diablo is the bigger franchise. Diablo 3 sold 3 times more than the best selling FF, not even including D3's sales on Switch. On top of that Diablo is releasing on more platforms.

[ModsDoBetter]

I’d be surprised if Diablo makes its June release day of the recent rumours about development are actually true.

Last I heard was that the game is in an awful state and the devs themselves said it won’t be ready by June.

Might be another industry standard of release now, fix later.

[Knightofelemia]

Two totally different games I have never played Diablo as for FF I am just going to wait and see what then newest entry will be like before I blow $90 on it.

[jambola]

The way blizzard has been lately
Other games are the least of this games worries

[neutralgamer1992]

Diablo 4 isn't coming out anytime soon I'd rumors are to be believed of it's troubled development. And even if it does I think both games will do just fine. Quality will matter and I hope both are excellent games. We as gamers could definitely support 2 quality games

[bleedsoe9mm]

Diablo is getting delayed to the fall to make room for Starfield

[gold_drake]

no, because both of the games are very different.

16 is highly sought after and so is diablo 4.

they also have a very different demographic of fans.
for me personally, ill wait on diablo 4 and get ff16 day one.

[Exvalos]

Honestly it's 2 different audiences, there is some crossover but those people like myself will just buy both

[QuantumMechanic]

Diablo IV's DRM and lack of offline campaign will harm its chances against its contemporaries.

[Terry_B]

One of the dumbest questions ever.

[il-JumperMT]

when will people learn to not support actiblizzard

[lonewolf10]

No

[Anomander]

Nope not all. Already pre ordered Diablo IV and I’m not even going to touch FFXVI. Two totally different style games.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

FF isn’t the same juggernaut of the early 2000s

[HeliosHex]

Every major gamer already knows this will have zero impact on Diablo. Its a day one period.

[Miacosa]

One is a single-player fantasy epic and the other is a pseudo Games As Service multiplayer dungeon crawler. Totally different types of games, if each game is good because of its own merits, people will make the purchase. If the MS / ABK deal doesn't get in the way of Diablo it too will sell just fine.

[metalhead]

I like both games and am in the minority so no. Not at all. Go nuts, blizzard. I know all 2 of people who will be impacted.

[Dixiedevil]

I’ll pick up FF on release but I’ve learned that Diablo games are good after about a dozen updates.

[jznrpg]

Blizzard is a crap company these days plus D4 will be an always online game and who knows what the MT situation will be and we know there we be a lot of DLC . Not sure I will even buy D4 this time . I own D3 but I got bored of it fairly quickly . That being said these are different types of games so I don’t think there’s much to worry about really . FF16 will sell a lot on PS5 . D4 will sell well on PC PS5 .

[savedsynner]

Honestly, I think it's the other way around. Diablo 4 seems like a bigger release than FF16. Either way, I'm expecting one of them to be moved since there is a good deal of overlap in the target audience.