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Everything I've reads says the opposite. Elden Ring has sold at least 13.4 million units so far[1], which is >$800 million in revenue. The only revenue figure I could find for Diablo Immortal is $800k [2]. They're not even in the same ballpark.

[1] https://www.polygon.com/23070948/elden-ring-sales-chart-npd-...

[2] https://gameworldobserver.com/2022/06/03/diablo-immortal-gen...

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ketzo|3 years ago

Diablo Immortal earned $800k in its first 24 hours.

anonydsfsfs|3 years ago

Elden Ring earned $720m in the first 2 weeks, which averages ~$51m a day.

Sohcahtoa82|3 years ago

That's actually an incredibly weak number.

notSupplied|3 years ago

Because Elden Ring took 4 years to develop, 5 years if you include the DLC release time. You would need to amortize its very front-loaded revenue over those 5 years, because a live-service game like Diablo Immortal would be generating somewhat consistent revenue throughout that entire time.

Let's say ER reaches 20M + 8Mx2 for it's two upcoming DLCs @ $40 each. That's $1.8B lifetime. Pretty amazing! DI would need to make $360M per year to be an equivalent business. So 800k in the first 24 hours is not too far off track to being equivalent.

PradeetPatel|3 years ago

We should be mindful of the biggest difference between Elden Ring and Diablo Immortal - the latter has a constant revenue stream via its in game microtrasaction capability.

Whereas the former, despite being a good game, may not provide the revenue model desired by its stakeholders.

anonydsfsfs|3 years ago

Elden Ring isn't going to be a standalone game. The publisher (Bandai Namco) says it's the start of a franchise, which fans are almost certain to lap up for a long time to come. Had Elden Ring included microtransactions or other questionable features, it's likely fans would be far less enthusiastic about future installments, which means revenue from the franchise would dry up faster.