Max Payne beats Diablo to UK No. 1

I loved Max Payne 1 & 2, they will always stay in my memory! When i saw MP3 with a bald Max and brazil theme i was SO dissapointed... until, i played the game! It actually IS a truly Max Payne game and rockstar deserves a big BRAVO for their job on MP3. The game actually deserves it's price (not 10 bucks i heard from someone) and it's way much better than kiddo games (as it has become thanks to blizzard) like D3.

yes sure if you combine PC,360, and PS3 sells (~99.9% of console sells are physical copies) but if you break that up and count digital sells as well. MP3 on PC probably didn't sell anywhere close to D3, MP3 on 360 probably didn't sell any where close to D3, and MP3 on PS3 probably didn't sell anywhere close to D3.

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What PC gamer buys physical copies any more? I'm sure if anyone other than R* and Blizzard knew their digital sales numbers as well I'm sure blizzard ripped R* a new one even if you combine all 3 systems for MP3.

to bad D3 sucked my balls though. MP3 looks like a decent game when it hits 10 bucks on steam.

Max Payne 3 was a good game in its own rights, however, I still prefer the old Max Payne games since they were more film noir.

I prefer max payne.

@Shanks_D_Chop It is very easy to criticize someone but it is equally difficult to place yourself in their shoes and then think. Yes I appreciate Blizzard for doing their job because nowadays most devs don't even take their own job seriously let aside admitting their faults and apologizing from their fan base.

As for technical issues, in PC gaming it is almost impossible to produce a perfect game due to different hardware configurations, softwares, drivers, operating systems etc.... No matter how much time a dev put in their game (We all know how much time Blizzard put in their games don't we ?) It is still not possible to produce a perfect game and when a game becomes always online then it becomes even more difficult to predict issues, stability problems etc... that can occur.

With that said I don't think it is fair to call it a "technically troubled" game just because it faced one week of launch issues (server side mostly). The game is young and keeping that fact in mind it is quiet stable for it's age.

Also every PC game suffers from bugs/issues on some configurations, to call a game "technically troubled" just because it is suffering on some machines then every PC game will be regarded as "technically troubled". The only real trouble I faced with Diablo 3 is the Blizzard down loader crashing during download continuously other than that the game is very stable for me... I won't call it a "technically troubled" game and if it is running good on yours + my machine then it is not luck, it means the game has potential to run fine provided it gets every resource/requirement it needs.

@Shanks_D_Chop

A "technically troubled" game is something that has bugs in itself. Diablo 3 don't have any major bugs in the game, it only faced launch time issues because of enormous amount of people trying to login and play on their servers and since the game has "always online" requirement most people think that these are technical issues but in fact they are "server stability" issues and they have nothing to do with anything technical in the game, the game itself is technically very sound. All the lags, disconnections, unable to login problems are part of "server stability". And they fixed most of them within one week, I call it a great effort from Blizzard because one week of fixing time is very small for a game that has online audience as large as 6.3 Million.

How are these even comparable as games. What a pointless article, and people like @RedDragonRob and @hilikus00 - you're the reason the gamespot community is oft ridiculed....

that shows max payne is a real deal

It was only a matter of time before the games industry grew up - adult gamers (now the vast majority) need mature themes in their games to sustain attention, not fighting monsters, zombies, dragons or saving princesses, although fantasy games have a place, more mature storylines, e.g. Red Dead Redemption or Max Payne 3, are the future it's just a pity that devs other than R* are so slow to catch on, or have so little life experience to craft interesting stories. I guess technical, computer skills and a deep understanding of humanity don't go well with eachother. Shame

this is stupid article lol. 3.5m in first 24 hours. of course most of those whud be through download clients .

so including a stat on physical sales is stupid get outta here. diablo has prolly sold 5m at this point in time.

On physical sales, sure MP will beat Diablo.

Diablo 3 will only be available in physical media @ June 7th

Here we are. Did a little research, found out some Diablo III figures inclusive of digital sales since Gamespot couldn't be arsed to.

"Blizzard has announced that Diablo III is the fastest selling PC game of all time, shifting 3.5m copies worldwide in its first 24 hours.

An additional 1.2 copies were distributed to owners of the World of Warcraft Annual Pass, taking the total day one userbase to 4.7m.

By the end of its first week on sale the total number of sales had grown to a staggering 6.3m units."

I dont know about max payne cover system. I mean the game was all about going head in to any fight by just dving and slowing time. Now its cover with dive. ehh...

diaiblo is 50 quid, no way i spending that much for a game i will probably just play on the side

By the way. Which is better to own or to play temporarily?

I will never have the opportunity to play Diablo III because a line has been crossed. If I pay for a game, then I should be able to play it any time I choose without the internet. Oh well. The final capstone on making software game purchases for this player. Diablo iii will expand until diablo iV. Then what? A useless game no one can replay. Go for MAX instead.

I would, also, like to add that D3 will maybe feature modding like most PC games and that one of those mods will probably include manual distribution of Stat points. I wouldn't see why they wouldn't allow modding as they gave SC2 players the tools they used to make the game.

I have seen gameplay from Max Payne 3. And I have played Diablo 3. Diablo 3 seems to be the more addicting and well thought out game. It definitely has thereplayablitiy as now there is an Inferno mode on top of the old 3. Max Payne 3 is a game that most people pick up play through and put down for awhile while I can see myself playing D3 for a long time (not even half way through story as my first class and already put 10 hours in). You have to remember taht Diablo 3 is going to get more classes and items eventaully and possibly a 5th act like Diablo 2(further expanding replayability).

Diablo 3 definitely had more sales seeing as digital copies are very popular in America and theres no real set back to it seeing as they are requiring people to be connected to the Internet to play. Article doesn't really bother me just felt like I would point that out.

i doubt diablo 3 sold more than max payne 3 max payne 3 is out on ps3, xbox360 and pc..!!!

I still would like to see another MP game made by Remedy.

how about digital...

dang that was fast

D3 was such a disappointment, glad I bought MP3 instead.

I would have grabbed D3 if my computer could run it smoothly but instead I did grab Max Payne 3 and it's been a great game so far. I bet a lot of D3's sales are digital though, esp the digital collector's edition.