18.5 million total sales ======================================================= 2.5 million Diablo (reported previously) [33%] 4 million Diablo II (reported previously) [53%] 1 million Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (reported previously) [13%] ======================================================= Assuming equal distribution 6.17 million Diablo 9.87 million Diablo II 2.47 million Diablo II: Lord of Destruction ------------------------------------------------------- Assuming only complete bundles sold 6.17 million Diablo 7.67 million Diablo II 4.67 million Diablo II: Lord of Destruction ------------------------------------------------------- Assuming only Diablo II bundles sold 2.5 million Diablo 9.5 million Diablo II 6.5 million Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
Well, most of the time I try to keep a my trading activity under wraps for a variety of reasons, so it doesn't help if you post about it. That said, I don't fault you for trying to analyze other people's portfolios. I too try to keep an eye on what others are doing and until TSE decides to change the way the system works it will be hard to hide.
However, since were all sharing I'll add to the confessional. I've been switching back and forth between long and short ever since Phase 1 of the IPO. I've never had a large position relative to my net worth, but I've made a profit on all of my trades so far so I can't complain. As of this posting I have no position in Diablo II, long or short.
On an aside, I think somebody was asking if there were more recent numbers for Diablo I and II. The most recent numbers come straight from Blizzard's June 28th Diablo III press release. "To date, the franchise has sold more than 18.5 million copies worldwide." This number surely includes all expansions as well as both main games so it's unclear as to how much each individual game has sold, but I'll let somebody else parse out the data.
While I agree that the stock is bloated, it is still too volatile to keep as a long-term investment. Use the waves to your advantage and ride it both up and down.
Once things settle down and the market finds a stable price, invest accordingly.
Yea, it's definitely not gonna rank that high. Im gonna lose money today because the price went back up, because people are stupid, but it'll go down eventually, and then I'll make mad money.
I was the one who brought it down to around the 1500 mark, on relflection i should have gone further but i had no real idea of where this stock should be not knowing the Diablo franchise. Just that the game shouldnt be ranking up there with The Sims and Starcraft. So i didn't get a big position as such, only 650 stock shorted, but i will be watching this stock very closely from now on.
@drl21, I got in at around 600 and sold at somewhere in the 1100+ range and think this whole "Diablo 3 is going to break all kinds of records" thing is stupid, hence I'm shorting now.
Since were doing the disclosure thing, I might as well let you know that I'm the one who brought the price down from 1400 last night just by shorting. It was pretty funny. Note: i wasn't necessarily trying to manipulate the market, I just don't believe it will sell that much. It was pretty funny to watch it jump from the number one spot on the highest increase list to the number one spot on the highest decrease list, and to know that it was mostly because of me.
I would also go with Apujanata's advice. Its rock solid.
In the interest of full disclosure (which I do not personally mind apu) I actually divested today at 800, taking a large loss so I could use this opportunity to short much, much higher.
That's probably good advice, but some you have to have some flexibility in the face of new information. Regardless, it doesn't matter at the moment because the stock is still above all of those. I swear a bunch of people got really excited over the announcement and started buying without stopping to think about it.
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18.5 million total sales
=======================================================
2.5 million Diablo (reported previously) [33%]
4 million Diablo II (reported previously) [53%]
1 million Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (reported previously) [13%]
=======================================================
Assuming equal distribution
6.17 million Diablo
9.87 million Diablo II
2.47 million Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
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Assuming only complete bundles sold
6.17 million Diablo
7.67 million Diablo II
4.67 million Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
-------------------------------------------------------
Assuming only Diablo II bundles sold
2.5 million Diablo
9.5 million Diablo II
6.5 million Diablo II: Lord of Destruction