{"id":799466,"date":"2025-12-04T21:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-is-the-number-one-platform-for-diablo-4-players-says-xbox-president?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-04T21:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:00:53","slug":"xbox-is-the-number-one-platform-for-diablo-4-players-says-xbox-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/xbox-is-the-number-one-platform-for-diablo-4-players-says-xbox-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox is the &#8220;number one platform for Diablo 4 players&#8221;, says Xbox president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/xbox-is-the-number-one-platform-for-diablo-4-players-says-xbox-president.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Xbox is reportedly the &#8220;number one platform for Diablo 4 players&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the franchise has long been associated with its dedicated PC fanbase, an email sent from Xbox president Sarah Bond this week intimates that the most recent release, Diablo 4 &ndash; which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-near-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard-report\"> acquired by Microsoft as part of its $68.7m acquisition of Activision Blizzard<\/a>, of course &ndash; is most popular on the Xbox console system even though the RPG is also available on PC and PlayStation consoles, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are integrating Activision Blizzard King titles into our services &ndash; we launched Diablo 4 into Game Pass, and Xbox has quickly become the [number one] platform for D4 players,&#8221; Bond reportedly wrote in an email seen by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/gaming\/xbox\/exclusive-xbox-president-sarah-bond-has-set-up-a-new-team-dedicated-to-game-preservation-and-forward-compatibility\">Windows Central<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-is-the-number-one-platform-for-diablo-4-players-says-xbox-president?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-is-the-number-one-platform-for-diablo-4-players-says-xbox-president?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xbox is reportedly the &#8220;number one platform for Diablo 4 players&#8221;. Whilst the franchise has long been associated with its dedicated PC fanbase, an email sent from Xbox president Sarah Bond this week intimates that the most recent release, Diablo 4 &ndash; which was acquired by Microsoft as part of its $68.7m acquisition of Activision Blizzard, of course &ndash; is most popular on the Xbox console system even though the RPG is also available on PC and PlayStation consoles, too. &#8220;We are integrating Activision Blizzard King titles into our services &ndash; we launched Diablo 4 into Game Pass, and Xbox has quickly become the [number one] platform for D4 players,&#8221; Bond reportedly wrote in an email seen by Windows Central. 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