diablo 4 keeps breaking its concurrency records as blizzard gears up for an expected surge in player numbers this weekend following a brief early access period diablo 4 released in full on june 5 and since then players have been delving into sanctuary in droves so much so that its setting a new concurrency record every daythats according to diablo franchise general manager rod fergusson who yesterday took to twitter to express his gratitude for the games immense popularity thank you to all of our players he said every day is a new concurrency record for us and cant wait to see what happens this weekendthank you to all of our players every day is a new concurrency record for us and cant wait to see what happens this weekend diabloiv 8 2023see morein a tweet earlier today fergusson acknowledged the server issues that have seen diablo 4 taken offline multiple times since its initial launch last week but far from being put off by the teething problems players have continued to flock to the latest entry in the acclaimed actionrpg series in record numbers this weekend marks the first that diablo 4 will be playable for all regardless of what version you own and naturally blizzard expects the player numbers to rise even further over the next few days really appreciate your patience as we continue to hit record highs for concurrency and prepare for the expected surge this weekend fergusson saidi apologize again for the downtime but we should be good to go again really appreciate your patience as we continue to hit record highs for concurrency and prepare for the expected surge this weekend thank youjune 8 2023see morealthough we dont have the figures for how many are currently getting to grips with diablo 4 its rising player count is hardly surprising given that its officially the fastestselling blizzard game of all time having grossed the highest prelaunch unit sales ever on both console and pc in just four daysof course increased numbers could lead to more server downtime and should this be the case fans are asking blizzard to give proper warning before servers go offline so they have time to prepare and save their progressneed xp but not got the time check out our guide on how to level up fast in diablo 4