In March, shortly after Diablo 4 wrapped up its second beta weekend, Blizzard released a series of statistics revealing that the real-world time players spent in the game during the six-day accessible period was approximately 7,000 years. According to the latest statistics, all of us have spent a cumulative total of more than 30,000 years, or 276 million hours in Sanctuary since the early access period began on June 1.

For reference, 30,000 years ago was the late Stone Age, when "Diablo 1" was still in its pre-development stage and if you uttered the words "Halsey and Suga of BTS collaborated on a Lilith-themed music video," you were clubbed to death by the less elegant ancestors of the ice man Ötzi. If you said the words "BTS Suga collaborated with Lilith on a Lilith-themed music video," you would be clubbed to death by the not-so-classy ancestors of ice man Ötzi. Conversely, if you go 30,000 years into the future, of course, it will be the age of the Horus Heresy, and the destruction of the Imperium of Man will begin.

In short, this is far too long a time, and it is not the only eye-popping number Blizzard boasts: in 276 million hours of gameplay, players slaughtered 276 billion monsters and died just 317 million times (5.8 million of which Butcher served). So the overall KDR would be about 871. In the endless war of player versus environment, the environment has been completely trampled.

But PvP is a much more modest story. Only 430,000 players have died in PvP so far, and I have to imagine that's because most players avoid PvP; Diablo is about turning mob hordes into thin paste, not about fighting people who can fight back in a meaningful way. That's disrespectful.

Finally, the least surprising statistic is how much cash this game is printing. But kudos to Activision Blizzard for zeroing in on such a thematically appropriate milestone: since its full release on June 6, the game has sold more than $666 million. A lot." Probably a lot.