Vessel of Hatred breaks the record for the highest Steam players, sitting at 45,231.
Vessel of Hatred was released on October 9 and received an unpredictable welcome as a record-high number of Steam players joined the game in one sitting. A total of 45,231 players were counted during the sitting. Diablo 4’s expansion Vessel of Hatred has created a buzz on its release day even after having a rocky start. A total of 45,231 players were recorded on Steam, creating the highest of all time players peak on the platform.
In June 2023, Diablo 4 was originally launched on consoles and PC through Battle.net. Later in October, the game was released on Steam, and since then, 12 million users have played it on the platform.
Even after having a rocky debut, Vessel of Hatred received a positive reception. The launch of the video game was delayed due to technical issues, but these were fixed later on. Despite the resolution, however, Blizzard received a bundle of negative reviews for the expansion. There are a total of 269 reviews for Vessel of Hatred on Steam, out of which 69 are positive reviews and the remaining 200 are negative.
Image Credit: Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred Gameplay Launch Trailer
Issues with Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred
After the huge release of Vessel of Hatred, many reports suggest that players are facing several issues during the game. Adam Fletcher, a representative of Blizzard, said that players are randomly losing their access to the game because of a technical issue.
He claims that issues have been identified and tests are under process to fix the problem. Fletcher published a blog titled “Vessel of Hatred License Revoked,” offering a temporary solution for the issue, which is to log out and back in or swap with a non-Spiritborn character and then get back in again.
The players were also facing the issue while creating the Spirit-born characters. As per the Blizzard forum, the character creation problems were rising from several key sources. There were also upgrade issues where some players purchased the Standard to Ultimate upgrade without having the Standard version of the Vessel of Hatred. However, purchasing the Standard edition is supposed to fix the issues.
Players are hopeful that Blizzard will sort out all the technical issues to make the experience smoother for them.
What’s Ahead for Diablo 4 Players?
Recently, Blizzard announced that Diablo 4 will be getting its own PS 5 Pro enhanced label with the release of Sony’s console. Hence, Diablo 4 players who own the PS 5 Pro can take full advantage of the improved features like advanced ray tracing and a GPU that will enable rendering up to 45 percent faster.
Each platform (PC, Xbox, and PlayStation) requires a copy of the Vessel of Hatred expansion. This means players need to purchase separate copies to play on multiple platforms.
