Hitting the Books: The slow death of the strategy guide | Gaming - Engadget

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Andrew Tarantola, Senior Editor at Engadget suggest, Why pay for the hardcopy when you can get the walkthrough for free?

Doug Walsh, bestselling author of The Walkthrough: Insider Tales From a Life in Strategy Guides

Diablo III was a record-smashing success, selling an estimated 3.5 million copies in twenty-four hours, no small feat for a PC exclusive. To this day, it remains the fastest-selling computer game of all time, having sold 10 million copies in its first three months. And over 14 million unique players took up arms in defense of Tristram within a year of its release. Our guidebook sold comparatively well, anchoring itself in the Amazon Top 25 throughout the launch window.

But the work was far from over.
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Source: Engadget