Blizzard Announces Diablo III Release Date

[Your Fearless Captain]

I was looking forward to this but then they consolized it. Now I'm sad.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Blizzard, Shut up and take my money.

And we're off... the countdown begins as every day those who have already downloaded it open the installer... praying it will skip through time and space and unlock early.

 

[DanielBrown]

FUCKING. FINALLY!
This is going to be awesome!

 

[GeorgW]

Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks? And it has always on DRM? And a real money auction house? Holy shit they have big balls. I guess they assume we're all so eager to get Diablo 3 that we'll ignore all their BS, but I really hope we're not. It's time to stand together, people!

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i fail to see how a 60 dollar price tag is a negative

I'm not necessarily saying it's negative, I'm saying it's ballsy as hell. The DRM crap is a huge negative though, and the combination of all 3 is money-grubbing BS. I realise it's a company and they have to make money, but they know how many people are longing to play this, and the way they're handling this is akin to extortion. They're forcing their fans to jump through hoops for the "privilege" to play the game they payed for, at a premium cost no less. And with the new focus on the PvP, you can now pay for power with real money, given that you pay off Blizzard of course. They want to get payed not once, not twice, but three times for every piece of loot people want to sell, in a game with a massive emphasis on loot. That's not business, that's consumer-hating greed.

Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks? And it has always on DRM? And a real money auction house? Holy shit they have big balls. I guess they assume we're all so eager to get Diablo 3 that we'll ignore all their BS, but I really hope we're not. It's time to stand together, people!

With Diablo III? HAhahahahahahaha good luck with that

See, that's the problem. Just cuz we're all salivating for it doesn't mean they're allowed to screw us over. There is a competitor out there with Torchlight 2, so why the hell should I award Blizzard my money when they've done everything they could to make me realise that I and every single one of you are nothing but a pile of money in their eyes.

Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks?

I'll allow it. It's a Blizzard game, not Cod25 with a 2 hour campaign and copy paste multiplayer.

And it has always on DRM?

That is some bullshit indeed, but I do want to play this with friends anyway, so it doesn't affect me.

And a real money auction house?

Don't care, never gonna use it. Might even prove useful later when I have an MF character all set up (if MF still exists, don't know).

I can agree that for a lot of people it's worth 60 bucks, it's just the combination of the three that pisses me off. Though, to be fair, I wasn't gonna buy it regardless as soon as I heard about the DRM. This however is just overkill, and has driven me to resent Blizzard.

Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks?

I'll allow it. It's a Blizzard game, not Cod25 with a 2 hour campaign and copy paste multiplayer.

And it has always on DRM?

That is some bullshit indeed, but I do want to play this with friends anyway, so it doesn't affect me.

And a real money auction house?

Don't care, never gonna use it. Might even prove useful later when I have an MF character all set up (if MF still exists, don't know).

Thank you for making the responce I was going to do.

Although I would have used the "I am always online anyway" rather than the friends, but they both work.

But what if your internet breaks down for a short while? I don't know about you, but that's a big problem for me. If I'm gonna pay 60$ for a PC game, I sure as hell want to play it at my leisure. Also, I liked to play D2 on the road, given how much of a time sink it is it's a great use of the travel time. This completely kills that. I realise this is a personal problem, but it's one I know I share with a lot of Diablo fans, and it pisses me off that Blizzard are just going to disregard us.

Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks? And it has always on DRM? And a real money auction house? Holy shit they have big balls. I guess they assume we're all so eager to get Diablo 3 that we'll ignore all their BS, but I really hope we're not. It's time to stand together, people!

I played the Beta. I had my trepidations at first about the always on stuff and auction house. But the beta changed those trepidations into confirmation that I was absolutely NOT going to buy this game.

It wasn't even fun. It was also laggy. Maybe my roommate was downloading something, I don't know,. What I do know is my single player game should not have fucking latency issues no matter who is downloading what. I mean these were BAD. Like, fire a spell, watch the animation, wait 1 second and then the projectile releases and enemies teleport everywhere as the game syncs, BAD.

I'm no fan of Blizzard at the moment, but do keep in mind that it's a beta. You really shouldn't judge it until you've seen the final product. No, what worries me more is the way they've simplified it.

 

[Charli]

Welp seeing as a year-WoW-subscriber the game is free, I guess I'm anticipating my perk of paying for their MMO for a year.

Asides the extremely bright paladin-tyrael horse.

 

[somethingprofound]

A break down of everyone's comments in two categories
A) Elation
B) I'm not going to buy it waaah

 

[artanis_neravar]

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If you don't want to buy it then don't, but don't expect the rest of us to follow suit. Just because you see something as greedy, money grabbing, or screwing us over, doesn't mean the rest of us do. You may not like the choices they make, but they made them and they made them for reasons not apparent to us. Unless you get to see the entire budget for their game, you can not accurately claim that they are just trying to take our money.

 

[SovietSecrets]

Collectors edition preordered already! Can't wait.

 

[Torrasque]

I just want Torchlight 2.

Pretty much this. I don't like what Blizzard did with Diablo 3. Also what's the deal with the 60 dollar price tags. Not cool.

No, you don't like what Blizz seems to be doing with D3. There is a big difference between "eh, I probably won't like that" and "I don't like that.
Unless you have played the game (not the beta, the real game) you can't say anything about how you don't like it. Its like sayingI don't like the Avengers movie coming out. It just doesn't make any sense.
Even if you played the beta, that is just thr fucking beta. Betas are supposed to be laggy, choppy, unbalanced, and overall shitty. Blizz has been getting much better about responding to the public, so I don't understand how the real game could be the same as the beta.

 

[GeorgW]

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If you don't want to buy it then don't, but don't expect the rest of us to follow suit. Just because you see something as greedy, money grabbing, or screwing us over, doesn't mean the rest of us do. You may not like the choices they make, but they made them and they made them for reasons not apparent to us. Unless you get to see the entire budget for their game, you can not accurately claim that they are just trying to take our money.

I'm not starting a damned crusade, I'm just voicing my concerns. I think it's important to stand up and say if you have a problem with something. You don't have to agree with me, but I do appreciate you reading my points and evaluating them with your own reasoning. That's really all I wanted to do with my post.

 

[artanis_neravar]

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If you don't want to buy it then don't, but don't expect the rest of us to follow suit. Just because you see something as greedy, money grabbing, or screwing us over, doesn't mean the rest of us do. You may not like the choices they make, but they made them and they made them for reasons not apparent to us. Unless you get to see the entire budget for their game, you can not accurately claim that they are just trying to take our money.

I'm not starting a damned crusade, I'm just voicing my concerns. I think it's important to stand up and say if you have a problem with something. You don't have to agree with me, but I do appreciate you reading my points and evaluating them with your own reasoning. That's really all I wanted to do with my post.

I'm never really sure if things like this are meant to be sarcastic. If it's not sarcastic, then no problem, if it is sarcastic...well same answer

 

[GeorgW]

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If you don't want to buy it then don't, but don't expect the rest of us to follow suit. Just because you see something as greedy, money grabbing, or screwing us over, doesn't mean the rest of us do. You may not like the choices they make, but they made them and they made them for reasons not apparent to us. Unless you get to see the entire budget for their game, you can not accurately claim that they are just trying to take our money.

I'm not starting a damned crusade, I'm just voicing my concerns. I think it's important to stand up and say if you have a problem with something. You don't have to agree with me, but I do appreciate you reading my points and evaluating them with your own reasoning. That's really all I wanted to do with my post.

I'm never really sure if things like this are meant to be sarcastic. If it's not sarcastic, then no problem, if it is sarcastic...well same answer

I'm not being sarcastic. Why would you think I am? Is it so weird to find someone civilized on the internet? Someone that respects other's opinions even if they don't agree with him? I can agree that it looks bleak sometimes, but that's when I escape to this place.

 

[artanis_neravar]

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If you don't want to buy it then don't, but don't expect the rest of us to follow suit. Just because you see something as greedy, money grabbing, or screwing us over, doesn't mean the rest of us do. You may not like the choices they make, but they made them and they made them for reasons not apparent to us. Unless you get to see the entire budget for their game, you can not accurately claim that they are just trying to take our money.

I'm not starting a damned crusade, I'm just voicing my concerns. I think it's important to stand up and say if you have a problem with something. You don't have to agree with me, but I do appreciate you reading my points and evaluating them with your own reasoning. That's really all I wanted to do with my post.

I'm never really sure if things like this are meant to be sarcastic. If it's not sarcastic, then no problem, if it is sarcastic...well same answer

I'm not being sarcastic. Why would you think I am? Is it so weird to find someone civilized on the internet? Someone that respects other's opinions even if they don't agree with him? I can agree that it looks bleak sometimes, but that's when I escape to this place.

I get yelled at so many times on this site for responding to something assuming it's meant sincerely when it's really filled with sarcasm, so I try my best to ask first, unless they have been excessively douchebagish.

 

[Jaeke]

Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks? And it has always on DRM? And a real money auction house? Holy shit they have big balls. I guess they assume we're all so eager to get Diablo 3 that we'll ignore all their BS, but I really hope we're not. It's time to stand together, people!

Looks like its just you and me, bud. Damn. We're running out of firewood. Mmm, it looks warm over at Blizz-Quarters. Ahem, looks like its just you.

 

[babinro]

SQUEE! Just bought the digital normal version from them today.

The beta went from bland to fun since patch 13 has been released. This has been my most anticipated game since 2008 and will be the game that puts an end to my SWTOR subscription.

 

[Vigormortis]

Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks?

I'll allow it. It's a Blizzard game, not Cod25 with a 2 hour campaign and copy paste multiplayer.

I partly agree, but 60 bucks is still pretty hefty for a game that isn't being shipped with it's PvP component. Something that seems rather stupid considering it's being billed as an "online" game.

And it has always on DRM?

That is some bullshit indeed, but I do want to play this with friends anyway, so it doesn't affect me.

Maybe not at first blush, but the fact that it's "always-on" means there's virtually zero chance of any kind of mod or addon support coming. I'm doubting there'll even be any kind of decent custom map options. And, let's not forget the utter lack of LAN support. Something that still irks me about Starcraft 2.

That, to me, is much worse than just not being able to play solo offline. (though, that still bothers me quite a bit)

And a real money auction house?

Don't care, never gonna use it. Might even prove useful later when I have an MF character all set up (if MF still exists, don't know).

You may never use it, but it'll still be a constant presence. I guarantee it.

Not to mention, if a particular item starts becoming popular, it's very likely Blizzard will decrease it's natural drop rate in the game to help increase demand. (seeing as they take a cut of all cash exchanged on the Auction House and I recall them saying they planned to make adjustments to ingame drops "as needed") So if you learn of a particular item you want, but it just so happens to be quite high in popularity at the time, it means you'll be less likely to find one in game. Leaving you with few options besides grinding for far longer or having to spend some real money in the Auction House.

I don't understand about the always on thing being a bad thing. Shit 95% of my games are on steam, so...yeah. I am so addicted to the net that I'll got without food if I have to, to make sure that I have net.

So I am literally always on the net, thus its not an issue for me.

I'm buying the collector's Edition myself, of this and the WoW expac, and the CE of Heart of the Swarm. Whenever that comes out.

The difference here is, if the Blizzard servers go down you literally can not play Diablo 3. No matter what. If the Steam servers go down, you can still launch the games from the local client.

Plus, as I said above, always-on negates just about all community involvement. At least, in regards to mods, custom content, addons, custom maps, etc. Those are the issues people have with the always-on DRM present in this game.

I just want Torchlight 2.

^Yup.

I can't hack the constant net connection for single player, nor do I want to encourage the single-player-games-as-services trend that's inevitably going to kill gaming for me once and for all.

Exactly. I think you and I are working within the same line of thought.

I'm not bothered by requiring an online activation or the like, but having to actually be connected to a damn online server...to play solo?!....THAT doesn't sit well with me. Not at all.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks?

I plan on getting the CE so $60 doesn't matter to me

And it has always on DRM?

so it's like an MMO now? that i don't have to pay $15 a month for? down side is?

And a real money auction house?

cool, maybe it can pay for it self then. cause, ya know it works both ways and not just one -.-