Amazon Declares Diablo III Its Most Preordered PC Game Ever
- Thread starter John Funk
- Start date
Recommended Videos
It's unsurprising it has more preorders than a game like say Skyrim on amazon, since for one thing, it's not available from digital distributors besides first party at Blizzards own website. I think if there were more places to purchase it wouldn't be running so high.
The hilarious thing is that you have to have a constant broadband connection to play it. You can pre download it onto your machine right now, it's PC only and yet we still have to wait for the retail release?
WAT. The silliness, it burns.
WAT. The silliness, it burns.
I think it's not so much that it's not available elsewhere, but that the places it is available are insanely overpriced. Seriously, it's £15 cheaper for me to get a physical disc in a physical box driven to me in a van burning diesel by someone being paid a salary than it is to simply download it, and it's still available to play at exactly the same time. Why would anyone be stupid enough to pay 50% extra for no benefit whatsoever? Digital distribution is great for the convenience it offers, for the generally lower prices, and for the ease of keeping older games available. Take those benefits away and of course people are just going to order from Amazon instead.Valorik said:
As for all the hate, I just don't get it. If you don't like the game, don't play it. Simple as that. Other people do like the game and want to play it. Why exactly is this a problem? There are lots of games that I either have no interest in or have tried and actively disliked. I don't feel the need to wander the internet shouting abuse at everyone who enjoyed them, I just play other games.
After playing the beta I just lost all interest. It wasn't even the bugs and lag that got to me, because I am aware that those are always issues that are going to come up in a beta. It is the game itself. I did not feel fear.
Playing Diablo I and II, I would travel into the deepest dungeons and caves, slowly making my way through the almost pitch black darkness, when suddenly out of nowhere I would be swamped by a horde of skeletons and imps trying to tear the flesh from my bones. I would fight for survival, barely making my way through and crawling to safety with the help of my last town portal scroll. In D3, I could waltz into a basement or a cave and immediately see where all the enemies were and the art style did nothing to help. They have WoW'd the graphics and I no longer find the monsters scary.
In the previous games, the enemy animations and art gave me chills. I remember the little shamans that move lightning fast, jumping all over the place. The vultures swamping me throughout the desert with their weird heads. Something about the stuttering, staccato movements and attacks were what enthralled me. D3 doesn't have that feel. It's like WoW, just from a top-down isometric-style and without dwarves. That doesn't really appeal to me.
Perhaps it's just me, but the DRM and RMAH are just two things that don't draw me to the game, the real problem is that it no longer feels like Diablo to me.
Playing Diablo I and II, I would travel into the deepest dungeons and caves, slowly making my way through the almost pitch black darkness, when suddenly out of nowhere I would be swamped by a horde of skeletons and imps trying to tear the flesh from my bones. I would fight for survival, barely making my way through and crawling to safety with the help of my last town portal scroll. In D3, I could waltz into a basement or a cave and immediately see where all the enemies were and the art style did nothing to help. They have WoW'd the graphics and I no longer find the monsters scary.
In the previous games, the enemy animations and art gave me chills. I remember the little shamans that move lightning fast, jumping all over the place. The vultures swamping me throughout the desert with their weird heads. Something about the stuttering, staccato movements and attacks were what enthralled me. D3 doesn't have that feel. It's like WoW, just from a top-down isometric-style and without dwarves. That doesn't really appeal to me.
Perhaps it's just me, but the DRM and RMAH are just two things that don't draw me to the game, the real problem is that it no longer feels like Diablo to me.
I'm one of the Amazon pre-orders. Very excited to finally play the full version. Played the beta several times over with different classes and was generally very pleased. Love the art style, don't need another generic-looking Titan's Quest out there. And they finally got rid of attribute points. Dumbest feature of all Diablo games and I'm glad they realized their error.
Gonna go Wizard first then probably Monk. Might try out an HC character too.
Gonna go Wizard first then probably Monk. Might try out an HC character too.
Scary monsters in Diablo? Ehm. Well people have their fears i quess.Mythic Falcon said:
As for darkness, sure it fits into Diablo's world n' stuff, but if i wanna play dark games i just turn my monitor off. Take that for a darkness.
You could always turn your brightness into minimum, yes?
I myself loved D3 art style, it's timeless and propably will age 10x better than "realistic" graphics.
This wasn't "your opinion is wrong, mine is right". I just offered different point of view.
Well the problem for me IS the DRM. I've enjoyed the shit out of Blizzard games since Warcraft. The last Blizzard game I bought, probably the last Blizzard game I will buy, was Starcraft 2. I was thrilled to have this game and thoroughly enjoyed playing it when I had the time (which wasn't very often). Unfortunately, there were multiple times that I could not connect to battle.net for various reasons (including their own servers being down) and therefore could not play the game I paid $60 for. Why? So that they could discourage some of the less competent pirates who probably found ways around it anyway. Now this fun feature is being added to all of their games?
Thanks, but no thanks. I don't care how good this game or future Blizzard games may be. I can't give this company my money anymore.
Thanks, but no thanks. I don't care how good this game or future Blizzard games may be. I can't give this company my money anymore.
"Boo! DRM is horrible! Boycott DRM games! Pirate the games so the companies learn a lesson."
One week later.
"There's DRM and a real money store in Diablo 3? Oh who cares. It's Diablo 3!"
Gotta love conviction of belief.
One week later.
"There's DRM and a real money store in Diablo 3? Oh who cares. It's Diablo 3!"
Gotta love conviction of belief.
Diablo 3 is going to be awesome. The beta was great, and I have two good friends who are going to stomp through Tristam with me.
If you think it blows because of really minor complaints, then you think it blows. No one cares.
Really looking forward to this in a few days. The game brings me fun, and that what I want a game to do.
If you think it blows because of really minor complaints, then you think it blows. No one cares.
Really looking forward to this in a few days. The game brings me fun, and that what I want a game to do.
GoaThief said:
The numbers were released by Blizzard. 2.1 mil people played the beta. I don't care to look it up, feel free to do so yourself.
As for the latency post launch, I say so, based on years of playing on-line Blizzard games with under 50ms latency.
I won't bother replying to any further posts from you.
I can certainly believe 2.1 million played the beta.VladG said:
So when someone questions your statement as fact (one server for over 2 million people + will be fixed in full version with no evidence provided) you throw a hissy-fit?
Yep, sound argument you have there.
I don't know if English is your native language so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. But saying that makes you sound like a petulant child. The "Take your ball and go home" mentality. If you don't want to talk or argue with someone the best way is just to not respond to them at all.VladG said:
I'd bet a kidney it is. The vocal video game community is about as crap a vocal minority as you can get (except maybe religous extremists, lol).Eric the Orange said:
