Diablo III Sells Like Crazy
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I agree 100%. The game has evolved from a single-player only, to a multi-player game that you can play solo or with friends. I happen to enjoy the chat and drop - in , drop - out aspects. I've played WoW, so having to get passed a login screen is just par for the course. Blizzard has been building the knowledge and infrastructure to pull this off for 7 years (ala WoW). I don't know of any other truly single player based developer that could pull off this type of system with out attaching them selves to services like steam, or making up their own like EA.
I don't have to have a second program, or a browser window open to play Diablo 3.
I don't have to have a second program, or a browser window open to play Diablo 3.
...STOP FUCKING TELLING THEM THEY CAN PULL THIS RIDICULOUS DRM BULLSHIT AND STILL MAKE MONEY
Jesus I am so ashamed of the video game consumer base. First you all buy iterations of the next modern war game regardless of how identical it is to the previous, then you buy mass effect 3 regardless of the on-disc day 1 DLC and other EA bullshit that comes along with every EA launch, and now this? Stand up for yourselves for once.
Jesus I am so ashamed of the video game consumer base. First you all buy iterations of the next modern war game regardless of how identical it is to the previous, then you buy mass effect 3 regardless of the on-disc day 1 DLC and other EA bullshit that comes along with every EA launch, and now this? Stand up for yourselves for once.
But they are abusing it. So I don't understand why people keep buying games that pull this bullshit. I love their games, but I'm not going to buy a game that tries to pull this.redmarine said:
yeah no, there are no numbers that prove it either way all the pre-orders and sold copies are obvious just people who bought the game solely on blizzard former good name and brand loyalty and the obvious few people who buy games without caring there are a lot of people who dislike this game if there were a way to count them then id tell you exactly how many .... but those sale numbers do not in fact reflect how people like the game just that they bought it.Andronicus said:
its like mass effect 3 a shit load of people love the game but its more then evident that a HUGE number of people just on the main bioware forums hated the ending .. that's a major sample group and you know that isn't a small thing even tho they kept saying how super duper sale figures prove people liked it , which they didn't.
while sure people are still going to buy shit from developers and than thank them for it there are always people who won't . i didn't buy diablo 3 even tho i really want to play it
because iam not paying 60$ for a gimped product designed to extort more money from me while being online only.
and by sticking to my reasoning and telling people about it on forums or in conversation they get a better view of the game and make better decisions .
that's how you change things, not by giving in because your sick of reading about how disappointed people are at the games features and then seeing sale figures from the company and thinking they are all hypocrites.
most of the people who are disappointed didn't know things are THIS bad, they knew its a blizzard game .. known for its polished games but diablo 3 is riddled with issues that existed years ago on WoW they just didn't care to fix. things like this make people disappointed and annoyed and angry and they have the right to be and warn other people.
so yeah i think A lot of people hate diablo 3 even if some numbers and some nice bs PR statements claim differently.
The thing about these numbers is 3.5 million sales in 24 hours doesn't have much to do with the quality of the game and much much more to do with the quality of the PR. There weren't even any reviews out, although they did have the beta I guess.
The sales afterwards when people actually know more about the game are going to be the telling ones. Still they will do well, the consensus now seems to be a good game that is very much Diablo 2.8, but then Diablo 2 was a fantastic game.
The sales afterwards when people actually know more about the game are going to be the telling ones. Still they will do well, the consensus now seems to be a good game that is very much Diablo 2.8, but then Diablo 2 was a fantastic game.
Me and my wife both got Diablo 3 because it was a game we could play together. On launch day there was one hour when we would have liked to play the game but we could not. Other than that is has run perfectly for both of us. I have known 5 others who have had no problems at all except the launch day crap. Moving from anecdotal to practical data, all reports indicate other problems only effect a very small portion of the user base, the same kind of crap that happens on every PC release. Saying it "barely works" is nothing short of a lie. If you are going to damn the game damn it for what it really is. Exaggerating the problems as you are indicates you believe your position is so weak that you can't get by without misrepresenting the problem. You are showing that these problems don't actually matter because you yourself believe them so inconsequential that people will not take it seriously. So stop exaggerating, it weakens the very real and valid point you are trying to make. (Though I personally believe that the crap ME3 ending is much worse than always on DRM and launch day problems.)Valdus said:
Now, I will be the first to say that the launch day failures were unacceptable. If you are going to require always on DRM it is unacceptable for your servers to go down for anything except standard maintenance, especially on launch day. And there are a whole bunch other things that are legitimate complaints, but I find them hard to care about when the game overall is so excellent.
4 years ago always on DRM would have been a deal breaker for me, But now days games that me and my wife can play together are extremely rare. I would be a fool to pass up one of the best in years because of the minor annoyance of always on DRM.
Yes I ended up buying it to play with my stepdad, yes I'm enjoying it, yes a feel dirty.
The game is pretty fun, They could of done A LOT more to it though, It's very simple their could be way more choice, it is missing a heck of a lot of easily inputted things, makes you think what have they been doing all this time?
they should o doubled the amounts of runes and passive skills and let the player choose their stats if they so wish.
It could also be a little longer, maybe have some story that is more interactive. Defo could of used a character appearance creator. graphs aren't really super great.
Seems like it lacks effort. The core gameplay is still fun, running around picking up stuff and mashing stuff. the crafting system is cool. Could of been better. Always online thing is annoying, there should of been an offline char choice that cannot go online and an always online choice that allows you to play with other people. kinda like hellgate.
few more skills would be nice. Bit more choice as to when to unlock them too.
The game is pretty fun, They could of done A LOT more to it though, It's very simple their could be way more choice, it is missing a heck of a lot of easily inputted things, makes you think what have they been doing all this time?
they should o doubled the amounts of runes and passive skills and let the player choose their stats if they so wish.
It could also be a little longer, maybe have some story that is more interactive. Defo could of used a character appearance creator. graphs aren't really super great.
Seems like it lacks effort. The core gameplay is still fun, running around picking up stuff and mashing stuff. the crafting system is cool. Could of been better. Always online thing is annoying, there should of been an offline char choice that cannot go online and an always online choice that allows you to play with other people. kinda like hellgate.
few more skills would be nice. Bit more choice as to when to unlock them too.
1. Bought the game.
2. Waited a day(experience from practically every game relying on servers).
3. Played without a problem.
4. Love the game.
5. Don't give a shit about always online when it actually works.
6. America is apparently getting gig network lines.
7. Always online is the future.
8. And stop being so bloody hostile, hate it all you want, but stop harassing people who bought it.
9. Good job Blizzard, continue actually being nice and don't turn out like Activision.
2. Waited a day(experience from practically every game relying on servers).
3. Played without a problem.
4. Love the game.
5. Don't give a shit about always online when it actually works.
6. America is apparently getting gig network lines.
7. Always online is the future.
8. And stop being so bloody hostile, hate it all you want, but stop harassing people who bought it.
9. Good job Blizzard, continue actually being nice and don't turn out like Activision.
The only reason Blizzard is getting away with it is due to it being Blizzard. If you're going to add cow dung to the cake, people better be so convinced that the rest of the cake is the best thing ever or it's not gonna sell.
Still, this does set a precedent for other publishers to follow. The industry loves to hop on the bandwagon of terrible ideas, after all, and this can only mean bad news for the consumer.
Again...
Still, this does set a precedent for other publishers to follow. The industry loves to hop on the bandwagon of terrible ideas, after all, and this can only mean bad news for the consumer.
Again...
Eh, I bought it as I was looking for a new loot 'em up and played the shit out of the first two when I was younger.
Aside from the outages last Sunday (which were largely ignored as it was just our EU servers, not the US target audience) it's been fairly stable, and good fun.
I get the vibe from this thread that I'm some sort of mindless sheep for buying a game with DRM that you don't like, and somehow I'm contributing to the downfall of gaming, but whatever.
Play what you want, complain all you want, I'm just going to go back to throwing jars of spiders at stuff.
Aside from the outages last Sunday (which were largely ignored as it was just our EU servers, not the US target audience) it's been fairly stable, and good fun.
I get the vibe from this thread that I'm some sort of mindless sheep for buying a game with DRM that you don't like, and somehow I'm contributing to the downfall of gaming, but whatever.
Play what you want, complain all you want, I'm just going to go back to throwing jars of spiders at stuff.