Diablo III Sells Like Crazy

[Zyst]

I actually bought the game, was mad for half a night where I couldn't log in at 12 am sharp and then have had an amazing pretty much problem-less time since then.

Get off your high horse some of the first escapists, I play games for freaking fun, and Diablo 3 is fun as hell. I have a stable internet connection and guess what? I don't think Blizzard is spoon-feeding me crap. So take off your hipster glasses, we don't care that you're gonna buy torchlight instead, and let people who did buy the game and are enjoying it keep enjoying it without having to say anything else.

At Blizzard, good job! Another good game, but that's pretty much granted.

EDIT: As a final note I already bought torchlight 2, and I do think it's gonna be an amazing game, I just hate the holier-than-thou attitude going around.

 

[Weaver]

So either everyone who bitched about the DRM is a whiny hypocrite and bought it anyway, or the vast percentage of gamers who like this type of game don't care that Blizzard is spoon feeding them shit.

Only way we'll see no more DRM is if they saw sales numbers of maybe 1 million or something along with hundreds of thousands of people saying:

"No! We won't take this garbage anymore. You don't say when and how we can play the games we bought!"

I didn't buy it for this reason, and I wish others felt the same. I mean I work at a work site 30 weeks a year with no internet access so that means I'm not allowed to play something I could buy? How is that fair? Steam does it just fine without always online DRM.

I didn't buy it either. Don't lump me in with them!

 

[Weaver]

I would be a fool to pass up one of the best in years because of the minor annoyance of always on DRM.

That's awesome for you. I got home last night and my internet was off (again, I'll add) until 8pm because my ISP is flaky. They're also the only ISP in my entire Provence that offers an unlimited data plan. So I can either pay $200 a month in bandwidth usage fees or deal with intermittent outages (which would mean I couldn't play D3).

I was also in the D3 closed beta for months, my ping was constantly around 300 - 400 every. single. time. and rendered the game nearly unplayable. I'm glad you and you're friends are in so fortunate a position to have a great server ping and have a stable ISP, but for people like me the always online DRM isn't just a minor annoyance, it essentially stops me from playing the game in any way.

 

[DrOswald]

I would be a fool to pass up one of the best in years because of the minor annoyance of always on DRM.

That's awesome for you. I got home last night and my internet was off (again, I'll add) until 8pm because my ISP is flaky. They're also the only ISP in my entire Provence that offers an unlimited data plan. So I can either pay $200 a month in bandwidth usage fees or deal with intermittent outages (which would mean I couldn't play D3).

I was also in the D3 closed beta for months, my ping was constantly around 300 - 400 every. single. time. and rendered the game nearly unplayable. I'm glad you and you're friends are in so fortunate a position to have a great server ping and have a stable ISP, but for people like me the always online DRM isn't just a minor annoyance, it essentially stops me from playing the game in any way.

I understand why you don't like always on DRM, and I acknowledge that it is a real problem for many people, and for you it is not just a minor inconvenience. But so many people are freaking out that gamers are just letting Blizzard walk all over them, that we just take whatever shit they dish out and eagerly buy it. But that isn't what is happening. They aren't screwing us over or actively trying to cause us pain just because they can.

Diablo 3 has sold so well because Blizzard is providing an excellent product that far out weighs the minor inconvenience attached to it. The problem for people in your situation is that Blizzard has decided they don't care to have you as a customer. They don't want to sell to you because selling to you costs them more than you are worth as a customer. And that sucks for you, but it means very little to me.

I can only fight so many battles, and there just isn't anything in this one for me. Passing up the extremely rare opportunity to play a cooperative game with my wife entirely for the possibility of a bunch of people who I will never know to maybe someday purchase and use an entirely theoretical luxury good would be foolish.

I don't like always on DRM, I would rather Diablo 3 did not have it. But it is hardly worth getting worked up over and it certainly isn't worth boycotting Diablo 3 over.

 

[antipunt]

These people are geniuses...

they can justify their ultra-DRM via 'auction houses' 'scams/dupes' and 'needing to spawn items/monsters server side'.

Made a hugely anticipated game. Blocked off all the pirates simultaneously.

Roll in da dough. Piracy defeated. What more could they ask for?

Also, we all knew this game would sell like hotcakes. I admit I'm kind of cynical, but honestly right? Money talks. And a precedent has been set. Oh wells

/negativity

 

[bakan]

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It should not be reportable. Stop being silly. The entire point of a comment system is for people to comment and express their opinions. Just because you disagree with those opinions and the person does not normally speak up doesn't mean we should censor it.

Actually, these accounts get created for every major game which has controversies going on for it and they are obviously not some average guys posting that they loves the game.

 

[DrOswald]

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It should not be reportable. Stop being silly. The entire point of a comment system is for people to comment and express their opinions. Just because you disagree with those opinions and the person does not normally speak up doesn't mean we should censor it.

Actually, these accounts get created for every major game which has controversies going on for it and they are obviously not some average guys posting that they loves the game.

But how are they obviously not some average person who loves the game? We are on a gaming website. People tend to comment on things they are interested in, things for which they have strong opinions, and things that other people are already talking about. Major game releases with controversies around them are going to attract comments from people who normally wouldn't speak up. Perhaps even people who are new to the site and simply haven't care enough about anything yet to create an account. Banning a person for expressing a positive comment about a game they love would be insane. Especially when there is no reason to believe that this person wasn't just commenting on the ongoing discussion of this article.

 

[bakan]

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But how are they obviously not some average person who loves the game? We are on a gaming website. People tend to comment on things they are interested in, things for which they have strong opinions, and things that other people are already talking about. Major game releases with controversies around them are going to attract comments from people who normally wouldn't speak up. Perhaps even people who are new to the site and simply haven't care enough about anything yet to create an account. Banning a person for expressing a positive comment about a game they love would be insane. Especially when there is no reason to believe that this person wasn't just commenting on the ongoing discussion of this article.

Their way of formulating stuff, defending the worst DRM's and praising greedy publishers for their stunts to take freedom from consumers is more or less a sign for some PR guy, and they will never post on these accounts ever again is the other indication.

And that was the last thing I will post about this, as it is too off-topic.

 

[btd101]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/5743-You-Should-Be-Mad-at-Diablo-IIIs-Always-Online-DRM

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5777-Diablo-3

Very good points pertaining to D3 failings.