I really don't understand what all the hate for diablo 3 is about.
Why does everyone have such a problem with the auction house????
People already sell items for diablo 2 on ebay, what are you really so mad blizzard is gonna take the profit from items from their games away from ebay?!?!?
You don't have to buy anything from there, it doesn't make the game more playable if you use it, it doesn't give you any crazy advantages if you buy items, and it's not even the only way to get them.
There are alot of people who will use it and like it, the only effect it will have is people will no longer buy items from 3rd party sources, but through the game.
I don't care about it having only online play, sure this will effect people with no internet connection and that is sad for them, but is blizzard really the only company that only lets you play online??? I mean come one this is not a new feature and blizzard didn't start it. At least you can actually get into their online service without alot of muching around unlike other shitty online only games that make you go through games for windows live, and on the topic of games for windows live I have to say I have never had worse customer service from a game ever.
When I bought dawn of war I was living in uni accomodation so I didnt have alot of control over what ports are open and all of that stuff, I could not use games for windows live. When I contacted THQ they said well we can't do anything its games for windows live, when i contacted games for windows live they literally said "well I have a phd and i can connect from home with no problems so you are just stupid".
If I have a problem getting a patch from blizzard or logging in they have excellent customer service and trouble shooting and actually help me out. And I can get into their online service no problems, EVEN if i am at uni.
I also don't understand all this "OMG BLIZZARD JUST WANT TO MAKE MONEYSSS!!!!!, WAAAA I CANT BELIEVE IT" what the hell, they are a company they make games, not just to make fun games but also to turn a profit, god forbid a buisness wants to make a profit far out call the police they are making money making things for our entertainment. Are they releasing unfinished badly made games and charging full price for them like bioware did? cause I think that is much worse than only allowing online play.. like much much worse.
There are a HUGE amount of costs that go into running a company that you probably don't even think about, and yes piracy does hurt the industry, and I personally think its ok for them to do things to counter it, why should they spend years and millions of dollars making a game so some wanker can download it and play it without giving anything back.