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Can't wait to try out Torchlight II as well -- what a novel concept!
Can't wait to try out Torchlight II as well -- what a novel concept!
To be fair, there are over 7 Billion people on the planet, so those Diablo numbers only represent 0.09% of the total population.
ERGO - DOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED
ERGO - DOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED
Anyone who expects blizzard or any other major company to not implement always online DRM after these figures is very, very trusting.
This is not a good, AT ALL. I might be a pessimist but after Origin/EA, Ubisoft and now Blizzard it seems you can get away with treating consumers as shit.
This is not a good, AT ALL. I might be a pessimist but after Origin/EA, Ubisoft and now Blizzard it seems you can get away with treating consumers as shit.
Oh no my friends, PC gamer has gone beyond death. It has become a liche. It's power is almost absolute.
"Anyone who expects blizzard or any other major company to not implement always online DRM after these figures is very, very trusting. "
To be fair, it's Blizzard's second always-on game (after Starcraft 2). Also, if you count the WoW releases, Blizzard hasn't released a game that could be played offline since Warcraft 3.
I do think this will encourage other companies to try it, but I think, on the whole, only Blizzard can really get away with this. Other games depend on hardcore gamers more because we're the only people who even realize they exist.
To be fair, it's Blizzard's second always-on game (after Starcraft 2). Also, if you count the WoW releases, Blizzard hasn't released a game that could be played offline since Warcraft 3.
I do think this will encourage other companies to try it, but I think, on the whole, only Blizzard can really get away with this. Other games depend on hardcore gamers more because we're the only people who even realize they exist.
Wow, thanks everyone for telling Blizzard that "Always-On-DRM" resulting in getting your account compromised or locking you from singleplayer-gaming (error 37) is totally acceptable to you.
To everyone that forecasted poor sales and doom on the game before release: HA HA! BTW, how's that pirated copy coming along that some of you guys were waiting on?
I imagine a lot of those sells are to people that bought and still can't actually play it.
I can play it for maybe 30-40 minutes at a time during my lunch break at work but I still can't install it on my home PC. It fails every time I try to run setup and I've tried every fix I can find.
I can play it for maybe 30-40 minutes at a time during my lunch break at work but I still can't install it on my home PC. It fails every time I try to run setup and I've tried every fix I can find.
I love it for them, but I wish that we could have a game come out that people have been waiting for that isn't dripping in some type of controversy due to poor business practices. My feelings are too mixed.
I honestly feel like anyone who buys the game now and plays it won't have any issues. That being said I think Blizzard really is the only company that can do this and still sell this many copies of a game in a week.
@Felix: So why was it ok when Starcraft 2 did it 2 years ago? Shouldn't you be blaming everyone who purchased that instead?
@Felix: So why was it ok when Starcraft 2 did it 2 years ago? Shouldn't you be blaming everyone who purchased that instead?
I have a lvl 34 Wizard and a lvl 20 hardcore Demon Hunter so far with no end in sight. The game has lived up to the hype imo, and is well worth the $60 I paid for it. Now all that's left is for Torchlight 2 to launch and be equally as spectacular!
Yeah, after this everyone will add always on DRM. Blizzard fanboys leading the way into DRM, lack of customization, lack of single player, etc.
@felix
Im sorry you are so upset, But to counter your post I have played diablo 3 for over 32 hours.
32 fucking hours.
Blizzard needs to take that shit down more often, im a fucken adult, i have shit i HAVE to do, which i cant because DIABLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Im sorry you are so upset, But to counter your post I have played diablo 3 for over 32 hours.
32 fucking hours.
Blizzard needs to take that shit down more often, im a fucken adult, i have shit i HAVE to do, which i cant because DIABLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@Silver: I am not upset at all, I know that the number of idiots living on the earth increases even as I'm typing this. I just have to look at CoD-sales and reactions to see that only the thinking minority will complain at all.
@Themuad
Probably and hopefully damn well. There is no reason why both these games can't do well even if they're in the same genre. If you ever watched the retrospect video Blizzard released (last year I think?) you'd see that they were just like the Torchlight guys once. Few and inexperienced but with great ideas. It will be interesting to see where Runic Games are in 10-20 years. Hopefully still making great games.
Probably and hopefully damn well. There is no reason why both these games can't do well even if they're in the same genre. If you ever watched the retrospect video Blizzard released (last year I think?) you'd see that they were just like the Torchlight guys once. Few and inexperienced but with great ideas. It will be interesting to see where Runic Games are in 10-20 years. Hopefully still making great games.
@excel
Thats not true at all.
In fact blizzard allows you to switch which region you connect to, So if you see that the american servers are down, and you are just DYING to play, Roll a character on the Eu servers.
Really though i have not seen all regions down at the same time, so the likely hood that all 6.3 million users cant play is slim.
Thats not true at all.
In fact blizzard allows you to switch which region you connect to, So if you see that the american servers are down, and you are just DYING to play, Roll a character on the Eu servers.
Really though i have not seen all regions down at the same time, so the likely hood that all 6.3 million users cant play is slim.
That's great news! Now if only my piece of shit PC could run it. I'll have to stick with Torchlight II I guess.
A new copy of Diablo 3 costs £50. That's $78. Broke records.
Minecraft 360 costs 1600 points. Price hike of a 3rd. Broke records.
Massive incoming price hikes confirmed. Cut back functionality and disgusting DRM for the win.
"Gamers these days would rather eat shit then go hungry" - Jin Sterling.
Minecraft 360 costs 1600 points. Price hike of a 3rd. Broke records.
Massive incoming price hikes confirmed. Cut back functionality and disgusting DRM for the win.
"Gamers these days would rather eat shit then go hungry" - Jin Sterling.
I suspect the people crying that every PC game will have always online DRM from now on have totally missed the point.
Diablo 3 is a high quality product which has a considerable black spot in the form of this DRM. People are enjoying this game a lot and are dealing with the so they can enjoy it. Neither Blizzard, Activision or any other publisher has casually ignored the criticism directed at the DRM and I'm confident they won't start applying it willy nilly. After all, when they can just license Steam's DRM that no one complains about or just not bother completely and still sell a quality product (Witcher II, though as I haven't played it I can't say for it's quality), why would they put a lot of work into a system that forces the player to log on and always be online and thus get a lot of aggravation from their community?
Diablo 3 is a high quality product which has a considerable black spot in the form of this DRM. People are enjoying this game a lot and are dealing with the so they can enjoy it. Neither Blizzard, Activision or any other publisher has casually ignored the criticism directed at the DRM and I'm confident they won't start applying it willy nilly. After all, when they can just license Steam's DRM that no one complains about or just not bother completely and still sell a quality product (Witcher II, though as I haven't played it I can't say for it's quality), why would they put a lot of work into a system that forces the player to log on and always be online and thus get a lot of aggravation from their community?
@Lokhe - You do know the guys that made Diablo ARE the guys that made Torchlight right? Diablo 3 is a thing that Blizzard own, but had very few, if any, of the original team behind it. Torchlight 2 on the other hand, is made by the same people. Torchlight is the true successor to Diablo.
But you know gamers, give them something shiny and slap a brand name on it and they'll part with their money quicker then whores part with underwear.
Even crowds that flock to places like dtoid and claim to be sophisticated and savvy and above all that shit. The fuck they are. They're just as easily swayed as the cod crowd, just a different flavour juice to go with their bullshit.
And given these figures, everything I just said is provable.
But you know gamers, give them something shiny and slap a brand name on it and they'll part with their money quicker then whores part with underwear.
Even crowds that flock to places like dtoid and claim to be sophisticated and savvy and above all that shit. The fuck they are. They're just as easily swayed as the cod crowd, just a different flavour juice to go with their bullshit.
And given these figures, everything I just said is provable.
I'm tired of people pitching Torchlight 2 in Diablo threads. We're gonna buy both, guys. Calm down.
I'm tired of people acting like they are some freedom fighter against the big evil corporation by hating on Diablo. People are having fun playing it, so let them play in peace.
I'm tired of people who haven't played it complaining about connections to a game they don't even own. Since the launch, I've had a total of 5 minutes of connection issues. That's 5 minutes out of 30 hours.
Mainly I'm just tired.
I'm tired of people acting like they are some freedom fighter against the big evil corporation by hating on Diablo. People are having fun playing it, so let them play in peace.
I'm tired of people who haven't played it complaining about connections to a game they don't even own. Since the launch, I've had a total of 5 minutes of connection issues. That's 5 minutes out of 30 hours.
Mainly I'm just tired.
@Tin Man
Apparently you missed the part where Jim has a high lvl Demon Hunter. Guess he likes eating shit too :p
Apparently you missed the part where Jim has a high lvl Demon Hunter. Guess he likes eating shit too :p
"@Lokhe - You do know the guys that made Diablo ARE the guys that made Torchlight right? Diablo 3 is a thing that Blizzard own, but had very few, if any, of the original team behind it. Torchlight 2 on the other hand, is made by the same people. Torchlight is the true successor to Diablo."
Only about 4 people from the D2 team work on Torchlight and Torchlight 2. The rest are all over the place. A few are still at Blizzard.
Only about 4 people from the D2 team work on Torchlight and Torchlight 2. The rest are all over the place. A few are still at Blizzard.
Popular game sells really well!
Anyone worried that Diablo 3's success has exposed just how stupid we are as consumers, and the landscape will change for the worse as a result of it, fret not! The software market is fucking contracting violently, and publishers are fast slashing production to combat their own rising costs!
Success of one popular game? Woop! Let's all argue what it means for the future that this one game that everyone knew would sell sold well, and completely ignore the fact that the industry buckling under its own weight for the first 5.5 months of this year. Diablo's success doesn't mean jack shit next to the bigger fish in the frying pan.
Anyone worried that Diablo 3's success has exposed just how stupid we are as consumers, and the landscape will change for the worse as a result of it, fret not! The software market is fucking contracting violently, and publishers are fast slashing production to combat their own rising costs!
Success of one popular game? Woop! Let's all argue what it means for the future that this one game that everyone knew would sell sold well, and completely ignore the fact that the industry buckling under its own weight for the first 5.5 months of this year. Diablo's success doesn't mean jack shit next to the bigger fish in the frying pan.
@Xenoslave - Indeed. See my second post. He's as much a hypocritical shit as any. Far more in fact, because the rest of us that do it do it online because that's how we are. That one get's payed to be 'the voice of reason' and do his whole Jimquisition bit, but then he defends it when it's in a game he enjoys.
I guess it's just the other people that play the wrong things.
I guess it's just the other people that play the wrong things.
@Unmeel - Max and Erich Schaefer(the founders of Blizz North and Diablo) and Matt Uelmen(the composer. And the Music behind D2 was a big thing I recall). I'd say those are some noteworthy people, no?
@Jim - is this including digital sales?
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Unrelated - I think its kinda funny that the people who whine that they cant play their game thanks to the DRM are also bragging about their mid 50's level character.
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Unrelated - I think its kinda funny that the people who whine that they cant play their game thanks to the DRM are also bragging about their mid 50's level character.
Aside from the day 1/day 2 issues, I have had very little problems playing Diablo 3. There is the odd lag spike, and I think I had one disconnect, but it has been pretty good so far. I always play co-op with a friend or a family member, so nothing is "ruining the single player experience" for me considering I'm not having a single player experience.
I seriously enjoy reading the comments here more than I do the actual articles. I agree with Tristrix, this is quite delicious.
@excel
Well there are SOME people who haven't had a problem with it. They are overly smug about the fact their car didn't need to be recalled and others do, but they are there.
Man I want to play a barb so badly before it gets nerfed. Sigh.
Also, cocks.
Well there are SOME people who haven't had a problem with it. They are overly smug about the fact their car didn't need to be recalled and others do, but they are there.
Man I want to play a barb so badly before it gets nerfed. Sigh.
Also, cocks.
I'll believe this when a source other than Blizzard confirms this number. I hope it's true, though I'm very skeptical.
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