I read the article... i just wonder who really thought that D3 expansions would come this year.... I wouldn't even talk about a "delay" because we heard nothing at all about release dates... Well, i just like a "confirmation" of the release in 2014.
It will be the best selling x-pac of all time. I wonder what the chatter will be like after the sales figures come out? All these people for a year have called D3 "dead" and a total failure. I wonder how they will explain the record sales?
I know that 2014 is a vague figure and (bummer alert) it may well get pushed back off that mark. However, so long as it releases in the first 3/4 of 2014, I don't consider that too long of a wait.
The coming 1.09 content patch has to be huge. It has to be sweeping and above any expectations. This patch (along with any others between now and x-pac) will make the wait for the xpac worth it IMO. I've said it all along, history will regard this game very highly.
It will be the best selling x-pac of all time. I wonder what the chatter will be like after the sales figures come out? All these people for a year have called D3 "dead" and a total failure. I wonder how they will explain the record sales?
I never called D3 "dead" or "a total failure", but let's not be disingenuous, here. Product sales have many reasons behind it, and only one of them is "quality of said product".
True. But people tend not to spend the lousy $12 to see a sequel to a terrible movie. My point would be, if people truly hate D3, they won't buy the xpac.
I dont like people who say stuff like "You still play this dead game" etc..But I wouldnt say because D3 got record sales it was a succes.That's like saying Bieber makes good music because he sells a lot.( Or when his god awful movie won some MTV award in which it was competing with fucking Inception, yea ).D3 came very very many years after D2 so naturally it got a humongous amount of hype + the TV spots and all that marketing and Blizzard's always very well made videos + that WoW 1 Year Subscription thing gave it a lot of buys.
Lets be serious for a game that had record sales the game that was initially delivered was an atrocity and evidence that it was rushed because of pressure from higher-ups. Maybe that is just me thinking up conspiracies because I refuse to believe that passionate game designers with a creative and logical mind would see the legendaries and say "Those are fkn great SHIP THE GAME" + the other abomination that the game was delivered with.
As people have said in order for the Xpac to be sold in very large numbers they need to let the customers know they know what they are doing.The last few patches have been a very good addition ( Uber bosses dont impress me one bit ) but a lot of additions have been quality of life changes that are so easy and logical to think of that u wonder what the hell is going on in their offices.( I mean seriosuly a game in 2012 with a crafting system and u cannot queue up more than 1? , or no indentify all cause THEY THINK we feel good when we have to indentify every item for the EPIC FEELING OF DISCOVERY !!!!!1 ).
I sure hope 1.0.9 and 1.1 shows us what D3 can really be.I'm not expecting the itemization patch to be perfect and solve all loot problems for ever and ever but a good start wouldnt hurt.Cause im seriously getting tired of wanting to go farm MP10 white mobs cause that's the way to get the most legs, knowing nothing is ever gonna drop and I need to stay on AH and flipp, which I refuse to do for more than 10 minutes.
This is in by no means an official announcementt in any way.
It is a journalist speculating that the a D3 expansion will be released next year. There is no evidence provided, no Blizzard statement..
"Blizzard takes issue with the word “delay” in our story, as they say they never announced a date and by virtue of that fact, they can’t miss the date. But we stand by our description, as we believe the expansion has been pushed back."
'believe' being the operative word here..
'pushed back' -How long for? A day, a week, a month, 6 months - omniscient journalist needs to provide a source/evidence..
I dont like people who say stuff like "You still play this dead game" etc..But I wouldnt say because D3 got record sales it was a succes.That's like saying Bieber makes good music because he sells a lot.
Beiber is a success because he sells a lot of music. The quality of said music is completely irrelevant.
How "dead" or not the game is likewise says nothing about its quality.
I dont like people who say stuff like "You still play this dead game" etc..But I wouldnt say because D3 got record sales it was a succes.That's like saying Bieber makes good music because he sells a lot.
Beiber is a success because he sells a lot of music. The quality of said music is completely irrelevant.
How "dead" or not the game is likewise says nothing about its quality.
Taste in anything is subjective (Relativism)
What makes a great game = if YOU think it is great.
It will be the best selling x-pac of all time. I wonder what the chatter will be like after the sales figures come out? All these people for a year have called D3 "dead" and a total failure. I wonder how they will explain the record sales?
... did you even read the forums after D3 was released? Here. I'll give you a quick summary:
If D3X sells above expectations, that's proof that Bad Taste has triumphed and that Blizzard successfully pandered to noobs, catered to the entitled and/or is covered in girl-cooties, therefore Diablo is dead.
If D3X sells below expectations, that's proof that Good Taste has triumphed and that Blizzard unsuccessfully pandered to noobs, catered to the entitled and/or is covered in girl-cooties, therefore Diablo is dead.
Of course, well all know Diablo isn't dead because the final cutscene clearly shows that the black soulstone survived. That probably means Leah will also appear at some point, because we all know that Metzen is a hack, and we love him for it.
I didnt say it wasnt a great game, again with the trolling ,this forum is incredible.
Sure its a succes in the sense it got record sales and all that but if you think popularity = quality you are out of your mind.I'm guessing you think Bieber's NEver say Never documentary is better than Inception cause it won some shit on MTV instead of inception.
I like Diablo, I have a good geared char para 100 and I dabble in Hardcore here and there.I'm just saying the record sales didnt mean shit when the game was shipped as an abomination.
But I guess u can count on the internet to find Bieibersheeps, even on DIablo 3 forums.
It will be the best selling x-pac of all time. I wonder what the chatter will be like after the sales figures come out? All these people for a year have called D3 "dead" and a total failure. I wonder how they will explain the record sales?
I know that 2014 is a vague figure and (bummer alert) it may well get pushed back off that mark. However, so long as it releases in the first 3/4 of 2014, I don't consider that too long of a wait.
The coming 1.09 content patch has to be huge. It has to be sweeping and above any expectations. This patch (along with any others between now and x-pac) will make the wait for the xpac worth it IMO. I've said it all along, history will regard this game very highly.
10 millions bought d3, more then 9/10 left to never return. I wouldn't call that a success.
if you think popularity = quality you are out of your mind.
Popularity is a direct measure of people voting with their actions (as opposed to people just blowing hot air around).
If Nike makes shitty shoes but somehow manages to out-sell Reebok well, as much as you don't like it, they're somehow successful. Logic would dictate that low-quality products wouldn't generally become popular anyway. If Blizzard released D3 and it couldn't install and it randomly crashed and they didn't quickly fix it... it most likely wouldn't be a popular game.
If you think that popularity isn't indicative of what people think of something then you're kidding yourself. That argument is the last bastion of trendy hipsters who refuse to do anything "mainstream" ever. The people who would stop eating a lollipop if they found out that more than 7 other people liked that brand of lollipop.
Nothing irks me more than the mindset that the more "underground" something is the better it is. It's simply not true. It's just anti-mainstream rabble-rousing stupidity.
Don't use Google, it's too mainstream. Use Blekko because nobody has heard of it, therefore it's superior.
I don't even like the Biebs, but I'm not going to shit all over him because other people enjoy his music. I'm content to let that ship sail without going to some internet forums and saying that Bieber isn't talented, or is some kind of hack, or whatever. He's got a product that millions of people like. I don't like it but who cares? Good for him for doing well in this day and age.
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According to this, Diablo III was to be released Q4 2011 with Expansion 1 being released Q2 2013.
I know that 2014 is a vague figure and (bummer alert) it may well get pushed back off that mark. However, so long as it releases in the first 3/4 of 2014, I don't consider that too long of a wait.
The coming 1.09 content patch has to be huge. It has to be sweeping and above any expectations. This patch (along with any others between now and x-pac) will make the wait for the xpac worth it IMO. I've said it all along, history will regard this game very highly.
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True. But people tend not to spend the lousy $12 to see a sequel to a terrible movie. My point would be, if people truly hate D3, they won't buy the xpac.
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Lets be serious for a game that had record sales the game that was initially delivered was an atrocity and evidence that it was rushed because of pressure from higher-ups. Maybe that is just me thinking up conspiracies because I refuse to believe that passionate game designers with a creative and logical mind would see the legendaries and say "Those are fkn great SHIP THE GAME" + the other abomination that the game was delivered with.
As people have said in order for the Xpac to be sold in very large numbers they need to let the customers know they know what they are doing.The last few patches have been a very good addition ( Uber bosses dont impress me one bit ) but a lot of additions have been quality of life changes that are so easy and logical to think of that u wonder what the hell is going on in their offices.( I mean seriosuly a game in 2012 with a crafting system and u cannot queue up more than 1? , or no indentify all cause THEY THINK we feel good when we have to indentify every item for the EPIC FEELING OF DISCOVERY !!!!!1 ).
I sure hope 1.0.9 and 1.1 shows us what D3 can really be.I'm not expecting the itemization patch to be perfect and solve all loot problems for ever and ever but a good start wouldnt hurt.Cause im seriously getting tired of wanting to go farm MP10 white mobs cause that's the way to get the most legs, knowing nothing is ever gonna drop and I need to stay on AH and flipp, which I refuse to do for more than 10 minutes.
It is a journalist speculating that the a D3 expansion will be released next year. There is no evidence provided, no Blizzard statement..
Hell we may as well say that D3 expansion release will occur 2014 Q2, here is our proof..
http://www.diablofan...nk-it-will-hit/
Hell the source is most likely correct that it will come out in 2014 (As that is a huge window and everyone was expecting that anyway).
That 'news story' is just speculation to draw hits to their site... total crap
'believe' being the operative word here..
'pushed back' -How long for? A day, a week, a month, 6 months - omniscient journalist needs to provide a source/evidence..
Amen. I don't get that the objectively* best video game of all times, Fallout 2, only sold 1% of copies compared to The Sims.
*I'm just kidding, of course.
Beiber is a success because he sells a lot of music. The quality of said music is completely irrelevant.
How "dead" or not the game is likewise says nothing about its quality.
Taste in anything is subjective (Relativism)
What makes a great game = if YOU think it is great.
I think Diablo 3 is a great game.
Sure thing. This also has nothing to do with success though. (I think you know this, but Diavolo seems confused.)
... did you even read the forums after D3 was released? Here. I'll give you a quick summary:
If D3X sells above expectations, that's proof that Bad Taste has triumphed and that Blizzard successfully pandered to noobs, catered to the entitled and/or is covered in girl-cooties, therefore Diablo is dead.
If D3X sells below expectations, that's proof that Good Taste has triumphed and that Blizzard unsuccessfully pandered to noobs, catered to the entitled and/or is covered in girl-cooties, therefore Diablo is dead.
Of course, well all know Diablo isn't dead because the final cutscene clearly shows that the black soulstone survived. That probably means Leah will also appear at some point, because we all know that Metzen is a hack, and we love him for it.
Sure its a succes in the sense it got record sales and all that but if you think popularity = quality you are out of your mind.I'm guessing you think Bieber's NEver say Never documentary is better than Inception cause it won some shit on MTV instead of inception.
I like Diablo, I have a good geared char para 100 and I dabble in Hardcore here and there.I'm just saying the record sales didnt mean shit when the game was shipped as an abomination.
But I guess u can count on the internet to find Bieibersheeps, even on DIablo 3 forums.
10 millions bought d3, more then 9/10 left to never return. I wouldn't call that a success.
Of course you have facts to support that, I assume?
Ha. Bagstone.
Popularity is a direct measure of people voting with their actions (as opposed to people just blowing hot air around).
If Nike makes shitty shoes but somehow manages to out-sell Reebok well, as much as you don't like it, they're somehow successful. Logic would dictate that low-quality products wouldn't generally become popular anyway. If Blizzard released D3 and it couldn't install and it randomly crashed and they didn't quickly fix it... it most likely wouldn't be a popular game.
If you think that popularity isn't indicative of what people think of something then you're kidding yourself. That argument is the last bastion of trendy hipsters who refuse to do anything "mainstream" ever. The people who would stop eating a lollipop if they found out that more than 7 other people liked that brand of lollipop.
Nothing irks me more than the mindset that the more "underground" something is the better it is. It's simply not true. It's just anti-mainstream rabble-rousing stupidity.
Don't use Google, it's too mainstream. Use Blekko because nobody has heard of it, therefore it's superior.
I don't even like the Biebs, but I'm not going to shit all over him because other people enjoy his music. I'm content to let that ship sail without going to some internet forums and saying that Bieber isn't talented, or is some kind of hack, or whatever. He's got a product that millions of people like. I don't like it but who cares? Good for him for doing well in this day and age.