Just saw this response from an official supplier here:
Was in a meeting with Activision/Blizzard Europe today and they have confirmed: End March 2012 as the release date. And said that there will be no more delays. They are fixing the issues from the BETA.
I will put it live on site for pre-order when I have a more concrete release date. I dont want to disappoint any of you.
Wonder if its also actually just a guess...
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Just saw this response from an official supplier here:
Was in a meeting with Activision/Blizzard Europe today and they have confirmed: End March 2012 as the release date. And said that there will be no more delays. They are fixing the issues from the BETA.
I will put it live on site for pre-order when I have a more concrete release date. I dont want to disappoint any of you.
Wonder if its also actually just a guess...
I doubt it is true... Also I hope it isn't true but I wouldn't be surprised.
I wouldn't want Diablo 3 to be released past jan/feb... But honestly, I wouldn't put it past Blizzard to release it on the 31st of March. In fact, I wouldn't put it past Blizzard to release it at the end of December 2352623165135! =)
I figured it would be March anyway, since Blizz said the game would come out 6 months after the beta started. If they do have an actual release date, or get it soon, we might hear about it at Blizzcon next week. Although, I wouldn't get my hopes up that they will tell us anything about it, but I'm hoping they tell us something we'll like.
We may or may not get a release date. Blizzard won't give us a release date unless they know for sure they will make that date, because they don't like giving us a time when the game should be out, and missing the mark. I think that causes a lot more disappointment for everyone. They seem to give a release date 2 - 3 months before their games come out, and if Diablo III doesn't come out until March, then we may not hear when the release date is until January.
Of course we can always hope that they'll give us a date at Blizzcon, but I wouldn't expect it.
That is exactly when I would have pegged the release date as well. ETA on the Beta was Q3 2011 and it arrived in the final 10 days of the quarter. I expect the same type of late Q1 (end of March) retail launch as well. I am very understanding of this delay after digesting it for a week or two. I think pushing for a Mid December release would be quite rushed given the state of the Beta.
Blizzard (or really, any software developer) does not announce or confirm anything with retail suppliers prior to an official press release, which Blizzard does for every release announcement.
End of March is the end of Q1, and a very safe assumption when Blizzard says "early 2012". The actual statement is either a load of crap to stir up hype and garner more preorders, or they're twisting what was actually said, using words like "confirmed". End of March is more than 5 months away, I doubt Blizzard is even ready to "confirm" anything right now.
Blizzard (or really, any software developer) does not announce or confirm anything with retail suppliers prior to an official press release, which Blizzard does for every release announcement.
End of March is the end of Q1, and a very safe assumption when Blizzard says "early 2012". The actual statement is either a load of crap to stir up hype and garner more preorders, or they're twisting what was actually said, using words like "confirmed". End of March is more than 5 months away, I doubt Blizzard is even ready to "confirm" anything right now.
If I dont get a release date on Blizzcon i will be very disappointed.
Prepare for disappointment. If Blizzard was planning to launch Diablo III by the end of the year, then yes, I could see them announcing a release date then. Since it's next year, I don't see a release date announcement this far in advance.
I don't think Blizzard has ever announced a release date at Blizzcon.
If I dont get a release date on Blizzcon i will be very disappointed.
Why will you be disappointed?
I quite sure you don't get release date at blizzcon, cause the fact is that they pushed it away to early 2012, lets say Q1 (maybe Q2 would not suprise me) but it have never happend that blizz is actully telling us a release date 5 months before?.
/facepalm
Not sure why there is this speculation that the release date is tentatively 6 months after beta, I believe the only basis to this is that is what we saw with SC2.
But more importantly, the fact that the non-official release date was Q4, I would imagine that the release date they were shooting for was Nov/Dec. As they have pushed it back to "early 2012" and not "Q1 of 2012", I would assume this would speculate a 1-2 month push back, indicating Jan/Feb, if inline with the Nov/Dec time frame.
Blizzcon this year was heavily toned to be based on D3, with that being said, they need to release/announce something big in order to keep up with the theme.
I don't think a harddate is unreasonable at Blizzcon.
Have you looked at the blizzcon schedule? Very little is actually scheduled for diablo 3.
I don't foresee anything but a "Diablo 3 will be released in 2012!" sort of thing. Hopefully we get some more information on rune stones but I'm not holding my breath.
No, but seriously think about it... the best spot to release the game will be around then. It's not about bugs in the damn beta, because games will always have bugs and this is not a issue to be solved for half a year. Also the beta is only 1/3 of act 1 so what about the other half of the game ? I bet there is tons of issues there that will be in the final game. Excuses,excuses and yet they dodge the real reason why they delay the game. In the end the engine will be 5+ years and the game will have twice less life span then it would've had.
For me that is just sad way of doing things, Blizzard.
Just so you know... the proper way of saying twice less the lifespan is half. The game would have half the lifespan it would have.
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if you happen to have a link to an offical source, then by all means send me a PM and ill reopen, otherwise lets keep this in one of the many other release date threads.
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Wonder if its also actually just a guess...
I doubt it is true... Also I hope it isn't true but I wouldn't be surprised.
I wouldn't want Diablo 3 to be released past jan/feb... But honestly, I wouldn't put it past Blizzard to release it on the 31st of March. In fact, I wouldn't put it past Blizzard to release it at the end of December 2352623165135! =)
Why will you be disappointed?
Of course we can always hope that they'll give us a date at Blizzcon, but I wouldn't expect it.
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End of March is the end of Q1, and a very safe assumption when Blizzard says "early 2012". The actual statement is either a load of crap to stir up hype and garner more preorders, or they're twisting what was actually said, using words like "confirmed". End of March is more than 5 months away, I doubt Blizzard is even ready to "confirm" anything right now.
I agree 100%
Prepare for disappointment. If Blizzard was planning to launch Diablo III by the end of the year, then yes, I could see them announcing a release date then. Since it's next year, I don't see a release date announcement this far in advance.
I don't think Blizzard has ever announced a release date at Blizzcon.
/facepalm
Not sure why there is this speculation that the release date is tentatively 6 months after beta, I believe the only basis to this is that is what we saw with SC2.
But more importantly, the fact that the non-official release date was Q4, I would imagine that the release date they were shooting for was Nov/Dec. As they have pushed it back to "early 2012" and not "Q1 of 2012", I would assume this would speculate a 1-2 month push back, indicating Jan/Feb, if inline with the Nov/Dec time frame.
Blizzcon this year was heavily toned to be based on D3, with that being said, they need to release/announce something big in order to keep up with the theme.
I don't think a harddate is unreasonable at Blizzcon.
1.5 weeks to find out for sure.
I don't foresee anything but a "Diablo 3 will be released in 2012!" sort of thing. Hopefully we get some more information on rune stones but I'm not holding my breath.
Just so you know... the proper way of saying twice less the lifespan is half. The game would have half the lifespan it would have.
if you happen to have a link to an offical source, then by all means send me a PM and ill reopen, otherwise lets keep this in one of the many other release date threads.