"As always, unless it is officially announced by us, usually through a press release, any release dates are purely guesses made up by the retailer. I don't pretend to know every retailer's pre-order requirements or rules, but I believe a release date usually has to be present for them to begin taking pre-orders. So they sort of make one up.
That isn't meant to discourage you pre-ordering the game, feel free if you want, but be aware that the retailer likely has a disclaimer stating that the date they list isn't a guaranteed release date, and it certainly isn't."
I just hope the development speed doesn't slow down because of the financial crisis.
This is good.
Whatever, we wait official game release. I trust Blizzard team. I hope this game will be soon... :rolleyes:
P.S. I waited this game 3 years so I shall wait as early as one year another. I shall just take holiday on work, after I did buy the Game. :rolleyes:
P.S Can i have aword with you mockery
REason i say its wrong is because there unjustly taking money from people who think something is pre-ordering.
So dumb...
Blizzard, like all gaming companies (& 90% of businesses), has been greatly affected by this financial crisis.
If you had any stocks in ActivisionBlizzard, or have been keeping an eye out on their stock prices you'd know that they went down from around $34 USD from when they first joined, all the way down to $8 USD today... that's a pretty harsh fall for a giant like Blizzard, and even the release of WoW: WotLK wasn't able to save them.
The gaming industry is just as threatened by the financial crisis as any industry if not more so than the others. People aren't able to dish out $60 for every game they want any more. Also investors are pulling out and running with as much, or as little as they can right now, and I bet you if you look at the figures of WoW subscribers you'll see that Blizzard will loose at least 2 million subscribers within this quarter.
My worries about Diablo III aren't based on nothing my friend, they're legitimate, very legitimate.
Blizzard is largely autonomous as a gaming company. I develops and releases games independently of any other company, as opposed to car manufacturers and banks which are intertwined with each other and depends on suppliers etc. This means Blizzard can't as easily be dragged down as other industries.
You may be right, but I don't see the video-game industry taking a fall here. Especially not Blizzard. WoW players will cut down on a lot before they cut their 12USD a month payment.
I would disagree on the subscribers, but we'll see.
Besides, not all WoW.players are american. Hafl are chinesea 2 million are european. So we'll see.
And devour it as soon as I get home.