You know... if we say they've been working on the game for five years (probably really more) and you divide that by ten, that would mean that 9/10 of the development cycle still leaves a window of about six months.
Nah I bought the WoW annual pass, which I regretted almost instantly after getting it....not because of diablo, but because of the direction of WoW.
I'm sure a lot of people do feel this way.. but oh well, pretty naive to think wow would get any better at least, it really only was going to stay the mediocre same or worse at this point.
Imo, WoW isn't a bad game. I felt like when i got the pass I could at least play it on the side, But then I got into Dota 2 beta while I was on vacation in December and that's when I felt like I made a mistake. I even liked Swtor, but Dota 2 is just more fun for me.
WoW might eventually go f2p, but until then, there are just better things out there. If D3 isn't that hot, I'm done buying Blizzard games.
The game management actively trolling ( Bashiok on twitter this morning, and Jays "9/10" comment knowing it would be interpreted as GDC/CeBit) is the worst display of professionalism i've seen in a long time,
Everyone go buy The Witcher and The Witcher 2 to support a true amazing and caring Development team.
^ I totally agree. I've said this at least once before about the current CM's. If Blizzard went and fired 600 employees recently, it's shame on them for not firing these clowns. Any one of the Diablo Fans forum mods could do a better job.
I'm sure a number of hardcore fans would love an easy job were you just sit in a handful of meetings during the day then post some text filtered by PR and a grammar checker a few times a week. I guarantee you they would do a more professional job.
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I'm willing to bet (small amounts) that we will see the release date announced during GDC. The statement comes off a bit taunting, which makes me think it's intended to be ironic.
October 4, 2010 - WoW Cataclysm announced release date.
May 3, 2010 - Sc2 announced release date.
September 15, 2008 - WoW Wrath of the lich king announced release date.
Release Date
December 7, 2010 - WoW Cataclysm release date.
July 27, 2010 - Sc2 release date.
November 13, 2008 - WoW Wrath of the Lich King release date
IMO Diablo 3 announcement for release date is between today till March 15(thursday) + 2 months = May is the release date. If they delay it AGAIN they will announce the release date next month which is April 1 - 15 + 2 months = June is the release date.
When i see games like ME3 which take less than, saying 2 years of dev, and knowing the human power they have at blizzard, they are really leading this project with no professionalism...
We got some luck to have great fansites like diablofans to have interesting discussion...
Comparing ME3 with D3 doesn't make any sense.
God I hope they don't take more than 2 years to make a sequel that they already have all the assets and engine ready for
I mean ME is great don't get me wrong, but it is all recycled stuff, its not a huge project as D3 can be.
That said Blizzard could have been a bit more transparent during the development and all the delays.
Since Jay hinted that the release date announcement is quite close, its quite logical they would do it at cebit or GDC for maximum media/PR exposure.
Exposure? Jay could tweet the release date in the middle of the night and every gaming blog/site in the universe would have it posted within an hour. D3 hardly needs a middle level gaming conference to blow the doors off the media.
I've still got all my chips in the pot that says D3 wont get released until 4-6 weeks after beta ends. With another known patch coming at an undisclosed time, I'm sticking with June at the earliest- the date I've assumed ever since D3 missed the end of 2011 drop date.
I understand that games take a long time to do right, especially when making fist fulls of money is your primary goal.
BUT, someone at Blizz needs to fire all those forum dweebs, like ballsiack, or whatever his name is. He gets paid to be a fat turd and twitter, AND to troll and disrespect the people that ultimately pay his salary.
Since when is pissing off and pissing on your fans a "Good PR strategy?"
Some people need to grow up. Quit hanging on Jay and Bashiok's every word and go do something else. OH GOD THEY LIED TO US! THEY'RE DECEIVING US! They don't go out of their way to post stuff like that, they get asked every day, and what do you want them to say? "YUP off to GDC to announce D3's release! derp oh noes" You pitching a fit on a fansite shows up on their radar about not at all and doesn't help them release the game any faster. When it gets announced you'll hear about it and then come buy it. </rant>
Also: Beta doesn't end until like a day or two before release, so you can scratch out that 4-6 weeks theory. They'll probably have invasions of ponies and rainbows and teddy bear giggles in the last couple hours it's up, then they shut down the server and get the real servers prepped for release.
I don't care when they release this game but I'm starting to get pretty annoyed with how they are creating all this release hype and not following through. It's pretty disrespectful to your fans to continue saying that a release date announcement will be coming soon or the next couple of weeks and then have it all be lies and only be hype generation by the marketing department.
this game better come out soon, im getting urges...... TERRIBLE, horrific, unthinkable urges.....
....i want to play WoW again.
This. Fight the power sir! I'm playing World of Tanks and watching The Community, The Big Bang Theory, and Game of Thrones to keep myself occupied. Might go look for a book as well.
I'm moving from "Hyped" to "Pissed off". Again. Really don't know what to think. They keep teasing and teasing and misleading and delaying ... never pointing out clearly what is true and what is not.
I don't know... I can't stand em anymore.
Well if you "can't stand em anymore." then I say just leave. As in ignore all of Diablo 3 for the moment, and come back next month. The new info that comes out will still be here. It won't be going no where.
Hell has frozen over. I stopped being rabid over a release date and am actually playing League of Legends. Never in a million years did I think this would happen.
Just sayin'...
Imo, WoW isn't a bad game. I felt like when i got the pass I could at least play it on the side, But then I got into Dota 2 beta while I was on vacation in December and that's when I felt like I made a mistake. I even liked Swtor, but Dota 2 is just more fun for me.
WoW might eventually go f2p, but until then, there are just better things out there. If D3 isn't that hot, I'm done buying Blizzard games.
^ I totally agree. I've said this at least once before about the current CM's. If Blizzard went and fired 600 employees recently, it's shame on them for not firing these clowns. Any one of the Diablo Fans forum mods could do a better job.
I'm sure a number of hardcore fans would love an easy job were you just sit in a handful of meetings during the day then post some text filtered by PR and a grammar checker a few times a week. I guarantee you they would do a more professional job.
Since Jay hinted that the release date announcement is quite close, its quite logical they would do it at cebit or GDC for maximum media/PR exposure.
About 9 from 10 scale... they announce DIII 4 years ago, divide 48 by 10 and you'll see that 9 is 5 months
so release will be in september+
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October 4, 2010 - WoW Cataclysm announced release date.
May 3, 2010 - Sc2 announced release date.
September 15, 2008 - WoW Wrath of the lich king announced release date.
Release Date
December 7, 2010 - WoW Cataclysm release date.
July 27, 2010 - Sc2 release date.
November 13, 2008 - WoW Wrath of the Lich King release date
IMO Diablo 3 announcement for release date is between today till March 15(thursday) + 2 months = May is the release date. If they delay it AGAIN they will announce the release date next month which is April 1 - 15 + 2 months = June is the release date.
I had the coat hanger out ready as well
Right on! : )
Comparing ME3 with D3 doesn't make any sense.
God I hope they don't take more than 2 years to make a sequel that they already have all the assets and engine ready for
I mean ME is great don't get me wrong, but it is all recycled stuff, its not a huge project as D3 can be.
That said Blizzard could have been a bit more transparent during the development and all the delays.
Exposure? Jay could tweet the release date in the middle of the night and every gaming blog/site in the universe would have it posted within an hour. D3 hardly needs a middle level gaming conference to blow the doors off the media.
I've still got all my chips in the pot that says D3 wont get released until 4-6 weeks after beta ends. With another known patch coming at an undisclosed time, I'm sticking with June at the earliest- the date I've assumed ever since D3 missed the end of 2011 drop date.
BUT, someone at Blizz needs to fire all those forum dweebs, like ballsiack, or whatever his name is. He gets paid to be a fat turd and twitter, AND to troll and disrespect the people that ultimately pay his salary.
Since when is pissing off and pissing on your fans a "Good PR strategy?"
Also: Beta doesn't end until like a day or two before release, so you can scratch out that 4-6 weeks theory. They'll probably have invasions of ponies and rainbows and teddy bear giggles in the last couple hours it's up, then they shut down the server and get the real servers prepped for release.
This. Fight the power sir! I'm playing World of Tanks and watching The Community, The Big Bang Theory, and Game of Thrones to keep myself occupied. Might go look for a book as well.
Well if you "can't stand em anymore." then I say just leave. As in ignore all of Diablo 3 for the moment, and come back next month. The new info that comes out will still be here. It won't be going no where.
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