RP: The development cycle will be more like StarCraft 2. Wrath of the Lich King is an expansion set to a game that's very established in technology, pipeline, team, and everything else. Diablo III is a full-blown new product for us so it will be similar to StarCraft 2.
Whatever that means, heh.
Starcraft II went into development in 2003, and still does not have a release date pending. I'm guessing it comes out in time for Christmas, giving it a total development time of 5 years. If Diablo III has the same development time, that would give it a 2010 release date.
Diablo II was announced 3 years before it launched. Starcraft II was announced in 2007 and will probably come out 2 years after that announce date (according to my prediction). Thus, 2 years from Diablo III announce date also sounds reasonable.
How do you know how much more development the game needs? Honestly you have no way of knowing how much of the game they have done just from viewing the trailer.
How do you know how much more development the game needs? Honestly you have no way of knowing how much of the game they have done just from viewing the trailer.
yes, but blizzard has a history of taking forever on everything, including titles that ended up not getting released and canned ;p
I say two more years at the max. They already have i think it was 3 or 4 years of development on it. However, I do hope the Diablo 3 is longer than Diablo 2. Hopefully thats why it might take so long.
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Starcraft II went into development in 2003, and still does not have a release date pending. I'm guessing it comes out in time for Christmas, giving it a total development time of 5 years. If Diablo III has the same development time, that would give it a 2010 release date.
Diablo II was announced 3 years before it launched. Starcraft II was announced in 2007 and will probably come out 2 years after that announce date (according to my prediction). Thus, 2 years from Diablo III announce date also sounds reasonable.
yes, but blizzard has a history of taking forever on everything, including titles that ended up not getting released and canned ;p
~not going to buy a wow-ish diablo 3~
~this is the petition you're looking for~