As before Diablo 3 was set to be released at the end of this year. Today they pushed it back to early 2012. Since Blizzard and Activision are working partners, did blizzard push D3 purposely because of CoD-MW3? It is set to hit the shelves November 8, 2011. This is not pointing fingers to anyone, just curious if that was the actual problem.
Don't think so. I mean, to some extent, there is a relationship between video games as a whole in which even vastly different genres might take up limited resources on the part of the buyer (aka the kid whose mom can only afford one game every 3 months or something).
But, remember, MW3 and BF3 are both cross-platform games. The majority of their money will be coming from PS3 and Xbox 360 sales. BF3 will be much more PC-based, but it's out in October, so even a December release date would be pretty removed from BF3's release.
Diablo has a specific following, people KNOW whether they'll be buying it, and I don't think the decision has ANYTHING to do with Activision's release of the new Call of Duty. They are non-competing franchises. I always knew D3 would never make it to 2011. I think Blizzard was really trying hard, and when they decided to overhaul the Demon Hunter, and probably realized that a host of other things needed to be finished properly, they just alleviated the pressure by saying early 2012, and from there they can work freely.
In any case, the best we can hope for is that more content is patched into beta later on.
Well not surprised but still dissapointed highly. I first off am surprise by how many bugs they had in the Beta and continue to have. I just hope Blizzard will stop announcing games that are 4-5 years out before release. Just stupid in my opion. I know they want hype well if it is no where near ready dont announce it period. And early next year will not be the case either. Look for q3 or q4 to be honest. ANd invite more beta opt in right. Like the 60 people who are playing beta now . Fing Joke. You got 60 people crashing your servers.
Anything would just be speculation.
But, remember, MW3 and BF3 are both cross-platform games. The majority of their money will be coming from PS3 and Xbox 360 sales. BF3 will be much more PC-based, but it's out in October, so even a December release date would be pretty removed from BF3's release.
Diablo has a specific following, people KNOW whether they'll be buying it, and I don't think the decision has ANYTHING to do with Activision's release of the new Call of Duty. They are non-competing franchises. I always knew D3 would never make it to 2011. I think Blizzard was really trying hard, and when they decided to overhaul the Demon Hunter, and probably realized that a host of other things needed to be finished properly, they just alleviated the pressure by saying early 2012, and from there they can work freely.
In any case, the best we can hope for is that more content is patched into beta later on.
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