to Aequitas: I have to desagree. I think it would be a nice marketing strategy. You are right about the time of release.. it has not yet come, but it's time to announce the project!! Blizzard always announced their project a way before release. why not give pc gamer exclusive rights to do it? they have given exclusive rights to magazines before! After the magazine had it's exclusivity they start up a page for Diablo III... instead of an announcement on E3 which is really big and Diablo III would not get all the attention, an exclusive discovery on Pcgamer would draw the attention world wide! While on E3 the eyes of the reporter would not only be focused on Diablo but on several other nice and exciting announcements!
have a nice day folks!
You bring up a few good points, but I'm still left with an "I don't know" taste in my mouth. It's a risky move, limiting your potential audience. Even if the game is not the center of attention at an event like E3, its overall coverage would be a good deal larger. The game has simply taken too long for a surprise unveiling to have any effect on consumers, other that grumbles of how it is "about time."
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For the record, I voted "no." I believe the game is coming, I just don't think this is the time. It would be poor marketing to release it now, especially to give exclusive coverage to PC Gamer. Sure, it's a big magazine, but, like Cyks stated before, they will need a huge following in order to sell the game with such a huge time frame between installments.
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