Good call from Blizz, I suspected this would happen and I believe it is for the better. What is a few more months compared to delivering a batter balanced and polished product?
Damn, I'm so mad I badly refrain myself from bad language.
If I see one more "better game" and "polished" comment I might make an aneurysm.
Please, all who support this opinion, define this "more polished" !
Unless the beta we have is useless and they extend it to the whole 4 ACTS content I can't understand what a delay can fix in the sense of a "more polished" game in terms of game content.
Their internal Q&A won't find all bugs.They didn't delayed it to 2012 for more polish !
Please explain why they didn't delay it for more polish?
You think they just announced this so they could sit in their offices and laugh at you?
Apparently some people have never followed Blizzard projects in the past...
Not only do they never meet projected deadlines, but there was never a release date set, so nothing was 'pushed back'. They were aiming for 2011, and I really don't think there is anything surprising about them not making it. There still seem to be core systems of the game that are not done yet.
Yes, it sucks, but be just a tiny bit realistic (I know this is too much to ask).
In fact, Blizzard rarely misses projected deadlines. Aside from Diablo 3, the only in recent history was WoW:BC. They said they were set for a 2011 release and now that won't happen. That is what "pushed back" means. When you plan for a particular time-frame and miss it completely, it's delayed.
It's humorous how people have been saying there's no way they could miss 2011, how the game is almost done so there's no way it'll be later than that...and now since the announcement so many are claiming they aren't surprised. Good grief, the only people that aren't surprised about the delay work on the Diablo 3 project.
Sad news, but wasn't really surprised. In some ways I'm glad they pushed it back, means more time to make improvements and bug swatting. I'll continue to wait patiently for either a beta invite or the release. In the mean time at least there will be Skyrim and Torchlight II while I/we wait.
Called it. I knew this would happen given how late the F&F beta began. To be honest, I never believe much of anything that Blizzard says. Remember when they had actually announced the SC2 beta at Blizzcon 2008 ? Guess what, it didn't start till February 2010. Hysterical. L2meanitwhenyousayit.
Please explain why they didn't delay it for more polish?
You think they just announced this so they could sit in their offices and laugh at you?
In my humble opinion they delayed it for other reasons, like I mentioned in my posts, like for example Battle.net issues (like it happend with SCII) , infrastructure problems, Paypal stuff ... or something crazy like someone deleted all ACT IV. I don't believe that at this stage they are polishing something they couldn't polish in the next 2-3 months of beta.
And then March rolls around and it will be "mid-2012".
I'm sorry, but part of running a successful business is knowing what a time table is. You have repeatedly broken thousands of hearts, let down people time and time again.
I'm pretty ashamed of you, with literally endless resources for a gaming company, can't get your shit in gear and stick to what you said. Ashamed.
Good call from Blizz, I suspected this would happen and I believe it is for the better. What is a few more months compared to delivering a batter balanced and polished product?
OH I JUST LOVE THIS LOGIC. Then answer me this good sir why not delay it until 2013 ? Or maybe even 2030 for that matter to have the best awesome,super,duper,hyper,ultra polished game ? The game has been in development longer than we think. Blizzard North had stopped back in 2005 with old engine 'course, but I'm sure that they took lots of ideas from them when they shut down the company back then.The only reason why the lazy bastards delay the game is for money wise. They want to hit the best spot of the year to release the game.
if this was true, a mid november release would already be confirmed. If its a money grab, releasing before black friday / holiday shopping season would make the most sense, and patch out the bugs later.
I give blizzard the benefit of the doubt because they make awesome games, although at times they do seem to move their development along at a slothlike pace; their results speak for themselves though.
Well this certainly sucks. Blizzard's constant need to polish things to near perfection is endlessly maddening. That's why I never take their release estimates at face value ever. I think I'll be laying off the coverage for a bit...like most people it's not going to satisfy me until full release to just keep watching the same beta content and read on build ideas.
Thankfully Torchlight 2 will be out in a couple months to scratch my looting itch online.
I knew this was going to happen. IMHO I think one of the main reasons is SWTOR along with other things already mentioned.
There are other major releases coming out in the next few months like SWTOR, Skyrim, BF3, CoD MW3, ex. All these big games are coming out at around the same time and a lot of people play all these games. I don't think people are going to be able to spend $300+ in 2-3 months for all these games including D3 if it came out this year. So Blizzard waiting till next year for people to cool off from those releases and get pumped up for theirs is the right move no matter how to look at it.
I love all the people crying about something that they knew was going to happen but were just in SUPER DUPER denial. I mean come on haven't you learned anything from SC2. Blizzard never puts things out when they say they are. It doesn't matter to me though, Blizzard always delivers on their games so waiting as long as I knew I would have to makes no difference to me.
So who doubts Max Schaefer now about what he said a month ago.
I hope more invites to the beta are rolled out, however. It really seems a low.
I'm sure they will polish the game a lot. But what I'm sad, is that a lot of sad announcements will come out in the forthcoming months as well.
Like, for instance, StarCraft II's stupid region-and-language lock. I'm from Latin America. If I wanted to play the game in English, I was forced out to play in the NA Servers, forbidding me to play with my local friends who wanted the game in Spanish.
I fear the same will happen to Diablo III, aggravated due to the RMAH.
While I'm glad they take their tame to develop and fully polish the game (hell, Batman Arkham City had like a year of polish alone), I fear this is not the Blizzard I used to know back when Diablo II was released.
Let us hope for the best. I hope a release date is announced at BlizzCon.
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You think they just announced this so they could sit in their offices and laugh at you?
In fact, Blizzard rarely misses projected deadlines. Aside from Diablo 3, the only in recent history was WoW:BC. They said they were set for a 2011 release and now that won't happen. That is what "pushed back" means. When you plan for a particular time-frame and miss it completely, it's delayed.
It's humorous how people have been saying there's no way they could miss 2011, how the game is almost done so there's no way it'll be later than that...and now since the announcement so many are claiming they aren't surprised. Good grief, the only people that aren't surprised about the delay work on the Diablo 3 project.
I'm sorry, but part of running a successful business is knowing what a time table is. You have repeatedly broken thousands of hearts, let down people time and time again.
I'm pretty ashamed of you, with literally endless resources for a gaming company, can't get your shit in gear and stick to what you said. Ashamed.
if this was true, a mid november release would already be confirmed. If its a money grab, releasing before black friday / holiday shopping season would make the most sense, and patch out the bugs later.
I give blizzard the benefit of the doubt because they make awesome games, although at times they do seem to move their development along at a slothlike pace; their results speak for themselves though.
Thankfully Torchlight 2 will be out in a couple months to scratch my looting itch online.
I knew this was going to happen. IMHO I think one of the main reasons is SWTOR along with other things already mentioned.
There are other major releases coming out in the next few months like SWTOR, Skyrim, BF3, CoD MW3, ex. All these big games are coming out at around the same time and a lot of people play all these games. I don't think people are going to be able to spend $300+ in 2-3 months for all these games including D3 if it came out this year. So Blizzard waiting till next year for people to cool off from those releases and get pumped up for theirs is the right move no matter how to look at it.
I love all the people crying about something that they knew was going to happen but were just in SUPER DUPER denial. I mean come on haven't you learned anything from SC2. Blizzard never puts things out when they say they are. It doesn't matter to me though, Blizzard always delivers on their games so waiting as long as I knew I would have to makes no difference to me.
So who doubts Max Schaefer now about what he said a month ago.
Take that, you pitiful 2011 hipsters!
What does it mean that they've taken the blue post down. Was the topic getting people mad or what.
I hope more invites to the beta are rolled out, however. It really seems a low.
I'm sure they will polish the game a lot. But what I'm sad, is that a lot of sad announcements will come out in the forthcoming months as well.
Like, for instance, StarCraft II's stupid region-and-language lock. I'm from Latin America. If I wanted to play the game in English, I was forced out to play in the NA Servers, forbidding me to play with my local friends who wanted the game in Spanish.
I fear the same will happen to Diablo III, aggravated due to the RMAH.
While I'm glad they take their tame to develop and fully polish the game (hell, Batman Arkham City had like a year of polish alone), I fear this is not the Blizzard I used to know back when Diablo II was released.
Let us hope for the best. I hope a release date is announced at BlizzCon.