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    Nov 7, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on D3 Has Sold Over 14 Million Copies, Ask the Devs About Game Design and Tech, Update on Legendary Transmogrification, Smart Drops
    The "haters" had an impact on sales, clearly.

    It looks like it sold well under a mil on each non-pc platform. When you realize that margins on console are much worse, you realize that it probably barely penciled out relative to dev costs, unlike WoW, which makes something ridiculous like 20x dev costs on a constant basis.

    This is despite the console version being much superior to the PC by all accounts.
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    Nov 4, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Developer Interview With AusGamers, Fist Weapons, Wands and Transmogrification, Estimates on Pre-Expansion Patch, Blue Posts
    "...or else we might as well make a new game."

    Nice, a straightforward admission that all they are doing is retreading.

    At least they're honest about it.
    Posted in: News & Announcements
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    Oct 3, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo fans needs a rant forum!
    "Not as bad" is far from "good".

    It would be great if itemization and character-identification issues went from "disaster" to "almost acceptable". That's optimistic.

    That only leaves the other major issues - the horrible story and ham-fisted implementation of it, the levels totally lacking effective randomization and hence immersion, rubberbanding and hitboxes, an attempt at PVP that plays like something from a five-digit budget kickstarter title, etc.

    Anyhow, faith is a real blessing. Some people believe in people rising from the dead and floating into the sky, some believe that guys who heard voices were hearing the true words of the creator of existence, some people believe that a company with billions in the bank deserves yet more money despite a decade of uninspired, shoddy reiterations and increasingly shady consumer practices. De gustibus...
    Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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    Oct 2, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo fans needs a rant forum!
    Quote from Shad3slayer

    and people have hope that D3 will finally be a worthy successor to D2.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battered_person_syndrome
    Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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    Oct 1, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo fans needs a rant forum!
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    Lately, so many more people are showing support for the game, instead of just posting the same dumb crap all the time about D2 and POE.

    That's because the millions who were dissapointed with the last couple of years finally got sick of whining and waiting and just left.
    The extremely large "community" that loved (and loves) D2 is basically gone, and the minority that doesn't see D3 as a flaming train wreck remains. Which is probably a win-win for both groups.

    The weak console sales and relatively very slow forums, like this one, reflect this. I don't think we'll be seeing any confetti parade "fastest sale ever" news blurbs about the expansion, for that matter, unless they find a way to tie it into WoW subs.

    In the bigger picture, the genre itself has been pretty well driven into the ground. No one is particularly excited about anything in the ARPG space at the moment, and this most recent generation didn't have a single title that really filled the gap left by D2, or even came close.
    Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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    Sep 17, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on No more auction house - good or bad? (Poll only)
    The beaten-wife syndrome evidenced today is truly hilarious.

    People want so badly to believe in something which really hasn't existed in years, and will line up to be the first to give their money now that mean ol' hubby has changed his ways.
    Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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    Jul 14, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on DiabloFans Interview With the Devs: Highlights
    They didn't miss the launch window for the new consoles because of any obsession with quality - they missed it for the same reason they shipped a mediocre game, never really made PVP, and will be lucky to ship an expansion in under two years.

    But this is inevitable when a corporate culture spends a dozen years moving away from actual focus on their products and promotes people based on their ability to play politics.
    Posted in: News & Announcements
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    Jul 13, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Disappointed with the Dev Interview.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Organization_Man
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    Mar 15, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on So whats the point in playing anymore? (constructive no flame please)
    Quote from shaggy


    Because we don't want an MMO?

    D3 is an MMO. A very, very gimped MMO.
    Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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    Mar 14, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Blizzard at PAX East, Diablo 3 Boss Mechanics, Legendary Item Drop Rates, Monster Affixes, Poll: What's Your Preferred Format fo
    Obviously, it's Blizzard All-stars - because the world needs another dota/smash bros in a world where LoL and Valve's dota exist. Not to mention the original war3/dota.

    Beyond jumping the shark... Between this, the movie, the lukewarm reception of Diablo to PS, and the increasingly obvious vapor that is titan, it might be a long couple of years for bliz.
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    Mar 7, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Wyatt Cheng and Travis Day on 1.0.8, Next Patch to Feature Co-op Improvements, Who Is Travis Day?
    Now we only need offline and the arena-style pvp they showed off years ago!
    Posted in: News & Announcements
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    Mar 3, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Who is Travis Day
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    Do you think that's a good thing or a bad thing?

    I don't think it is necessarily either - he's obviously a decent writer and analyst.

    I just point it out because it illustrates that Activision and Blizzard are sharing development resources, at least in this case. They are, in fact, the same company, and the image of Blizzard as some walled-off ninja temple is delusional.
    Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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    Mar 2, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Who is Travis Day
    Judging by his resume, he's a walking example of the fact that Activision and Blizzard are pooling design resources.
    Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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    Mar 1, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on How would you do difficulty in an ARPG?
    I understand why some ARPG fans hate TL2, but the starting 4 difficulties + HC option is a no-brainer, no matter your opinion on their execution of it. Making a player grind for 20 hours before the game even begins to get remotely challenging is just stupid.

    Just my opinion.
    Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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    Mar 1, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Travis Day On The Salvation of Diablo 3
    Quote from Bagstone

    But by objective measurements TL2 didn't come close to D3, as almost all reviews show, too.

    Uhhh.... yeah...

    http://torchlight.incgamers.com/2012/12/torchlight-2-wins-best-rpg-in-incgamers-2012-readers-vote/

    http://www.ign.com/wikis/best-of-2012/Best_PC_Role-Playing_Game

    http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/diablo-iii

    http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/torchlight-ii
    Posted in: News & Announcements
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    Jul 14, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on DiabloFans Interview With the Devs: Highlights
    They didn't miss the launch window for the new consoles because of any obsession with quality - they missed it for the same reason they shipped a mediocre game, never really made PVP, and will be lucky to ship an expansion in under two years.

    But this is inevitable when a corporate culture spends a dozen years moving away from actual focus on their products and promotes people based on their ability to play politics.
    Posted in: News
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    Mar 7, 2013
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Wyatt Cheng and Travis Day on 1.0.8, Next Patch to Feature Co-op Improvements, Who Is Travis Day?
    Now we only need offline and the arena-style pvp they showed off years ago!
    Posted in: News
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    Dec 12, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on At Least Two Weeks for PvP Blog, Bug with Health Link Monsters, Error 3007 for Aus/NZ Area Users, Marriland 3DS Giveaway
    Jay still has a job and we still don't have PVP.

    Ho ho ho!
    Posted in: News
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    Nov 16, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Future Updates, What Would You Like to See in an Expansion?, Top 10 Wanted Features, Community Commentary: Gearing up Your Follo
    "We also don't want to raise false expectations"

    That is an ironic statement, seeing as how they recently made a half-billion dollars based on them.
    Posted in: News
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    May 10, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo III Cinematic Screenshots, Results Conference Call, "One of the Chosen", Blue Posts
    Not a spoiler if you've seen the datamined in-game model in question. That's been around for at least few months, hasn't it?
    Posted in: News
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    Jan 30, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo 3 Test Server Maintenance - Beta Patch 11 Incoming
    Basically admiting that much of the coolest stuff in '08 was a demo that will never see release. Shocking.
    Posted in: News
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    Jan 19, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on System Changes
    I thought that TL2 and D3 would at least have different mechanics, making for a different-feeling gameplay experience at the cores.

    With today's news, I guess that isn't the case. What's next? A permanent pet in D3?
    Posted in: News
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    Jan 14, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo 3 Passes South Korea's GRB. "Many More" Beta Invites, Book of Cain, Wizard's Hydra, Screenshots
    protip: D3 is not a subscription game, and the government regulators just ensured that it won't have any RMAH stream in SK...

    :facepalm:

    special bonus english-as-first-language protip: you're
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    Jan 13, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo 3 Passes South Korea's GRB. "Many More" Beta Invites, Book of Cain, Wizard's Hydra, Screenshots
    As of early 2008, 9.5 million copies of StarCraft were sold worldwide, and Korea accounted for 4.5 million copies of those sales.

    http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2010/02/why-is-starcraft-popular-in-korea.html

    From the business perspective, China market is not essential to Blizzard. (the above teamliquid link)

    :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
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    Jan 13, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo 3 Passes South Korea's GRB. "Many More" Beta Invites, Book of Cain, Wizard's Hydra, Screenshots
    :facepalm:

    http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=98273
    Posted in: News
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    Jan 13, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo 3 Passes South Korea's GRB. "Many More" Beta Invites, Book of Cain, Wizard's Hydra, Screenshots
    Wished, I'm feeling charitable, so I'll try one last time, please read slowly.

    There is no way to monetize a non-subscription game in the PRC in china, and even when you do have a hit MMO, like WoW, you need to work with a partner - you can't own a majority stake in a PRC company. So that means your upside, despite many potential players, means much, much less cash than south korea - a country where Blizzard made tons of cash going back to Starcraft in the 90s.

    Hence, any normal person whose business experience went beyond yours - as an fetal-oxygen-deprived teenager - would call the market where you could potentially sell a hundred million bucks worth of d3 instead of maybe, hopefully a few million a bigger market.

    The fact that I'm bothering to educate you despite your confident assertion that SK was a smaller asian market for bliz than indonesia speaks to my deeply humanitarian and truly magnanimous nature. Have a good weekend.
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    Jan 13, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo 3 Passes South Korea's GRB. "Many More" Beta Invites, Book of Cain, Wizard's Hydra, Screenshots
    Wished, if you had even the smallest business experience with the PRC, you would know that no foreign company can own an outpost there outright. You would also know that Bliz has had plenty of drama with regulators, has moved on from their old partner, only makes pennies relative to dollars on WoW timecards, hasn't really monetized the other titles like SC, while they have made hundreds of millions in SK and have a 100% owned office there... But you don't. Because you don't know your ass from your elbow about any of the above subjects.
    Posted in: News
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    Jan 13, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo 3 Passes South Korea's GRB. "Many More" Beta Invites, Book of Cain, Wizard's Hydra, Screenshots
    "regardless of SK being higher then japan"


    Uh... by a truly huge multiple, whether or not you know how to google.

    You're just embarassing yourself. Please, educate yourself a little on the fact that Blizzard products have been a significant part of Korean culture for the past dozen years, and try to learn about the fact that Blizzard needs to work with a partner by law in China before digging even deeper.

    protip: mongolia is a much "bigger" asian country than SK, but still not much of a market for blizzard. you're welcome.
    Posted in: News
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    Jan 13, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo 3 Passes South Korea's GRB. "Many More" Beta Invites, Book of Cain, Wizard's Hydra, Screenshots
    Quote from WishedHeHadBeta

    Quote from Gheed2010

    Blizzard surrenders after six bitter months, gives up RMAH in smallest asian market

    There, fixed the headline.

    biggest asian market? troll much?

    china...japan...india...indonesia... geography much either?

    lol

    Please, wished, enlighten us once again with your superior knowledge and illuminate why india, indonesia and japan are more important than korea, despite SK having over 10x the blizzard players of all of those countries combined.

    Feel free to share how blizz can circumvent the need to have a partner in the PRC and can run the RMAH there while you're at it.
    Posted in: News
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    Jan 13, 2012
    Gheed2010 posted a message on Diablo 3 Passes South Korea's GRB. "Many More" Beta Invites, Book of Cain, Wizard's Hydra, Screenshots
    Blizzard surrenders after six bitter months, gives up RMAH in biggest asian market

    There, fixed the headline.
    Posted in: News
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