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Re: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days of being offline

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Post by rainonmoon »

fifticon wrote: post #63
shitloadofbooks wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They just got bought by Microsoft for almost 70 Billion dollars.

Their IP and player base just got bought for 70b. They will make new 'blizzard' games, the way Disney makes StarWars movies. But I actually welcome it. Kotick has run blizzard into the ground, on the formula 'maximize profits instead of player satisfaction', which is the opposite of the formula that made the blizzard name. At least MS will, presumably, milk the IP long-term-responsibly.

They're reportedly getting into it for metaverse and mobile properties, so don't count on it.

Re: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days of being offline

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Post by MomoXenosaga »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #36
throaway46546 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ironically GOG has an even more generous refund policy. >You may request a refund for a product up to 30 days after purchase, even if it was downloaded, launched, and played.

Yes, but reportedly if you do this more than a few times they'll get upset with you.

I think that's reasonable. If you abuse the refund system you should get banned.

But I don't think that it will happen a lot because piracy is already incredibly easy with GOG. If you want a free game why bother with buying it at all?

Re: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days of being offline

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Post by MomoXenosaga »

manquer wrote: post #121
jonny_eh wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the execs at Microsoft don't read Hacker News.

Probably good they don't, HN opinions are very selective and don't represent any market very well (even founders or developers)

I play videogames but my tastes are far from the mainstream.

The game industry is very diverse, you have obscure VNs that sell less than 100k to multi billion dollar franchises like Call of Duty.

Re: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days of being offline

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Post by nomel »

baq wrote: post #57
Jyaif wrote: post #14

> It serves no real purpose Oh common. You may not like it, but DRM was invented for a reason.

yes. it is to line publisher's pockets. it's a nuisance for both developers and users.

> it is to line publisher's pockets.

Which is the reason the games were funded.

Re: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days of being offline

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Post by girvo »

alickz wrote: post #12
rjzzleep wrote: post #3

Diablo 2 resurrected was the most infuriating experience I have had. I bought it in the Switch store against my better judgment, partly because in their support forum they said that offline mode would of course always be offline. For the first few days people could hardly even start the game, I tried to return it right away, because it's basically a bricked game at this point, but Nintendo doesn't want to refund swit…

Consumers need to demand better refund systems from the big console makers. On Steam if you don't like a game, or if it doesn't work for you, you can get a full refund no questions asked as long as it's within 14 days and with less than 2 hours playtime. In certain circumstances they even give refunds after 2 hours playtime (e.g. you spend 2+ hours debugging the game and trying to get it to run) This should be standa…

That refund system for Steam only exists because the ACCC forced them to comply with Australian consumer law.

And Valve still punish Australia for that by refusing to sell hardware here directly. No Index or Steam Deck for us.

Re: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days of being offline

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Post by girvo »

mrits wrote: post #141
freeflight wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Overwatch released over a hand full of years ago, it already had its "couple of months of hype" since then.

If you have access to wikipedia you could learn that neither of those statements are accurate. It has 6x more players than the first few months of 2016.

That is not what you think it means.

It does not have 60 million current players.

It has 60 million people who have played it since the open beta.

Activision does not release active player counts, but every secondary metric (OWL viewership, Twitch, subreddit participation, other sites that track this) show that it’s active player count has gone down. Likely by a lot.

The OW2 debacle has made it worse; no new content updates for fans who stuck it out? And for what, a PvE mode?

Re: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days of being offline

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Post by rad_gruchalski »

ddtaylor wrote: post #61
mdp2021 wrote: post #52

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You are responsible for your actions. What you fund, you encourage.

Pretty sure then as a tax paying citizen that I'm responsible for drone assassinations etc., so by comparison the entire Blizzard drama would be pretty low on the priority list by that logic.

You don't have much choice regarding taxes. Your choice to buy something is a totally different matter.

Re: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days of being offline

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Post by ryandrake »

sph wrote: post #154
rjzzleep wrote: post #3

Diablo 2 resurrected was the most infuriating experience I have had. I bought it in the Switch store against my better judgment, partly because in their support forum they said that offline mode would of course always be offline. For the first few days people could hardly even start the game, I tried to return it right away, because it's basically a bricked game at this point, but Nintendo doesn't want to refund swit…

Stop giving these hacks money, it's fucking easy. I love Diablo 2, but the current Actiblizzard can go bankrupt before I enable their shitty practices and my purchase figures on some MBA's slide as a positive signal that customers are happy, let's keep doing what we're doing . Yes, that's what your $50 you've written off are doing. It's not rocket science, especially in the current golden age of gaming, where there's…

Exactly, it’s like Frog And Toad. “These game companies must be punished so they stop abusing customers!” cried Toad as he bought another game.

Re: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days of being offline

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Post by uuidgen »

salamandersauce wrote: post #40
pteraspidomorph wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's legally mandated in the EU. https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/gua...

Except not for software or digital content once you've started downloading it. From the FAQ on the site you linked: "If you purchase digital content - such as music or a video online - you cannot withdraw once downloading or streaming has started, if you previously agreed that you would lose your right of withdrawal by starting the performance." That's how Nintendo of EU gets away with not refunding. You started down…

You can't return it "no questions asked", but if the product doesn't work you can request them to make it work or refund if they're unable to.

If they don't want there is small claims court which is cheap and simple. I have used it in cases where some manufacturers would void warranty due to "water damage" after the product stopped working. In the end they paid: cost of purchase, cost to file, cost of my legal consultation, cost of expertise showing that there was no sign of water damage. Country - Poland.

Re: You cannot play Diablo 2 resurrected after 30 days of being offline

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Post by baud147258 »

crtasm wrote: post #170
baud147258 wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the difference is, every single-player game in their catalog can also be played without GOG Galaxy From my (admittedly limited) experience with GOG games and Galaxy, only games downloaded via the GOG website (with 'offline backup game installers') can be launched without Galaxy; games installed with Galaxy will force Galaxy to be running alongside it

I recently installed Galaxy and used it to install 4 games from my library, testing now they all load up without Galaxy running.

You're right (and the parent too); I was using the game shortcuts in my start menu, but I checked and those shortcuts point toward the Galaxy launcher (with additional information on which game to launch), so I was launching Galaxy at the same time as the game. When I used directly, the game executables don't start Galaxy.
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