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Diablo III coming May 15

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Re: Diablo III coming May 15

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Post by rkalla »

Teapot wrote: post #37

Disappointing graphics so far. This is what i think Diablo3 should look like these days, http://uiu.bravehost.com/THIS-is-what-Diablo3-should-look-li... Anything less and i´m not interested.

Blizz has always designed around experience... in this case I think they decided going with the classic iso view would appeal to the nostalgia and more importantly allow the game to run on more hardware which is probably something they learned in spades with WoW.

In a way they are like a high-end Zynga, always about the mechanics, always about the "feel"... keep you playing, keep you playing, keep you playing... because if yuo are playing you'll want the new Sword of Sadness from the auction house and put down the $3 real dollars for it instead of mining orbs for a week.

Re: Diablo III coming May 15

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Post by politician »

valuegram wrote: post #38

I'm interested to hear about expectations for Diablo III. I'm long ATVI because of their dividend, financials, and value fundamentals. Gaming also seems like a growth industry and Blizzard/Activision have some strong gaming franchises. I figured the upcoming Diablo III launch would only help the situation.

I love Blizzard's timing... by setting a date we can surmise that WoW's Free-to-Play model is failing and that May 15 is the latest date that a release-date-averse publisher like Blizzard feels it can still preempt the Guild Wars 2 release. It makes one wonder if these large publishers have game theoreticians working on optimum release dates.

Re: Diablo III coming May 15

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Post by rkalla »

thomasloh wrote: post #33

does pre-purchasing it now makes any difference than buying it on launch date?

You might want to check all your different retailer's sites (Amazon, Gamestop, etc.) to see if they offer pre-order bundle bonuses as they do with other games.

Re: Diablo III coming May 15

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Post by zmj »

vyrotek wrote: post #27

While I'm very (very) excited for this game.. I'm very nervous about my productivity this summer. There are few things that can pull me away from coding. This is one of them. Maybe D3 will open some new startup opportunities? Yes.. yes that's what I'll tell myself. It's all research.

I am interested to see how the real-money auction house works out. Somebody's going to be making some money off that.

Re: Diablo III coming May 15

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Post by mihaifm »

zmj wrote: post #44
vyrotek wrote: post #27

While I'm very (very) excited for this game.. I'm very nervous about my productivity this summer. There are few things that can pull me away from coding. This is one of them. Maybe D3 will open some new startup opportunities? Yes.. yes that's what I'll tell myself. It's all research.

I am interested to see how the real-money auction house works out. Somebody's going to be making some money off that.

Just hope it's not overrun by bots, as D2 is right now.

Re: Diablo III coming May 15

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Post by endianswap »

politician wrote: post #42
valuegram wrote: post #38

I'm interested to hear about expectations for Diablo III. I'm long ATVI because of their dividend, financials, and value fundamentals. Gaming also seems like a growth industry and Blizzard/Activision have some strong gaming franchises. I figured the upcoming Diablo III launch would only help the situation.

I love Blizzard's timing... by setting a date we can surmise that WoW's Free-to-Play model is failing and that May 15 is the latest date that a release-date-averse publisher like Blizzard feels it can still preempt the Guild Wars 2 release. It makes one wonder if these large publishers have game theoreticians working on optimum release dates.

There definitely have to be some solid reasons behind this specific release date given the fact that they've been cutting features in the last couple of months to be ready to ship in May (such as PVP). When were their other games launched? I seem to remember StarCraft 2 launching around May/June.

(Hopefully unnecessary disclaimer: I work on Guild Wars 2.)

Re: Diablo III coming May 15

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Post by politician »

rkalla wrote: post #40
vyrotek wrote: post #27

While I'm very (very) excited for this game.. I'm very nervous about my productivity this summer. There are few things that can pull me away from coding. This is one of them. Maybe D3 will open some new startup opportunities? Yes.. yes that's what I'll tell myself. It's all research.

I would lie if I said the same thought hadn't crossed my mind... while we are still in the era of comments like yours (and mind) being brushed off somewhat half-jokingly, can you even imagine in 10-20 years what kind of addiction-causing experience games will be? I think we are still 2 generations of game tech away from it, but at some point the addiction many people experienced with pathetically unadvanced games lik…

China has the demographics for pervasive addiction today with its moderately educated, underemployed, sexually-suppressed overpopulation of males (35M more males than females in 2009). This should lead to massive political unrest as in the Arab Spring and the knee-capped Iranian revolt of '09, but hasn't. I suspect that a significant force behind this pacification is gaming. Instead of banning Skinner boxes like WoW outright, the Party asserts control by dictating how much XP such games can deliver (cynically, drip), at what rates, for how long per day.

Re: Diablo III coming May 15

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Post by uriloran »

Teapot wrote: post #37

Disappointing graphics so far. This is what i think Diablo3 should look like these days, http://uiu.bravehost.com/THIS-is-what-Diablo3-should-look-li... Anything less and i´m not interested.

I think games like Minecraft have shown us that grafics is not the most important aspect of a game. Can't imagine a Diablo3 with this grafics would be a game for me, sorry.

Re: Diablo III coming May 15

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Post by politician »

zmj wrote: post #44
vyrotek wrote: post #27

While I'm very (very) excited for this game.. I'm very nervous about my productivity this summer. There are few things that can pull me away from coding. This is one of them. Maybe D3 will open some new startup opportunities? Yes.. yes that's what I'll tell myself. It's all research.

I am interested to see how the real-money auction house works out. Somebody's going to be making some money off that.

Spoiler: That somebody is Blizzard.
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