Diablo-freaken-3!

[Draken693]

www.blizzard.com/diablo3
http://pc.ign.com/objects/714/714955.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_3

YES! FINALLY!

[TrumanGrace]

between SC2 and this it shows that Blizzard is finally willing to focus on big series that aren't named "Warcraft"

[Keile]

Originally Posted by TrumanGrace

between SC2 and this it shows that Blizzard is finally willing to focus on big series that aren't named "Warcraft"

Well Diablo3 probably would have come sooner had they not LOST the team who made Diablo2, who then went to make the horribly mediocre Hellgate:London...

[resiz3d]

Originally Posted by TrumanGrace

between SC2 and this it shows that Blizzard is finally willing to focus on big series that aren't named "Warcraft"

Yes, shame on them for focusing on the franchise which pours millions of dollars into their bank accounts every month! What's wrong with them?!

Actually I'd like to see something new from them. Down with sequels and spinoffs!

[TrumanGrace]

Originally Posted by resiz3d

Yes, shame on them for focusing on the franchise which pours millions of dollars into their bank accounts every month! What's wrong with them?!

Actually I'd like to see something new from them. Down with sequels and spinoffs!

Yes, like these other huge franchises were such big losses for them!

[resiz3d]

Compared to WoW.. they were.

Warcraft takes in 120 million freakin dollars a MONTH. A big chunk of that goes to pay server costs and bandwidth, but I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if they're taking 30-40million once costs are paid.

Diablo3 and SC2 will definitely be successful but they're pay-once, play forever games. And Blizz will still have to pay for battle.net and its costs with no extra revenue coming in. Meanwhile people will still be sendin Blizz cash every month to grind WoW some more.

[TrumanGrace]

Originally Posted by resiz3d

Compared to WoW.. they were.

Warcraft takes in 120 million freakin dollars a MONTH. A big chunk of that goes to pay server costs and bandwidth, but I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if they're taking 30-40million once costs are paid.

Diablo3 and SC2 will definitely be successful but they're pay-once, play forever games. And Blizz will still have to pay for battle.net and its costs with no extra revenue coming in. Meanwhile people will still be sendin Blizz cash every month to grind WoW some more.

Not quite. They haven't made as much money, but to be a loss, they would have to, well, make less than they cost by any standard. The fact that the Sims sold more doesn't make WoW any less of a success.

However, I fail to see how that means I can't comment that an entertainment company pretty much sat on the top selling RTS game ever for years, as well as another highly successful series, instead of putting forth effort in the intervening decade to develop them?

No one denied WoW's success, but you can't deny the success of the other franchises which they ignored either.

[Beno]

Whenever Blizzard announces a game I either wait 2 years for it or it becomes vapour ware. Looking at you StarCraft: Ghost

[Keile]

Originally Posted by Beno

Whenever Blizzard announces a game I either wait 2 years for it or it becomes vapour ware. Looking at you StarCraft: Ghost

Only two of blizzard's games have died.

SC:Ghost and WarCraft Adventures. The ladder wasn't even being made by Blizzard but was actually licensed out to another company. But blizzard, liking the character, took him and implimented him into WC:3. That would be Thrall, BTW.


Blizzard WILL NOT release a game if it doesn't meet their high standards, they just wont. They will delay it until it's ready and if they cant get it ready, they will scrap it.

More companies need this policy, it'll stop crap games from being released...

[resiz3d]

Originally Posted by Keile

Only two of blizzard's games have died.

SC:Ghost and WarCraft Adventures. The ladder wasn't even being made by Blizzard but was actually licensed out to another company. But blizzard, liking the character, took him and implimented him into WC:3. That would be Thrall, BTW.

Blizzard didn't develop SC Ghost either, that was Swingin Ape and Nihilistic.

A shame about Warcraft Adventures, I'm fond of the adventure game genre.

[thejakeman]

Originally Posted by Beno

Whenever Blizzard announces a game I either wait 2 years for it or it becomes vapour ware. Looking at you StarCraft: Ghost

i'm pretty sure that wasn't blizzard, just licensed.

[Darkborn]

I was watching the live feed of Blizzards WWI. When it was revealed, the French audience mildly claped. I don't think they were impressed lol.

I wouldn't mind playing this. I enjoyed the first two. I'm still playing the second one. I just hope Witch Doctor doesn't replace the Necromancer. probably will though.