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Diablo III in February?

[Jan 08, 2012, 2:17 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Joystiq has an image of a store display in a Rochester, Minnesota Best Buy that seems to show a February 1 launch date for Diablo III, Blizzard's upcoming action/RPG sequel. They have some follow ups that don't completely confirm or deny this, and word that the end-cap was legit, but has since been removed. Meanwhile, the Best Buy Website now shows a February 1 release date for the game.

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Re: Diablo III in February?

Jan 12, 2012, 14:47

jdreyer

Blizzard chose to force online all the time for D3. They did this knowing there would be a backlash, as there was vs. Ubisoft, etc. when they pioneered this DRM model. They calculated that the loss of gamers pissed off by this decision would be less than the sales lost to piracy (assuming this prevents piracy). That's their choice.

This means I will not be able to play offline. It means I may not be able to play in five or ten years if the authentication servers are no longer online. These decisions have cost them my sale. It's really that simple. Torchlight 2 will not have these restrictions while offering similar gameplay, so I'll try that instead. Or maybe I'll just keep playing Skyrim and Fallout 3 or even Titan Quest (Iron Lore, RIP). There are lots of alternatives with less onerous restrictions.




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