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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 9, 2012, 12:53

Red

Verno wrote on Jan 9, 2012, 12:14: we're talking about functionality that will affect legitimate consumers Being logged in online isn't new technology in the software world. I have lots of games that don't work if I'm not online, and it's quite rare for my experience to be hindered by their servers being unexpectedly busted. If Blizzard can't handle technology as simple as this, it really will be pathetic. And legitmate consumers should rightfully be mad. But I'm hopeful that they have at least a basic grasp of how to make a connected service application. As for users without connections, they're not really legitimate consumers of this particular application since it will say in its requirements that an online connection mandatory. You don't buy games for which you don't meet the requirements and then complain about it. Of course you can certainly complain from the "but i wanted to be a legit consumer" point of view.

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Comment [quote="Red"Jan 9, 2012, 12:53][quote="Verno"Jan 9, 2012, 12:14]we're talking about functionality that will affect legitimate consumers[/quote] Being logged in online isn't new technology in the software world. I have lots of games that don't work if I'm not online, and it's quite rare for my experience to be hindered by their servers being unexpectedly busted. If Blizzard can't handle technology as simple as this, it really will be pathetic. And legitmate consumers should rightfully be mad. But I'm hopeful that they have at least a basic grasp of how to make a connected service application. As for users without connections, they're not really legitimate consumers of this particular application since it will say in its requirements that an online connection mandatory. You don't buy games for which you don't meet the requirements and then complain about it. Of course you can certainly complain from the "but i wanted to be a legit consumer" point of view. [/quote]

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