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Blizzard on Release Dates

Blizzard: ‘Who Knows’ When Diablo III Will Ship? on Techland has a bit from Rob Pardo on recent indications that Diablo III is a ways off. "We always announce all of our games too early," says the Blizzard executive video president, who admits this clarity has not helped them remedy the situation: "We realize that and go, ‘You know what? Next time we’re not going to do that.’ And then we always fail at that. But I’d rather fail at that than fail at making the game great. I think it’s safe to say that, yeah, (Diablo III) is not going to be out next year."

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26. Re: Blizzard on Release Dates Nov 24, 2009, 21:10 Yifes
 
Here, let me copy and paste where we were before things got off track:

I'm not talking about average joe artist here. If Michael fucking Jackson told you "hey man - don't rush me - this is what works for me!" then you better fucking listen. Again, I'm guessing this is out of your realm of experience since you've never been that successful, or worked with anyone that successful. Even Activision won't touch Blizzard, but you somehow think you can.

That it doesn't matter that Blizzard's project management sucks ass because they are sitting on a mountain of cash thanks to WoW doesn't change the fact that they are terrible.

Blizzard didn't always have WOW, and they have always operated without solid deadlines and succeeded.

Look, I'm not saying that your approach is wrong. Yes "when it's done" can lead you to ruin. But it has also brought us Half life 2, Team fortress 2, and every fucking game Blizzard has made. But saying that your approach is the only right approach, and anyone who doesn't operate this way is, to quote you, "terrible" is just pure fucking arrogance.

And yes, I don't mind waiting if waiting guarantees that SCII is a hit, and allows Blizzard to continue with their peerless support for the PC. I rather have PC SCII in 15 years, than to have Blizzard compromise for simultaneous console release, like Valve, id, Epic, Bioware, and your own Ken Levine have done. In fact, I rather have no SCII than to have some shitty console port version.

This comment was edited on Nov 24, 2009, 21:11.
 
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