Blizzard on Release Dates

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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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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.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Nov 23, 22:05	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	2.	Nov 23, 22:07	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Techie714 ©
	9.	Nov 24, 03:15	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	InBlack
	3.	Nov 23, 22:24	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	slaka
	4.	Nov 23, 22:30	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	5.	Nov 23, 23:10	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Creston
	6.	Nov 23, 23:12	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Cutter
	7.	Nov 23, 23:15	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	StingingVelvet
	8.	Nov 24, 00:33	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	10.	Nov 24, 05:58	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	ibm
	13.	Nov 24, 07:23	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	14.	Nov 24, 09:05	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	15.	Nov 24, 09:05	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	16.	Nov 24, 09:55	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	InBlack
	17.	Nov 24, 12:21	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	18.	Nov 24, 12:50	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Kxmode
	46.	Nov 27, 15:40	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Flatline
	19.	Nov 24, 18:52	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	20.	Nov 24, 19:59	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	21.	Nov 24, 20:44	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	22.	Nov 24, 20:53	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	23.	Nov 24, 20:59	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	24.	Nov 24, 21:05	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	25.	Nov 24, 21:09	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	28.	Nov 24, 21:13	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	29.	Nov 24, 21:37	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	30.	Nov 24, 21:41	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	31.	Nov 24, 21:45	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	32.	Nov 24, 21:58	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	33.	Nov 24, 22:03	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	34.	Nov 24, 22:13	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	35.	Nov 24, 22:22	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	36.	Nov 24, 22:38	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	37.	Nov 24, 23:13	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	38.	Nov 24, 23:19	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	39.	Nov 24, 23:59	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	40.	Nov 25, 00:21	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	41.	Nov 25, 01:37	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	42.	Nov 25, 08:14	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	43.	Nov 25, 15:08	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	44.	Nov 25, 17:23	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	45.	Nov 25, 19:39	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez
	47.	Nov 27, 15:46	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Flatline
	48.	Nov 30, 16:11	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Undocumented Alien
>>	26.	Nov 24, 21:10	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	27.	Nov 24, 21:13	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Yifes
	11.	Nov 24, 07:02	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Xero
	12.	Nov 24, 07:11	Re: Blizzard on Release Dates	Prez