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Diablo III: 6.3 million copies sold
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Druz
Member
Most people aren't lying, this lag is fucked. Tried to play Hell today and last night and was getting disconnected constantly (after being killed due to not being able to use any skills while the monsters destroy me).
It's an MMOs problems without the quality control
Just for numbers sake I'll mention I was DC'd 6 times in 20 minutes,
It's an MMOs problems without the quality control
Just for numbers sake I'll mention I was DC'd 6 times in 20 minutes,
What the hell does server side gameplay calculations have to do with social features? Everything you stated doesn't require always online DRM, especially the one Blizzard implemented.
I have only actually been DC'ed once personally. I didn't play much last night but I did have some nasty latency initially but it went to green after 5-10 minutes.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
yeah, at the moment it appears that lag is off the charts and i keep getting dced after killing one boss in this level.
CosmicQueso
Member
Only the physical retail sales, sadly.
And yeah, without the online connection requirement that number would likely be significantly less.
Hate them if you want, but it looks like requiring constant online was the right business decision. And millions of folk decided it wasn't a deal breaker.
If my gaming habits continue like they have been then most likely nothing I've seen this year will dethrone Diablo 3. I'm hopelessly addicted to it.
ZombieSupaStar
Member
without trying to open a can of worms, for something like skyrim, or fallout yeah always online is crap. But Diablo 3 eh.... kinda murky there, wasn't a big enough deal for me to decline the game, lag still sucks though.
CosmicQueso
Member
I hope more people that currently pirate will enjoy paying for their entertainment on next-gen gaming consoles. But hey, that's just me.
StoppedInTracks
Member
Lag sucks. Blizzard needs to fix shit on their side soon otherwise HC is unusable.
MP-focused games will always get away with online only DRM. It's SP games where the bottom line starts to be affected and ubisoft lost a lot of PC sales with its online DRM experiments
This. And the game it's deserving of all these sales. Brilliant 30ish hours that I had until now and still playing it. It will be on my GOTY list for sure, top spot for now.
Where are people playing that they see queues and lag and disconnections?
Seriously, i play on the american server, and i never once saw a queue and the only lag and disconnections i get are when my shitty wireless internet decide to give up to make fun of me.
Seriously, i play on the american server, and i never once saw a queue and the only lag and disconnections i get are when my shitty wireless internet decide to give up to make fun of me.
Druz
Member
What an interesting and thoughtful question, guess the lag and disconnections don't exist, thanks for the insight
I'm playing in Europe, and I've never seen a ping below 130. It often spikes to 300, and sometimes above that.
If I wanted this kind of response times I'd be playing on onlive.
Felix Lighter
Member
I'm in Pennsylvania. I can only play 7PM-11PM Eastern time and weekends. I've had 200-300ms ping every single time I've played the game and I'm not alone.
Forsaken82
Member
Sure... the game could have been done last year if Blizzard ignored any and all QA.
More people will probably just pirate. People I know who I would never think would for certain games they wanna play but not deal with the DRM they just wait for cracks then download them
You mean, pulling a Bethesda?
This. No piracy and PC shows its true sales potential.
HarryDemeanor
Member
He didn't say the problems didn't exist, he just never experienced them himself while playing.
OldJadedGamer
Banned
This is what I read from the story. Consumers voted with their wallets.
Hari Seldon
Member
Are you kidding me? It would take Blizzard 5 years to port a game that simply displayed an animated gif of Diablo fapping.
The Lamonster
Member
Congrats Blizzard! It's appropriate for the best PC game dev. Sorry Valve.
Mammoth Jones
Member
Yea, I've had some really bad lag. I mean, I'm use to it as I've played WoW for years and years. Same ole issues:
-Rubberbanding
-Stuck in place
-Frozen A.I.
That's about the same time i play, same timezone, and i also see my ping going in the 200-300. But i still dont see lag despite that. :s My spells are casted instantly, things die when they should(including me
) and items go right into my bag with no delays.I'm not saying people are liars, i just dont get why i dont see these problems so many people seem to have. If it was an issue from Blizzard server side, wouldn't literally everyone be lagging like hell and getting disconnected constantly? Unless they have multiple servers and i have been lucky enough for being put into a stable one?
Mammoth Jones
Member
Yes, they did. But I think a TON of leeway was given for a few reasons:
-It's Diablo/Blizzard
-They were gonna play online in multiplayer anyway
-They gotta have it
I wonder will other games thrive with always on games that have a real focused single player experience.
Yes, they did. But they didn't vote for what you think they did.
I sort of figured it was going to be a new PC release record. They got slammed with WoW launch, that probably had them cautious and they likely thought themselves prepared for D3 launch. But they undershot again. For that to have happened, this had to have be a record breaking launch.
Not sure if serious but, Its intended to be that way. Every difficulty the elite packs gather more simultaneous abilities that are randomly selected on the fly. They wanted to put a slight end to 'boss runs'. Now if you are farming gear and gold, you are running randomly generated areas killing varied ability elite packs instead of rush rush rushing down corridors to the boss whose room is the exact same and whos skills and movements are the exact same every time.
Not sure if serious but, Its intended to be that way. Every difficulty the elite packs gather more simultaneous abilities that are randomly selected on the fly. They wanted to put a slight end to 'boss runs'. Now if you are farming gear and gold, you are running randomly generated areas killing varied ability elite packs instead of rush rush rushing down corridors to the boss whose room is the exact same and whos skills and movements are the exact same every time.
Valve's next game will be far more popular than Diablo 3.
The 2 D3 Expansion Packs will be out and Diablo 4 will be out before Episode 3.
Also, congrats Blizzard! Saving PC gaming ones again with your digital crack! Titan should be awesome.
Not bad. 10 million by the end of the year?
Well they will give Dota away for free -_-
Lets just say Diablo 3 will be more profitable then Valve's next game.
Valve's next game will be far more popular than Diablo 3.
Well they will give Dota away for free -_-
Lets just say Diablo 3 will be more profitable then Valve's next game.
Agree, since launch day i am having massive lag spikes, i finished all normal mode with 300-600ms and massive random lag spikes of 1k ms. I wish we were lying, because at least we would be playing fine. The game is good and addicting but this Latency problems are a huge letdown.
I think he means DOTA2
That's great for Blizz, but explains to a great extent all those 37s, 3006s and 3007s. :/ Hope that improves over time
As for the online DRM/SP stuff, it did annoy me when the servers were done, but I'll admit that the drop-in/drop-out play is brilliant. Quick Join, and bang in a few secs you're beating up on demons with your friends in MP. When they are done, they leave and it's back to SP.
As for the online DRM/SP stuff, it did annoy me when the servers were done, but I'll admit that the drop-in/drop-out play is brilliant. Quick Join, and bang in a few secs you're beating up on demons with your friends in MP. When they are done, they leave and it's back to SP.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Damn, that's a lot.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Really? Then why is Ubisoft changing its policy with always on DRM? Because not every PC game/dev can pull a Diablo 3/Blizzard. If they try, they will face what Ubisoft has faced which has led them to changing their policies.
One of the biggest pc games + no piracy
OldJadedGamer
Banned
It was like the first $60 PC game. It takes a very popular game to start the trend then other comanies to follow once gamers show they are ok with it. Regardless of the quality of Diablo, I'm bummed to see gamers embracing the always on DRM for single player games. But, this issue has been beat to death so I'll be done here.
That's great for Blizz, but explains to a great extent all those 37s, 3006s and 3007s. :/ Hope that improves over time
My ping has slowly gotten better over the course of the week. They are clearly making improvements.
I would like to see it less than 100ms, though, which is what I get for WoW.
Regardless, I would say another week and the lag issues will be vastly improved as the "one and done" people who just play through normal will finish the game and shelve it.
Mr. B Natural
Member
Hit business is hit business. People spouting this as an indication of the industry's health, on one end of the spectrum or the other, need to stop, think and pay attention. Might as well point at COD and use that as an indication of industry health. It's not an indication of anything other than Blizzard and Diablo's health, which is strong and nobody doubted that.
It's an indication that gamers are ridiculously predictable and nothing more.
It's also an indication that gamers have no interest in their own best interests, that you can take a dump in their mouth and they'll ask for more as long as you have name recognition and "hype" on your side, but again, we already knew that. This game is not revealing anything publishers, developers and gamers didn't already know 5 , 10, 25 or more years ago. Baby steps of manipulation.
It's an indication that gamers are ridiculously predictable and nothing more.
It's also an indication that gamers have no interest in their own best interests, that you can take a dump in their mouth and they'll ask for more as long as you have name recognition and "hype" on your side, but again, we already knew that. This game is not revealing anything publishers, developers and gamers didn't already know 5 , 10, 25 or more years ago. Baby steps of manipulation.
LOL, what QA. The game should have shipped in 09 or something.