2641

I want to believe . . . .

2642

It is looking better and better that we’ll be hearing a release date within the next week or two and we’ll be playing D3 by the end of March!

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2643

D3 is console bound. Don’t know if this is good or bad for PC gamers.

2644

Any chance of this coming to consoles? I loved Diablo I and II but don’t have a gaming PC right now, and don’t have plans to get one.

My gaming plate is overflowing right now anyway, but it’d be fun to play the newest Diablo game.

2645

Lorini, I doubt it matters. This very obviously a “PC first” product, so the fact that a console version is being made won’t impact it much if at all.

I am curious to know if they will be able to use the D3 auction house on Microsoft’s Xbox Marketplace. That seems like a pretty big part of the D3 product, so I can’t imagine Blizzard would want to give that up, but MS would want a cut wouldn’t they?

2646

Yeah the interplay between MS and Blizzard should be pretty fascinating to watch. Also noise out of Blizzard says the release date for PC D3 should be announced this week, let’s hope so.

2647

HOLY FUCK are you kidding?

From your post (the one I just quoted) LOOK FUCKING … UP. One.

2648

I do recall seeing that the developers thought it played better with a console controller on the PC as well, they were bummed that controller support wouldn’t be in at launch.

2649

Did you notice the timestamp on Elguapo’s post? It’s entirely possible they were reading the thread and wrote their post without Lorini’s actually showing up in their browser.

Chill out, man. :)

2650

He’s just getting in to character for playing a raging barbarian. He’s clearly a Method player.

2651

I’m not about to buy a console version but I would appreciate controller support on the PC for those days that the ol’ RSI is acting up.

2652

Consoles are the root of all evil. But since Diablo is a game designed to appeal to the lizard brain, consoles should fit right in.*

Tony.

*disclaimer: I am an xbox owner and loot whore, in addition to being a PC supremacist, so don’t get upset.

2653

The rumored final roadblock has been cleared.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/01/13/diablo-3-drops-real-money-auction-house-in-south-korea-to-secure-official-classification/

It looks as though the cash auction house has been removed entirely from the South Korean build of Diablo 3. The Korea Times carry a quote from the South Korean Games Rating Board stating that “the feature involving for-cash trades between users was not included in the presentation to the rating committee, and therefore it was not subjected to any scrutiny.” The GRB spokesperson also warned that they would “open up re-rating examinations” if Blizzard introduce the cash auction house in a post-launch patch.

2654

Come to papa.

2655

2656

They stated (publicly, at least) that this was NOT holding up Diablo III, so I wouldn’t hold your breath for any sort of release date announcement at this point.

It is a nice hurdle to get beyond though, I’d imagine.

2657

I’m not looking forward to Diablo 3 anymore, and even I’m getting tired of Blizzard’s delays.

2658

You should be. It’s the most polished unreleased game I’ve ever played. It feels like they released it over a year ago and have been furiously patching ever since. It feels like SWTOR circa 2013.

2659

How can it be delayed when they never announced and then missed a launch date? Were we “owed” D3 sometime last year?

2660

stusser, I don’t like the removal of difficult, permanent character development choices from Diablo 3. One of the reasons I play ARPGs is to build unique characters through long term, often mutually exclusive, choices. Diablo 3 fell off my radar when Blizzard announced their new character development system where everyone selects a loadout from a pool of skills that’s identical across a given class and completely changeable in town. It strikes me as a change that benefits balance (and the RTM market) at the expense of interesting design. I’d still like to get a beta invite so I can try the game out and see if I’m wrong.

You’re technically correct, Stepsongrapes, but Activision made it clear at quarterly business meetings last year that Diablo 3 was targeting 2011, which understandably set many of our expectations. Now that Blizzard is part of a company that relies in part on predictable release dates for profit, the “no official release date” line is really just a technicality that’s called on when people make complaints like mine. I’m just tired of hearing about the game, and reasons—official or not—for the lack of a release date announcement are starting to feel like excuses to me.

And just to head this off at the pass: I stopped by this thread today to find out more about the “final roadblock” to an official release date, and to grouse about how lucky the Koreans are to not have to tolerate a RMT item marketplace in their version of the game. So yeah: you stink, Korea, you lucky jerks.