Diablo 3 expansion planned, as game sells over 10 million

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  D3 may have SOLD 10million, but how many are still playing it? And would they consider purchasing an expa... : vertdang
  • *bad... bad reception : vertdang
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    Worst game of all time : saunders45
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      I know you are being sarcastic but I had a huge boner for this game as I was a fan of 1-2. With that said... : erebus
      • Although it sounds a little trollish, I can't help but agree with the sentiment. Blizzard is starting to ... : Pandilex
    • i am not sarcastic: worst (diablo) game of all time. also, i will not invest another buck into diablo. o... : fw_rams
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    I don't think how many people still play is all that relevant in this situation. For most people the Dia... : nukewinter
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      Wait..what? Uhhh no this genre is one giant time sink... : Shodai80
      • I know it is, for some, but you really don't think most people play through once or twice and quit after?... : nukewinter
    • I've never used one to chronologically acclimatize myself, so in a sense you are indeed correct. : pixelat3d
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    This is not a monthly subscription game. It's all about the initial sales. : Entity
    • with the RMAH thats not exactly true : vitek r
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    Player base has certainly dropped off, but that's the natural life cycle for most games after the first 1... : Dr_Tran
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      The was a piece of shit disguised as a game to push the online auction house. Maybe piece of shit is to h... : erebus
      • Play Hardcore then. In many ways, it's "the way the game was meant to be played." - Leveling, crafting... : Dr_Tran
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    After 1.05 patch, I play way more than at launch. : Crabs Jarrard
    • Crabs Jarrard helped me embrace my hate for Jay Wilson and harness it towards successful Act 3 epic loot ... : EricZBA
  • I plan on going back to it, just haven't had any time to play games lately. : OmegaRed59
  • they've made it into a much better game than it was at launch. i look forward to the expansion : Psigun
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    I won't be picking up the expansion. After SC2 and D3, I think I'm done with Blizz games. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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      Blizzard North is dead. Long live Blizzard. : fleabug
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        I don't mean for my post to seem overly dramatic. Obviously lots of people like the current Blizzard game... : Wikus Van De Merwe
        • No I more or less agree with you. The teams that are making these games now are completely different. ... : fleabug
    • I definitely regretted getting SC2 : zombie man
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      What was wrong with SC2? : razlebol
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        The story was told poorly. Flashy but poorly. : abrasion
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          It was still a good game wheter you liked the story or not. : razlebol
          • Warcraft 3 is superior and I find fantasy schlock......... It wasn't a bad game but I expected more. : abrasion
          • You're right. Presentation matters, though, and people prioritise different things. If you're a singlepla... : Arceihn
        • lol @ people not liking SC2. the game is amazing. storyline? try multiplayer forever bronze noob.... : landaishan
      • Nothing, mechanically. The plot is Saturday Morning Cartoons, though. Multiplayer is fun to watch, but no... : Wikus Van De Merwe
    • Who would ever buy again from a company that only has 3 best in class products? : Dessicator82
    • Likewise. : Arceihn
    • I feel this way too :( I still want to love diablo, but I'm not sure I would invest anymore money into... : devi| dog
  • If not for the recent patches I doubt I would have every played the game again. The item system is still... : Wombat Woo
  • I will be skipping the expansion. Definitely one of the my biggest gaming let downs. : hohoh0
  • no expansion for me. The game just wasn't very fun. addictive, yeah, but not fun. :( : thecray
  • I'm still playing. It has a fucking terribad story but it's good for a quick blast. : Arctic Fox
  • I forced myself through the game once and dropped it. Not bad but not what I wanted from the series. : Turd Ferguson
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    Over 400 hours and I'm still entertained. Got the blizzard bucks standing by for the expansion. The pat... : sleepytea
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      Yup love d3 : RogerDandy
      • Gotta have farming perfected for the expansion to take advantage of the next big market change :) : sleepytea
  • The expansion will sell millions, don't kid yourself. Enough people play that I constantly see new it... : StealthHawk
  • I'm still playing. The latest patches have improved it substantially since I can now actually find Legend... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • I play it for an hour or two after every major patch, just to check what's new. But I get bored quickly. : Kub666
  • Its improved quite a bit, and I've been playing again. : jimvolk
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    I still play and would definitely buy an expansion. It's not quite as good as D2 still, but D2 also had a... : aethyr
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      I see what you're trying to do by comparing vanilla D2 to vanilla D3 but the comparison fails because D2 vanilla had a compelling story and I wanted to know what happened next. D3 doesn't.

      Nov 08, 2012 6:53am PST
      I see what you're trying to do by comparing vanilla D2 to vanilla D3 but the comparison fails because D2 ... : Wikus Van De Merwe
  • I just got paragon 42 :D : chungathebunga
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  Yeahhhh.... I dunno if I actually care about a D3 expansion anymore. The genre, once rare, is now crow... : MOOMANiBE
  • I could go back and level up my characters again depending on the price of the game. : handofthrawn
• i like d3. i am excited : xxiv
• Fuck those losers : capt tripps
• Still enjoying this game. Gotten my money's worth many times over. : Barleywine
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  What could the expansion add/change that would bring you back to D3? : grandmasterlee
  • More hidden footprints : capt tripps
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    a story and dialogue written by someone older than a 5 year old : filthysock
    • iawtp : uuneter
    • fucking THIS : niiftyniichy
    • No shit, that last part I felt like I was literally boring myself to death having to go through it. : damageundone
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      and a 16 y/o for SC2. who makes the decision to fucking well have the 'happy' ending at the end of the f : abrasion
      • How often do Blizzard games have happy endings? Diablo 1: hero sticks Diablo's soulstone in his forehe... : StealthHawk
    • you'll never defeat me NEPHELIM! I am the lord of TER ROAR! the whole script deserves top spot at reddit ... : Unleashed
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      Chris Metzen leaving is seriously the only thing that will get me to consider another Blizzard game : Arceihn
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        Chris Metzen is George Lucas : royalally
        • i have never seen them in the same room together : Arceihn
      • Chris Metzen is awful and needs to retire already : cutaway
    • pretty much. but even then, unfortunately the items and balance are still going to be focused around a RM... : happynoodle
    • srsly. Borderlands 2 crushed it in the story department. that's fairly sad. : dirge23
    • Haha yes. : sgtsanity
    • yuuuup : the_burd
    • but....but....FOOTPRINTS : mindmann
    • hey, they've gotten a lot of positive feedback on d3's story according to one of my favorite posts by mr : Supine
    • I agree but the last conversation on this topic had the majority saying they didn't play for the story an... : Pneum0
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      Did blizz ever did a "story" not made for 5 years old. ... I dont understand ppl playing for the story, t... : Frush81
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        Warcraft 3 has a silly fantasy story, told well through CGI, In - engine cutscenes and ingame conversatio... : abrasion
        • Guilty i havent played wc3 : Frush81
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        ^^Never played Diablo 2 and Lord of Destruction. : Wikus Van De Merwe
        • I didn't play Diablo 2 for two years to hear the story repeatedly. : c0ucheh
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        Setting aside whether or not they've ever done a good story, there are degrees of bad. D3's is certainly : Arceihn
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          Yeah that's the real issue - it's not just that the story is bad but that it is so unbelievably intrusive... : The Grolar Bear
          • I just spacebarspacebarspacebar my way through : sonicdeathwalrus
      • their stories have never been great, but they've also never been so present. diablo 1/2 had very weak sto... : Supine
    • oh so now we play diablo games for the story? i wasn't aware. : EvilDolemite
  • Singleplayer and local coop : Turd Ferguson
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    More randomness in the levels More types of loot/modifiers More types of gems Better crafting/en... : Crabs Jarrard
    • ^^^^^^^^^^ I like what this guy is thinking. Also, rebalance the loot system. Loot drops just don't see... : sevogajre
  • restore items on heros...that would be nice : okellyc
  • Necromancer : umegastar
  • Everything Torchlight 2 did better. Truly random areas, more interesting stats on loot, item transmut... : pyide
  • absolutely nothing; dead to me like civ5. : massdev
  • They're not even done adding/changing things in the base game. PvP is still coming, there are sure to be ... : Zek
  • Pretty much nothing. I'm done with loot lottery games. : omnova
  • More... stuff. To do. Make crafting more interesting... make progression after level cap interesting (... : DewFuel
  • For me, there were three things that killed the longevity of the game. The first is the auction house. ... : FlatlineDixay
  • The game is called Diablo, and there is a huge devil like thing on the cover of the games. I think everyo... : pun][sher
  • skill based gameplay i gave up after setting my monk to the "best build" on my friends suggestion and ... : gokart.
• BOO BLIZZARD! Your game is bad and you should feel bad! : Vogerl
• Can't wait. Lord of Destruction was an awesome addition to Diablo II and I expect the same from this. : Professer12
• One day I WILL clear Inferno! One day... : No2Rancor
• But, but...but...PC games can't sell that much!! GASP! :D : wytefang
• I payed 50 bucks and I've had more hours of enjoyment than most games. I'll definitely be picking up an e... : jayacheess
• The best part about all this is anyone who played the game and enjoyed it and took advantage of the RMAH ... : c0ucheh
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  Would be nice to know the ratio between digital / retail sales. Anyway D3 has been disappointing to me an... : Lukiopimp
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    I dunno man it's better than D2 in every way imo. : RogerDandy
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      Yeah, especially if you like games with no replayability. : Curike
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        Wut? Ive been playing daily since 1.04 and i always find something new to try. : Frush81
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          There are people who've been playing Donkey Kong since the 80's and still manage to find it interesting. ... : FlatlineDixay
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            Isn't replayability--like "fun"-- inherently subjective? Can it be mapped into a rubric or an algorithm? : Draingored
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              It's absolutely possible to qualify why one game is "more replayable" than another. It's true that any gi... : FlatlineDixay
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                I wouldn't consider those points empirical but rather anecdotal and based on a specific subset of player... : Draingored
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                  On an individual basis or even within a specific group one can craft a scheme that will make it an object... : Draingored
                  • Okay, you're entitled to the opinion that it's impossible to make judgments about what players want in vi... : FlatlineDixay
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      Maybe because its "enhanced" is why I don't enjoy it as much. Its a stomach feeling thing, can't describe... : Lukiopimp
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        Which is what many people--not everyone--feels. Some people have to make charts and graphs and a numbered... : Draingored
        • there are still many objective elements of art, in all forms. Yes, personal taste ("stomach feeling") is... : senor135
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  You know, I feel like changing skills shouldn't remove NV. I think I'd have more fun if I'd get to chang... : lolpatrol
  • Yes, the character doesn't fundamentally change, it shouldn't be any different than changing gear. I am c... : Draingored
• I'm slowly getting burned out on this game. Wasn't able to play it for almost a week during Hurricane Sa... : freak!
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  I demand a sidestory heavily featuring Covetous Shen, aka Sanctuary's Trickster God... : Draingored
  • Sanctuary's Trickster God is technically Hanse Shadowspawn, but I'll let that slide. (Thieves' World nove... : AxeMan808
• Diablo 3 is a decent game, but decent is not enough for this kind of legacy. : vai90