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
    • 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
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    More... stuff. To do.
    
    Make crafting more interesting... make progression after level cap interesting (maybe unlocking universal skills at paragon level milestones, different kinds of consumable items, make weapon types mean something).
    
    The skies the limit, really.

    Nov 07, 2012 9:34pm PST
    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