Online-only Diablo 3 for consoles considered, but dropped

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  Rofl : razlebol
  • This is too fucking funny! : xlarti
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  Sounds like Microsoft and the xbone could have benefited from research like that. : Haxim
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    They may have dropped it due to the xbone backlash. : pizzaput
    • that would have required a time machine : veras
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  strange that they think/found there's a huge difference between console and PC gamers in this regard : derelict515
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    If I had to guess, I'd speculate that PC gamers tend to be more tech savvy, resulting in them having bett... : Arcanum
    • I would believe some difference but not necessarily such a large one as to change the core product design... : derelict515
  • World of Warcraft probably played a big role on the PC front. : walker270
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  The reason? Large portions of the console audience still don't connect their system online, Blizzard discovered.
  
  I believe that statement but I don't believe any nonsense about not having a reliable connection unless that "research" is available to me.

  Jul 02, 2013 1:17pm PDT
  The reason? Large portions of the console audience still don't connect their system online, Blizzard disc : InfoBiter
• Lol : sneakyalmond
• http://i.minus.com/irfdv0kRiKTV2.gif : Godhatesfatpeople
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  So is the PC going to get patched? It's only fair right, if not those who love D3 and want to play it for... : valcan_s
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    Jesus christ no. No no no no no no no. : InfoBiter
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      You don't want a offline mode as an option on the PC version? I don't mean remove the online that woul... : valcan_s
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        You can't balance the game for both and rebalancing it for offline support would be awful for online and ... : InfoBiter
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          "You can't balance the game for both and rebalancing it for offline support" what? Dude it has randomly g... : valcan_s
          • The only real difference would be item progression. Although you don't need the AH most people use it. Of... : Chod
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            Having offline item / character code would make duping it online trivially easy, ruining the online econo... : BlackCat9
            • 2B's 2B's 2B's!!! : mobab
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              I have 2.5m gp, with 2 Inferno chars and 3 Hell chars. They are selling stuff for 500m gp. I think that b... : AxeMan808
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                I currently have 2.5b gold with easily 4 times that invested into gear. What is your point? : InfoBiter
                • I dunno, just mad, I guess. I did craft some of those Exalted (+200-ish Vit) Bracers. That was a nice boo... : AxeMan808
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            If you're fine with exactly the way playing solo works online then who cares about an offline mode at all... : InfoBiter
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              "If you're fine with exactly the way playing solo works online then who cares about an offline mode at al : valcan_s
              • You can still play Diablo 2 online today as well. : InfoBiter
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          wat? They clearly have a working balanced offline version on consoles. : dpgagnon
          • In fact I bet that version is better since it doesn't assume an AH and won't have lag :( : dpgagnon
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            And? : InfoBiter
            • And...how does having an offline version with different balancing affect the online version? : ArcKnight
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        They have a product for people who want offline, it's called the Xbox 360 version. : Haxim
        • So let's have the Xbox version on the pc. : sneakyalmond
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      What are you saying No to? Online-only helped make D3 a no-buy for me. Can't imagine the thoughtlessness ... : pizzaput
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        [eyes wide open staring at screen and a confused blank face] no kidding I am as confused as you are more ... : valcan_s
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          It would ruin the existing game. What you're asking for is an entirely different game. I really e... : InfoBiter
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            I really expected more from you. : pgharavi
            • I like valcan_s and generally respect his opinions so I'm kind of floored at how this conversation has go... : InfoBiter
          • NO IT ISN'T! It's almost exactly the game I played only no lag. : Turd Ferguson
      • we already talked this to death years ago, there are real benefits to this design. Blizzard sold plenty o... : derelict515
      • I've got in to countless arguments on this website, where I'd l really like an option in a program which ... : abrasion
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    the reason PC is always online is because of the real-money AH and the ability to hack on a PC (thereby r... : eeeealmo
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      Easy ditch the AH for offline mode, done deal, or hell make a fake AH with random items and prices to sim... : valcan_s
      • That's not the issue at all. You really don't understand this. : BlackCat9
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        they could give two shits about PC now I would imagine they make more annually off the RMAH than they ... : InfoBiter
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          probably incorrect, iirc the RMAH fell off quickly and has been less successful than expected and isn't h... : veras
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            I've never seen anything official one way or another but my experience in-game has the RMAH still going q... : InfoBiter
            • yeah, they don't make official statements about it - I saw an analysis somewhere at some point but I'm ha... : veras
    • Since everything is stored server side though there is no risk of a client being able to use hacked items... : Nehvrook
  • Unlikely, a large part of the game is kept server side for anti-hacking reasons - putting out an offline ... : veras
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  they should have shared their findings with Microsoft and the xbox team : cptstern
  • D3's online requirements and the original XB1 requirements are just slightly different... : derelict515
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  Fuck Blizzard. Thank god for Torchlight 2. : paketep
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    Yep word. Diablo I quit after one play through, TL2 I beat new game+++. : Turd Ferguson
    • I couldn't force myself to finish Act 3 in TL2. I have 3 chars in Act 3 though! : AxeMan808
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      Is new game+ worth it? I've just been doing those end game dungeon things over and over. : Memphis-Ahn
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        I enjoyed it. You don't get to explore the random overworlds just running the end game mapworks dungeons.... : pyide
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          Oh I didn't know you could port to the mapworks afterwards. Alright I'll give it a shot then (and the mo... : Memphis-Ahn
          • First you should backup your saves. You have to copy them to the /modsave folder if you plan on using mod... : pyide
  • Sure, but Torchlight 2 was kind of crappy as an alternative. : enyakk
  • It didn't do it for me :( I loved T1 but T2 was so stupidly huge : abrasion
• ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hahahahaahaha : pancake humper
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  So PC users somehow have better internet connectivity? : Sailor of Fortune
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    Yes, you see consoles have their own internet, which is completely separate from the other internets and ... : Lukiopimp
    • Console gamers have less education on average than PC gamers and as such tend to cluster together in low ... : bradleyrr
• I'm impressed with the PS3 port of D3 so far. It'll be a fun game to play. : packav
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  No auction house, no online requirement? I'm shocked. I think this is the first time the console ve... : Peanut Fox
  • Yeah, maybe they can balance it against a normal person playing the game this time. : kelerian
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    They're boosting the drops to make up for it, too. I really wish I could get the no auction house version... : pyide
    • Yeah... I've been back playing D3 a lot lately but the AH still kind of bums me out and kills the best of... : ramshot
    • Yeah, as long as D3 has an economy forged to encourage online trading, I have no interest in the game. : Creepin_Jeezus
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  But, but, Blizzard! You said online-only was an integral part of the game experience! Why did you lie to ... : ChromeBallz
  • Because $$$$. I wonder what DLC Blizz has brewing. : packav
  • Well, you know Chrome, that's what we call pillow talk . . . : capt tripps
• nice, i really wanted to buy this game on PC but chose not to due to the idiotic online requirement, now... : bloodreviara
• I thought the PC was a beta test for consoles, pariticularly the AH. Amazed they're dropping the AH. : Pandilex