*** Official Diablo III Thread***

[Mr. Laz]

"Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime stated that Starcraft II and the new WOW expansion would launch in 2010 but not Diablo III."


Ima go cry now.




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[drunkie]

get the box copy. the box an the manual is meaningless. we will all prolly just throw it away. but i'm not going to pay the same price for a digital copy. for years game companys told us the reason prices had to keep going up was cuz of the packaging an all the disks. so the digital should be cheaper an it isn't. buying the digital is like lubing your own ass before you get raped.

this week you can make the barb banner http://reveal.diablo3.com/en_US/clas...ring/barbarian

[Bump]

Originally Posted by drunkie

get the box copy. the box an the manual is meaningless. we will all prolly just throw it away. but i'm not going to pay the same price for a digital copy. for years game companys told us the reason prices had to keep going up was cuz of the packaging an all the disks. so the digital should be cheaper an it isn't. buying the digital is like lubing your own ass before you get raped.

this week you can make the barb banner http://reveal.diablo3.com/en_US/clas...ring/barbarian

that is a solid point. digital copies require no overhead like retail stores do. They shouldn't be the same price.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Bump

that is a solid point. digital copies require no overhead like retail stores do. They shouldn't be the same price.

What about the servers and the bandwidth? I'm sure it's cheaper than printing a bunch of 20 cent DVDs, but I bet it's closer than you think.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Pants

What about the servers and the bandwidth? I'm sure it's cheaper than printing a bunch of 20 cent DVDs, but I bet it's closer than you think.

100 dollars for the game,20 dollars a month fee ...

sounds perfectly fair to me at twice the price/Pants

[AZORChiefFan]

Robo Geisha by the same director is pretty wild as well.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Laz

100 dollars for the game,20 dollars a month fee ...

sounds perfectly fair to me at twice the price/Pants

WTF are you talking about, Laz?

I'm saying just because the game isn't printed doesn't mean there are no costs associated with distributing it. JFC.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Pants

WTF are you talking about, Laz?

I'm saying just because the game isn't printed doesn't mean there are no costs associated with distributing it. JFC.

don't you also fully support the monthly fee in addition to the game price or do i have you mixed up with someone else?

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Laz

don't you also fully support the monthly fee in addition to the game price or do i have you mixed up with someone else?

What do you mean by "support"? Man, I support free games for everyone all the time, lol. Do I like MMO's? Yes. Do I pay the equivalent of 2 lunches every month to play them? Yes. Look man, I was spending $18/mo on Netflix. $15/mo for SWTOR is so so so so so much more entertaining it's not even funny and it costs like $3 less! I still don't see what this has to do with game distribution costs, though.

[drunkie]

Originally Posted by Pants

WTF are you talking about, Laz?

I'm saying just because the game isn't printed doesn't mean there are no costs associated with distributing it. JFC.

the digital copy isn't even distributed by them. you use the blizzard downloader an have p2p enabled. so we are the ones supplying the most of the bandwidth. sorry sir but no matter how you look at it it should be cheaper then the box set

[Pants]

Originally Posted by drunkie

the digital copy isn't even distributed by them. you use the blizzard downloader an have p2p enabled. so we are the ones supplying the most of the bandwidth. sorry sir but no matter how you look at it it should be cheaper then the box set

Oh ok. Yeah, in a case like that, I totally agree with you.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by Pants

What about the servers and the bandwidth? I'm sure it's cheaper than printing a bunch of 20 cent DVDs, but I bet it's closer than you think.

I doubt it is, it's our bandwidth that's doing most of the heavy lifting. Should be 2/3 the price at least.

[Mr. Laz]

Diablo III on sale at newegg.com for 10 dollars off

59.99
-10.00 (code = EMCNFJC22)
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49.99

[Sofa King]

Originally Posted by Laz

Diablo III on sale at newegg.com for 10 dollars off

59.99
-10.00 (code = EMCNFJC22)
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49.99

Would i get that on release day?

[drunkie]

Originally Posted by Sofa King

Would i get that on release day?

nope. if you pay for next day shipping you might. but if you do that the price is as much or more then picking it up at the store.

good deal id your willing to wait a few days for it, but if you want it on release you might as well skip that

[Pestilence]

I'll probably get it off of Newegg. I don't have the specs at home to run this game anyways.....so I can just have it shipped to work and install it there.