Don’t you just love online-only games with shaky servers? The same exact thing happened with Diablo 3’s launch.

  • Zebov@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Until people quit buying them, they’re not going away.

    Matter of fact, they probably never will go away anyways because the company gets too much benefit and can scapegoat something else.

    Sure makes it easy to get away from gaming though, so maybe it’s not all bad.

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    1 year ago

    Isn’t it so that if you play hardcore mode (your character dies permanently), and you disconnect for any reason, your character is considered dead? Online only requirement goes really well for that kind of game mode, where it might be the server that falls offline, and not your PC…

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    1 year ago

    Oh no… Anyway.

    Honestly, after how successful Diablo Immoral was I’m not surprised that fans would buy this and play it (specifically on hardcore mode). They’re too far gone, and it’s too big to fail. They could announce phone number verification requirements and D4 would still have a healthy player base.

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    1 year ago

    I stopped buying games from Blizzard and EA out of principle.
    I’m just sick of being considered part of the product instead of the end-user.