New Rising Media writes "It promised to be one of the biggest videogame launches of all-time. 12 years in waiting, Blizzard’s Diablo III was already the biggest pre-seller ever and as highly anticipated as any game has been in recent gaming history. But it's launch will be one the team behind will not forget in a hurry - it was one instead deeply, drastically marred from the very second Blizzard turned the switch on its quite hellish creation. The perils of always-on DRM security and our route to a digital-only future are only now beginning to reveal their ugly faces."
Who says a dud game can't have a video game comeback?
Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky have to be up there. We're lucky and cursed, equally, to have games that can be updated now. For folks old enough to remember the Sega/SNES into PS1 and even 2 eras, if a game came out that was half baked (*cough*Angel of Darkness*cough*) that was it, no redemption. At the same time, having the option for updates shouldn't be an excuse for half assing games.
I remember when the Nintendo Seal of Approval meant something.
All those games had to release without bugs.
Diablo III still works on modern PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and remains hugely playable a decade after initial release.
Diablo III: Season 28 brings with it the Altar of Rites, an altar full of unlockable bonuses and potions that will require the gathering of tons of resources. One of things needed is the Staff of Herding, which also unlocks the famous Cow Level known as Whimsyshire. Here's how to craft that staff, for those that either have forgotten, or have never completed it.
To be honest I think this game has done the opposite of what the article says. I can already see publishers going wow it's been a week and still no crack ("technology which is supposed to protect games against illegal copying is cracked within hours of the release" it has been days and this statement hasn't happened yet. Publishers are probably thinking maybe it will be better if we sort out servers from day 1 and learn from Blizzards mistake. Because hey a week even a month could be a million extra sales.
This does not mean I support it, but I can see that publishers will see this as a way to combat piracy at least for the first couple of days or weeks. What makes me worried is that this might catch on to other PC devs and eventually console devs as a way to stop second hand games.
People are delusional as all hell on the internet. The game has sold millions of copies in a week... The DRM is more about controlling the game so it's not overrun with cheating. somehow people just don't get why its there.
Ive been saying this for 3years now, The Next Gen Consoles, & especially Mirco-NAZI(SOFT) is gonna implement ALWAYS ON DRM, with the success of XBOX LIVE, they feel they can get away it, some of you SHEEPLE mocked me, but your just "whisle`n in the dark" & SCARED TO CONFRONT THE REALITY of my prediction, lol, its gonna happen & most of you SO CALLED GAMERS are gonna sign up for it INSTEAD OF TAKING A STAND & saying NO!! I WONT COMPROMISE. It speaks DIRECTLY to what your are if you go along with this BS, WEAK WILLED, SPINLESS JELLY FISH, NO INTESTINAL FORTITUDE, compromiser that just wants to play your game NO MATTER WHAT they(THE INDUSTRY) do to you or charge you, if your gonna complain abt it, THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT & REFUSE TO GO ALONG JUST TO GET ALONG. otherwise, if you know your gonna give in, like a sheeple, then just shut up & bend over like a whore & take it with no VASELINE.....& when you LOOK IN THE MIRROR, there will be NO DENYING what kind of HUMAN BEING YOU ARE.