D3 sold over 30m only because of Diablo LoD and big hype train Blizzard made, Blizzard sold us D3 hype as D2/WoW new generation ARPG with awesome mechanics and PvP arenas, then we got just dumbed down single player, but must online game for consoles with WoW graphics.
when the players bought diablo ros they knew what they were buying after diablo 3. and diablo 3 ros also showed high sales. I strongly advise you to go read wikipedia when it talks about the audience reception of the game.
Who cares about sales when almost everyone stopped playing it?
the volume of sales is a parameter to understand if the players have appreciated the game or not......furthermore, the conversion on consoles showed the appreciation of the public . same on switch. people stopped playing diablo 3 for lack of content, certainly not because it was a game that went out badly. there is a BIG DIFFERENCE...
2025? Can you imagine waiting this long for a game that when it comes out it will be a slight improvement over D3? My most optimistic answer would be around the time path of exile 2 come out we might get an open beta of sort, but not before that. With D3 they knew they didn't stand a chance to compete with Poe but with D4 it might be another thing.
with 30 million copies sold in 2015, Diablo 3 could not compete with poe? Seriously? people switched to poe only because it was free and diablo 3 didn't provide too much additional content . stop shoot bullshit. Poe is an indie game Diablo 3 is a triple aaa stop joke. POE on console is a total failure , diablo 3 on console / switch a success. go to read on wikipedia.
Im pretty sure most people will be dissapointed with early D4, let me clarify; Just like d3 the game will be built around buying the expantions These guys are money makers and will build their game around making money. ( Skins, expantions mostly ) And if u blieve that d4 will compete with poe 2 its not the case im sorry it will never be. best thing you can do in that case is play PoE 2 for more content and more D2 Vibe in the future.
D4 will basically be D3 (2.0 ) all over again maybe with a little more but i wouldnt say compete with PoE 2 in anyway its way too casual without too much depth compared to poe 2
let me show you something. the views on the diablo 4 gameplay have arrived 5.5 milions. Poe 2 is to 2 milion. you understand for yourself what people are looking for on the web right now. diablo 4 is not a diablo 3 2.0. starting from the skill tree and mmo elements. your analysis is based on marketing speculation
I’m pretty sure they will try to delay the release of D4 as long they could like they are doing with Immortal. Blizzard has no other games on the horizon and with most of their current games either dead or dying, they will be biding their time until they think of the next warcraft themed hit game. Shareholders will be happy that people are getting hyped for a new game and when revenue drops from their other games and shareholders start to worry, only then comes D4.
Blizzard has no other games on the horizon? OVW 2 , wow shadow lands event to the summer game festival, and there are job posting for other 2 games mobiles Unannounced Project and we don't konw if leaked Diablo 2 resurrect is real or fake .
They haven't even revealed the last 2 classes. no way do we get this in 2021 at this rate.
Just because they simply didn't reveal the final classes doesn't mean they aren't finished. It's more likely they kept them a secret for this new "quarterly developers update" thing that they started. We saw the other classes in full action using skills, talents and all their game play. I'm betting the last 2 classes have been done and they are just waiting for one of these quarterly updates to reveal them. We'll probably see another class or both at the Dev update in a couple weeks. Q4 2021 is also over a year and a half away still.
I think we do need to know the endgame systems way before launch - asap imo, so we can provide feedback. Worst case senario (imo) is only 1 endgame system, like we have in D3 - thats what makes every season dull for me after about 2 weeks.
With D3 beta we did only get up to skeleton king in act 1 yes - that was to protect the story - mind you, advendture mode didn't come with launch - I would think (hope) they have learned from this come D4.
I expect a beta, detached from story mode, so we can propperly test systems, skills, modifiers etc.
In many ways, I hope Blizzard is taking some insperation from PoE - I dont mean to make every aspect of the game overly complicated, but there is alot to do in PoE, and that is (imo) the biggest downside of current D3.
Yea PoE is way too complicated, and D3 is too simple. So a nice balance between the two sounds perfect to me. And im not sure what endgame they could possibly make to keep you coming back for more than 2 weeks every season. I'm not a huge fan of Grifting but idk what else would be a better fit. PVP will be fun for endgame for me.
without sense to reveal class in update quarter. Update quarter show families monster and technical devolpment. Classes cannot be revealed in update you lose much hype for the public. Blizzard reveal class only in Blizzcon example : see diablo 3 Crus & necro . to 99 % reveal other 2 classes with the streaming early 2021.blizzard must explain the history of the 2 new classes, show the gear Transmog, the gameplay. What the two diablo IV classes drew inspiration from. a minimum of lore of the two new classes. this cannot be shown through a sad blue post.
Blizzard Entertainment has officially canceled BlizzCon 2020, but says an online version of the event could happen in early 2021. i think summer/autumn 2021 Diablo IV come out
when the players bought diablo ros they knew what they were buying after diablo 3. and diablo 3 ros also showed high sales. I strongly advise you to go read wikipedia when it talks about the audience reception of the game.
Go to read reception : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_III:_Reaper_of_Souls
the volume of sales is a parameter to understand if the players have appreciated the game or not......furthermore, the conversion on consoles showed the appreciation of the public . same on switch. people stopped playing diablo 3 for lack of content, certainly not because it was a game that went out badly. there is a BIG DIFFERENCE...
with 30 million copies sold in 2015, Diablo 3 could not compete with poe? Seriously? people switched to poe only because it was free and diablo 3 didn't provide too much additional content . stop shoot bullshit. Poe is an indie game Diablo 3 is a triple aaa stop joke. POE on console is a total failure , diablo 3 on console / switch a success. go to read on wikipedia.
let me show you something. the views on the diablo 4 gameplay have arrived 5.5 milions. Poe 2 is to 2 milion. you understand for yourself what people are looking for on the web right now. diablo 4 is not a diablo 3 2.0. starting from the skill tree and mmo elements. your analysis is based on marketing speculation
Blizzard has no other games on the horizon? OVW 2 , wow shadow lands event to the summer game festival, and there are job posting for other 2 games mobiles Unannounced Project and we don't konw if leaked Diablo 2 resurrect is real or fake .
another Lead artist for another blizzard game Unannounced project https://careers.blizzard.com/en-us/openings/oSIFbfwa
Not really surprise If warcraft franchise take mobile title after DI.
without sense to reveal class in update quarter. Update quarter show families monster and technical devolpment. Classes cannot be revealed in update you lose much hype for the public. Blizzard reveal class only in Blizzcon example : see diablo 3 Crus & necro . to 99 % reveal other 2 classes with the streaming early 2021.blizzard must explain the history of the 2 new classes, show the gear Transmog, the gameplay. What the two diablo IV classes drew inspiration from. a minimum of lore of the two new classes. this cannot be shown through a sad blue post.
Blizzard Entertainment has officially canceled BlizzCon 2020, but says an online version of the event could happen in early 2021. i think summer/autumn 2021 Diablo IV come out