i believe in the end theyre going to bring an offline patch theyre most likely doing it for piracy probably give it a few months and theyll bring one out otherwise people are just gonna stop buying anything to do with blizzard also funny thing alot of people complain about the online requirement yet they still buy the game cause they cant resist playing it

Even without the risk of origin like data mining from them I don’t want any part of a game I want to play single player dependent on the company. Ever. Their servers could go down, time could pass and they may shut them down totally and then the item you buy is useless. Call me old fashioned but I expect games to function like they always have. I can put in a cartridge or disc and it won’t give me crap 10 years later. Could you imagine putting in Chrono Trigger and then getting unable to start super nintendo server inactive please purchase the game again each new system we release.

If game developers won’t give players what they want and expect then the good folk in eye patches will. Start selling products again instead of temporary, loose,unreliable access to them and our moneys may once again enter your pockets. Til such a time- fuck you and arrgh

the bad publicity is definitely hurting them. In what is most likely an effort to stem their public relations disaster over this, Blizzard is now actively deleting negative and complaining posts from their Diablo 3 tech support forums. If you see or create a negative post there about the over aggressive DRM, the forced online element, server latency or failures and hacked battle.net accounts, you can bet it will mysteriously disappear from their site soon enough. But they will however offer to SELL you a mechanism for hacked account protection. Like their servers getting hacked is somehow their customers responsibility for not buying account protection! Hilarious. and sad at the same time.

This new trend is very alarming and I too agree that other companies will surely adopt this approach if Blizzards attempt is successful. I don’t play multiplayer games. I find it completely uninteresting and would rather take my leisure time and enjoy it at my own pace with a good well design game campaign.

The recent aggressive attempts at DRM are really only hurting the paying customers of these companies. People who line up and shell out happily for their gaming entertainment should not have to jump through some ridiculous online hoops just to enjoy what they paid for. this is a terrible trend and NEEDS to fail.

I do agree that DRM is needed as piracy is rampant in the software industry, but even a system like Steam where you validate a game upon installing or starting then from there enjoy a disconnected single player experience stored locally on your own machine is acceptable by todays standards. It’s a fair and workable option.

Lets face it. Blizzard is just greedy. Upon the insanely profitable World of Warcraft success that has people forgetting to feed their children because they are addicted to a game they would at that point pay anything for. They are set to make a fortune off gaming addicts through their online real money auction for diablo’s game loot. Diablo 3 is just a wrapper for that system. The game itself isn’t even that great. It’s literally a clone of diablo 2 with modern graphics and animations. The gameplay mechanics are virtually identical to the previous version. That’s not a bad thing. The original was fun. But there really is nothing new there. However, the online aspect forced on me has utterly ruined this game for me and I’m personally DONE with blizzard products at this point.

If this is a sign of the direction the gaming industry is going (which by the way is a multi billion dollar industry these days) then I for one am very sad about it.

If your life revolves exclusively around playing games, that’s your problem, not Blizzard’s. Also, game-reviewing might be a ‘cush job’, but playing video games all day like you claim you do sounds pretty cushy as well.

inb4 agoraphobia, panic attacks, diseases and pro-gaming.

Not really. You think that just because this silly DRM is in place people won’t hack in the actual game? You think dupes won’t exist just because you need an internet connection to play the game? I doubt it. Like my anonymous predecessor, I’ll pirate this game as well. I can’t afford it: third-world country and whatnot. This does nothing against piracy. Stop giving your money to companies that constantly screw you with nonsensical DRM, DLCs and shitty payment subscription plans. Start pirating games. If you keep giving away your dough, companies will keep pulling shit like this.
Pirates have been around since Amiga days. Why do you think they make such a fuss over it now? It’s because companies are greedy as fuck. That’s all there is to it. Same with Hollywood studios. They aren’t suffering because of pirates. They aren’t going under due to piratebay. They just want more money. Just refuse.