Originally posted by Loke666

Originally posted by Lorgarn

Wait a minute, not to be nitpicky here but wasn't D3 first announced around 2008? I'm honestly not sure, cba to look through all of the old articles to find out. But my initial impression is that 2005 feels a bit early now doesn't it?

Yeah, by Blizzard but Blizzard North had it already close to release when Blizz cancelled the game and fired them.

Here is a screenshot from 2005:

They were nowhere close to release or they would have announced the game and not 1-2 leaked early screenshots.

I agree with Calhoun619, I, along with my friends, rapidly lost interest with all these "delays" or whatever you want to call them.  It's not as if the game is not going to have any bugs when it does come out.  I loved D1 & 2 and I've waited this long for 3, I can wait another x-amount of years for it to go into the discount bin like I did D1 & 2. For now I'll take my money elsewhere.   

Sadly you'll find the DIABLO 3 Beta / DEMO was a total flop.. they recalled the game production and now have another team working on it. They're having the worst badluck any MMO company can go through.

Originally posted by StarI

Originally posted by Mephster

Definitely buying the game but this is beginning to become a real joke somewhat. So much develoement time and they still are not ready. WoW if I told my boss I can finish a game in 8 years or so he would fire my ass on the spot! Blizzard is so forunately Wow make them a ton of money because if they didn't they would be forced to push games out faster.

You're trying to sound like it's a bad thing. It's THE way to go for both players and developers. Players like polished products and developers like money. Sounds like they are utilising their resources well, making sure it's a good experience at release to keep masses as happy as possible.

 

 Buy your reasoning "Duke Nukem Forever" should have been THE best game ever made ( 14 years in the making :s ) ... It wasnt, Taking too long to develope a game doesnt necessarily mean the game is gona be better, most of the times its exactly the oposite, unfortunatly. Alot of the times its out of pure desperation the game makers delay the game to make changes that we all, later, regret having been made :\ .