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Gamers don't judge a game based on its financial performance. They say "is this fun and do I want to continue playing it?" They decided no with D3, as did I (I
by arkis22 8y ago
Gamers don't judge a game based on its financial performance. They say "is this fun and do I want to continue playing it?"
They decided no with D3, as did I (I played D2 for probably 7 years...)
How else would you judge a piece of art besides "I personally didn't like it?"
It would be seriously lame to like a game just because it made money or some critic told you to.
- nodamage 8y agoThe fact that D3 outsold D1 and D2 combined suggests that while it might have been disappointing to some subset of players, clearly they managed to find a much bigger audience that enjoyed the game nonetheless.
- louithethrid 8y agoIt proofs nothing but a huge consumer credit regarding quality that blizzard had and that credit card is in the red now. They gave up what made them blizzard (quality first) and became just another greedy little pachinko machine manufacture. Management can destroy a brand too- and done nothing wrong from a financial perspective.
- arkis22 8y agoYou are still comparing sales to game engagement and longevity. You also need to shrink the amount of D3 sales to compare it to D1/D2 sales because the game market has grown wildly since they released. Then adjust that because it was a sequel a decade in the making. It's like comparing the star wars sequels to the original films. The nominal values are way bigger, but if you adjust them for inflation they might tell a different story.