Removing the auction house was one of the first big changes they made to the game. I also get the feeling that it was the same moment where they massively dropp

Removing the auction house was one of the first big changes they made to the game. I also get the feeling that it was the same moment where they massively dropped their expectations for how much money they would make off it and cut development way back. Still, Diablo 3 now is light years ahead of what it was at release and is actually a lot of fun. However, it is quite different from Diablo 2 (just like that was quite different from Diablo 1).