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It'll probably be successful but not still-played-in-25-years successful.
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
It'll probably be successful but not still-played-in-25-years successful.
- Thaxll 3y agoWell all of their game are being played 15+ years later on, there is no reason why it won't be the case with d4.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoOnline-only requirement. Such a shame and wasted long-term potential for D2R, D3 and likely especially D4. Compare with Diablo 2 legacy where mods like Median XL are still going strong ! (I guess that they are stuck in a bad place with their games being so popular that they attract a lot of unwelcome attention, but IMHO still not worth it for a game that is much more cooperative than competitive.)
- Thaxll 3y agoAll Blizzard game have online features, they never shutdown an online game, never, Diablo 1 is still running since 1996. I don't see issues with online only tbh.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoNo, the Lost Vikings for instance don't. And last I checked they seem to have given up on supporting Diablo 1, and let GoG deal with it instead ? (Its online MP has security flaws.) And Blizzard cannot run a game if Blizzard doesn't exist. But even before that happens, you can already see the wasted potential : D3 (and D4) has no modding whatsoever, compare with D2R (though mods there are still heavily restricted and they have also removed normal MP from it) and especially D2LoD legacy ! https://median-xl.com/ https://median-xl.com/
- Thaxll 3y agolost vikings is not a blizzard game, and they still run diablo 1 matchmaking it's not gog.
- scruple 3y agoBroodwar, SC:R, and D2R seems to be telling a different story. Hell, WoW is close to 20 years old at this point.
- alex_lav 3y agoSo their old games. What of OW(2), D3/D4, whatever mobile abomination they made for Diablo, Hearthstone or HoTS will be played for that long? Any? I would wager D2 is played more than D3 by a mile. OW1 was already killed. OW2 is dying. I'm not even sure the OW franchise will be around in four years, letalone 15.
- scruple 3y agoHuh? This thread is about their old games that are still being played.
- alex_lav 3y agoYes, and someone pointed out that their new games aren’t of the same caliber as their old games, as in, their new games won’t be played in 15 years. My comment is that you didn’t list any new game as having the same staying power.
- scruple 3y agoWell, we'll find out any day now where D4 sits, right? I know where I'd put my money if I were a betting man.
- bee_rider 3y agoSince it is a partially offline game, there doesn’t seem to be any way to calculate the Diablo 2 population. But I’d be shocked if there were more D2 players than D3.