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They've sold it continuously over the last 20+ years, and continue to do so. I bought a copy this past year to try out Project Diablo 2[A], my second or third p
by EchoChamberMan 3y ago
They've sold it continuously over the last 20+ years, and continue to do so. I bought a copy this past year to try out Project Diablo 2[A], my second or third purchase of it, personally. They remastered it and sold that too, while selling D2, side by side. I also bought that to play with a friend. Quality sells.
It should be an example to all companies that a game made with passion can produce money for a long time. Diablo 2 was also one of the games that launched Blizzard into the stratosphere of popularity (which can be turned into wealth directly and indirectly). Awards. Prestige. The obsession with cash is out of control.
It might actually be a fat tail, if that's a thing, given how long it's been selling.[B] In fact, blizzard has probably made more money on me from D2, than D3, which I bought once, and I have not purchased D4 for a number of reasons.
[A] https://www.projectdiablo2.com/ https://www.projectdiablo2.com/ - a lot of fun
[B] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_II#Sales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_II#Sales
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Wait, what exactly is a waste? Not charging a rent? aka a subscription?
- sharken 3y agoDiablo 2 is very hard compared to Diablo III, which I find is a major selling point. I think the waste in D4 is that there is very little replay value, only the long grind or Seasons. But starting over and over has very little appeal, so that leaves only one option: New content released regularly. Which sadly is not planned for D4.
- geraldhh 3y agovanilla d3 was very hard, lod made me play hc exclusively
- 123yawaworht456 3y agodiablo III difficulty is adjustable. you can make it as hard as you like during leveling and at the endgame. I played diablo 2 a lot when I was a kid, and really, the only hard parts were bullshit mechanics like damage immunities and iron maiden. it also had no real endgame, only mindless baalruns. ubers were only doable by a few paladin builds (with reasonable gear/effort).
- generic92034 3y agoThe endgame was your next character (playing hardcore to spice it up). :) I still prefer that design to pretty much everything aRPG developers have come up with as endgame in the meantime.