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http://kotaku.com/5910981/has-diablo...hurt-pc-gamingThere's no denying that the error-filled launch of Diablo III has been something of a debacle. But has it really harmed PC gaming?
Indie game designer Jeff Vogel worries that it may have, sharing the above thought on his personal blog.
When the highest-profile PC release of the year has a a launch this problem-filled, it certainly doesn't help the platform's image. Then again, console releases can certainly be buggy too, particularly multiplayer-heavy console games. But then again again, those games don't lock you out of the their single-player content if the company's servers are down.
I will offer this oversimplified and deliberately incendiary anecdote: While I waited and waited for Diablo III to start working after Blizzard's servers failed again last night, I fired up Max Payne 3 and played to my heart's content. And my Xbox wasn't even online.
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"platforms that don't have these hassles" haha no they just have problems 10x worse.
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Because blizzard represents all of PC gaming.
And also because console gaming is so good (I love having racial slurs sreamed at me by inbred 10 year olds)
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Company's with retarded DRM is what's gonna do it.
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It almost feels like gaming media wants PC gaming to "die" with their nonstop talk about it. No, it's not dying, for the last time.
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It's not the fault of the PC or the gamer, its Blizzards fucking fault for not stress testing their servers better than the beta. They should have anticipated the huge response from the community and acted accordingly. Oh, and for making a single player game require me to fucking LOG IN AND STAY ONLINE AT ALL TIMES.
Other than that, great game.
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No they don't, I've never been locked out of a console game because of a developer's server problems.
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Isn't kotaku generally considered a BAD news source?
Also with the rumours of the next XBOX requiring an internet connection at all time to be played it's clear that every game system is heading in this direction.
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if people didn't expect the servers to shit themselves at 12:01 then I don't know what to say
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I don't know if you've realized this or not but this happens in every game with Voice Chat. Hell it isn't even limited to voice seeing as most multiplayer PC games allow chatting.
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All it means is that any game with DRM will be spelled a faster death.
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Why do people keep saying phones or any touchscreen device for that matter are viable gaming platforms?
I've yet to see a 3d game on a touch screen device that has even decent controls.
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more like valve to be honest
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Their logic:
Bad game? FUCK THIS SYSTEM.
If that was true, then everyone would be playing atari's at this point.
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And i've never had my credit card and account information stolen on a PC.
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I'd rather play my pc which I can upgrade than a console. While consoles are fun PC has so many more features. In my opinion its no contender. Only real reason I believe console's have higher sales is affordability and lack of internet.
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He does have a point though. Botched launches only serve to push away customers from the platform. Console games on the other hand just plain work. They don't have to deal with DRM that locks you out of singleplayer when the servers are down or your internet is out.
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I don't really care, the game is sweet as shit. As long as I can continue playing it without hassle, I don't give a shit if nobody else plays it.
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Not just bad, Kotaku's generally considered to be the worst gaming news source.
Also IIRC they're one of the sites that love saying "PC gaming is dead" to generate hits.
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Isn't Kotaku part of the Gawker network? Which is a gigantic network of shitty sensationalist news websites?
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Uh, was that sarcasm? You have to be pretty damn dumb to get your account & credit card information stolen.
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the consoles vs pc issue is irrelevant and always has been and always will be.
it's more like a battle between "developers that port lazily" vs "developers that dont know drm doesnt work" in which no matter who wins, customers lose.
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Ive seen and played worse releases.
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...I've still seen no evidence that disproves the theory that Kotaku is a gigantic troll network
Nothing I've ever heard from them has made any sense. Their list of the top 12 PC games ever made were all from the last 5 years. Apparently L.A Noire was a strong contender for their game of the year.
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hey when you're part of a relatively non-respectable platform writing articles for a publication completely devoid of any credibility you tend to take what you can as an article writer.
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Guys don't listen to Kotaku, it's the Fox of gaming news. It used to be good though, it has since been taken over by shitty site design and new retarded article writers.
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Ok Kotaku said something stupid, please don't post it. I want to read news, Kotaku saying something stupid isn't news.
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Kotaku is not a news site it's a blog.
They just list themselves as "Professional Journalist" to get into events and to bloat their personality.
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Is it me or are they using Coolvetica?
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Oh, man the same thing with Battlefield 3. Try buying a $60 pre-ordered game only for you not being able to play AT ALL for several hours, even to two days. When you did get to play, rubber banding and registry issues everywhere.
I disagree because consoles suffered the same fate for BF3 launch. If anything, I'm thinking of selling my PS3 honestly. (Remember PSN hackings?) Also, Kotaku get the fuck out of here with your bullshit articles
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people freak out over nothing, we waited 12 years im sure 1 hour of trying to login wouldnt hurt.
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I'm still playing Diablo II, but I'm still not sold on III.
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No, not really.
Consoles are a lot easier to develop for since you don't have to account for people having different types of hardware.
All Xboxs and all PS3s are the same whereas PC games run into trouble when a game has issues with a certain type of hardware.
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I'm not a baby anymore.
I'm not going to cry because a game doesn't work the first day.
Maybe that's a sign you all should go outside.
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Maybe it's a sign I squandered good money for a POS product that doesn't deliver
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naw, there are still amazing titles coming out like guild wars 2 that show that some people still have love for PC gamers.
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This isn't really news, it's just some guy's opinion.
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I believe he was referring to the Sony debacle.
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And yet they still get clicks because of people like us who get enraged over it.
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Jeff Vogel is a no-name game developer.
Why the hell does anyone care what he says about this situation?
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Because it makes Kotaku money.
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