So many of you are trolling the D3 forums....

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Aliquis wrote:

The f2p business model reminds me of communism, in the sense that they are both nice in theory but very distasteful in practice.

Saying that the f2p model is financially successful is an argument to pitch to a developer, but not the gamers who are to be sucked dry of their money.

Please note that I'm not arguing that the POE developers will abuse the system as other have done before them. I'm only saying that the apprehension about the model on the players' part is justified.

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

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P4N1K wrote:

Brcarter479 and Flytheelephant should kiss. Make their circlejerk a little more remember-able.

Most of the assertions and hypothesis's in this thread could easily be disregarded if GGG did a little more publicity. It seems like everyone's fear of this game dying is from the smaller player base. GGG, try Emailing PCGamer or The escapist, or maybe Maximum PC for a review column after release. It would certainly bring a large number of people subscribed to those magazines in.

And btw Flytheelephant, quit trolling and go somewhere else. We are not impressed by your bravado. You frankly come off as a thick headed asshole.

While we're being frank, you're not exactly 'coming off' as someone with whom a conversation would be very pleasant either.

The reason I quoted you, however, was to note that Chris and the other devs are well aware of the careful growth of their product. Questions arose during the beta open weekend regarding international servers, and of course cost is a factor. The closed beta as of last week typically saw about 200-300 people on at any given time. That swelled to over 5,000 this weekend and peaked around 7. Word of mouth is this game's semi-secret weapon and it's working very well. I believe that were GGG to get the sort of attention PCGamer or the Escapist would attract *right now* they'd run the risk of too much, too soon.

Post-release, well, we'll have to see. But I think their current strategy is very good. They're targeting what StealthNerf referred to so succinctly as 'the identified market' -- this includes people like me. I was just entering adulthood when D1 hit, university when D2 took off, entering 'true independent adult life' as the 'Diablo clones' start to pop up and now can more than contribute my fair share to a company that is offering an incredibly nostalgic experience that also happens to be actually quite good in and of itself.

Myself aside, if a company can attract a hundred people who will happily pay not what is asked but what they think a game is worth, they've done better than if they'd attracted a hundred thousand who won't pay a cent. An exaggeration, but the point is made, I think.

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Seolwyn wrote:

Wow, Flytheelephant and Xaenimal.. you guys really are something... really showing your age with your posts.

I'm not doubting your opinion, because that's just what It is, an opinion. Who is anyone to change that? The joys of expressing ones feelings freely, the perks of modern technology, the internet and free speech. The manner both of you do it however, is somewhat laughable, both oozing with rabid fanboyism, terrible grammer and agressive POV's.

Bravo to you both, making this long day in the office a bit shorter with your humerous posts.

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KhelThuzad wrote:

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Seolwyn wrote:

Wow, Flytheelephant and Xaenimal.. you guys really are something... really showing your age with your posts.

I'm not doubting your opinion, because that's just what It is, an opinion. Who is anyone to change that? The joys of expressing ones feelings freely, the perks of modern technology, the internet and free speech. The manner both of you do it however, is somewhat laughable, both oozing with rabid fanboyism, terrible grammer and agressive POV's.

Bravo to you both, making this long day in the office a bit shorter with your humerous posts.

If you want to play grammar police, start looking at your own posts.

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KhelThuzad wrote:

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Seolwyn wrote:

Wow, Flytheelephant and Xaenimal.. you guys really are something... really showing your age with your posts.

I'm not doubting your opinion, because that's just what It is, an opinion. Who is anyone to change that? The joys of expressing ones feelings freely, the perks of modern technology, the internet and free speech. The manner both of you do it however, is somewhat laughable, both oozing with rabid fanboyism, terrible grammer and agressive POV's.

Bravo to you both, making this long day in the office a bit shorter with your humerous posts.

If you want to play grammar police, start looking at your own posts.

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Gearheart wrote:

This is a better game.

Blizzard is a market titen.

Ergo, Blizzard's game will make them more money.

But their game is worse.

(I will agree that GGG should definitely look into putting their game on Steam, or getting some more exposure though, because it is a great game and not getting as many people as possible to play it would be a damn shame)

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Seolwyn wrote:

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Gearheart wrote:

This is a better game.

Blizzard is a market titen.

Ergo, Blizzard's game will make them more money.

But their game is worse.

(I will agree that GGG should definitely look into putting their game on Steam, or getting some more exposure though, because it is a great game and not getting as many people as possible to play it would be a damn shame)

/sigh