GOOD! thats what ruined D3 for me in the end..

Yup. The RMAH is Blizzard's greed. They have a right to monetize the black market, I guess.

But, the gold dupe that happened with 1.08 is going to force Blizzard to do-or-die.

It doesn't look any better actually, same game. Always online on pc, and consoles themselves are drm. Pick your poison?

@kevnb: I don't see how "consoles themselves are DRM." Piracy exists on -EVERY- platform.

The simple fact of the matter is that console gamers will be able to play Diablo 3 offline. This means they can play the game whenever they want to, not only when Blizzard says they can.

They will also be able to play the game simply by running the game. They won't be forced to go through a launcher that forces the game to update, nor will they be forced to log-in to an account each time they want to play.

So, basically, it's not a matter of "pick your poison..." it's a matter of one platform offering a clearly superior experience to the other.

I agree bro, I could have also bought a diablo 3 on my laptop but when I heard the news Online required then i did not buy it. My internet is not so reliable. And there are ways to combat piracy not like this awful senseless always online DRM

The PS4 is designed based on the PC architecture and it is widely assumed that would help inter platform game development smoother and faster.

So there's no reason for Blizzard to be able to make the control changes for consoles but inexplicably unable to apply those codes back to the PC.

Look at Bastion. An isometric RPG designed by an indie dev and yet I can easily switched between my keyboards and X-box controller whenever I want to. They don't have the millions that Blizzard have in the bank and yet they managed to do the impossible.

Sounds more like they knew or guessed they could someday port it on consoles and didnt feel like cannibalizing those potential sales imo .

Given how streamlined D3's interface ended up being , they could have included pad controls on pc , if they cared to