For a while, it seemed Blizzard was so giddy over the truly monstrous success of World of Warcraft that it might shelve its non-MMO Diablo and StarCraft franchises. That decision wouldn't have been unprecedented, as EA and Origin Systems stopped Origin's development of non-MMO games and let the legendary single-player Ultima and Wing Commander series lie fallow after Ultima Online launched to unexpected commercial success.
Ultima Online attracted up to 250,000 subscribers at its peak, but World of Warcraft has achieved an entirely unique level of financial success by garnering more than 10,000,000 players, so, devoting resources exclusively to similar MMO products would arguably have been even more justifiable. Fortunately, Blizzard isn't run by dolts.
Diablo III Season 38 launched with Ethereals back, but players are reporting Error 395002, disconnects, and server trouble.
Diablo 3 Season 38 starts March 27. Here’s what to finish before Ethereal Memory begins, from class choice and stash cleanup to Conquests and Ethereal
Via Diablo’s global director of community Adam Fletcher, Blizzard is introducing new measures to improve the quality of season launches in the future. Across both Diablo 4 and the aging Diablo 3, fans of Blizzard’s games should all benefit.
If they didn't let the cellphone guy touch the 3rd one in first place, they wouldn't have to dance around like clowns trying to make money.
We've been asking for less "boring" seasons... "boring"... not "buggy"... same ol' rehashed content just a different color is not working.
