So... when do you think D3 will drop in price?

[Locohead]

Hi, long-time D1 and D2 fanatic here. I've totally avoided D3 launch (thankfully!) due to other games I'm playing / not caring that much due to their design choices / having a pretty old comp. But now as a matter of principle I'd like to avoid giving Blizzard the full $60 for the privilege of treating me like a probable software pirate who is too stupid to understand things like stats and skills, and who accepts little things like my $60/$100 game being literally unplayable at launch. And yes, those first few hours do matter, especially to people who stood in line for hours for their midnight release. People who have been waiting for this moment for years. My condolences.

Anyway, I'd like to plan out my short-term and medium-term gaming choices, so it would be good to have some idea when D3 will drop in price, and by how much. I realize no one could have concrete info on this, save key insiders at Blizzard who would never talk at the moment, but we could make educated guesses based on the following info:

- Price drops of other Blizzard games in the past (how long, what %)
- Analysis of D3's launch (the word 'fiasco' seems extremely apt, whether or not you believe it to be a failure) along with press and fan reaction to said launch (metacritic 3.4 score anyone? "Live streams" with nothing to stream?)

Let's figure this out!

[Dudzy]

Not for a year or two, look at starcraft 2, thats still near what it launched for. Im betting you dont see a price drop on it untill atleast the first expansion.

[Sofolas]

Have fun not enjoying D3 for another couple of years.

[mrpinsky]

You are out of luck because Blizzard isn't going to lower prices any time soon and they are very deliberately killing the second-hand market by binding the game to users' accounts. So even those who dislike it can't sell it to someone else. It's very much part of the business plan.

Anyway, the game is disappointing, so you are not missing out.

[AlexanderBarin]

Really? $60 is too much for a game you'll be playing for years and years?

[Synchrotron]

Really? $60 is too much for a game you'll be playing for years and years?

Or maybe the more obvious assumption where OP don't like Diablo so much (or its afraid that the game might fail in the near future) to spend 60 dollars in a game that he might not be playing for many and many years.

[TheDestructor]

Buying Diablo 3 would actually save you money in the long run, because you wouldn't have to spend your money on other crappy games.

/fanboi

Game is fun.

[Locohead]

Not for a year or two, look at starcraft 2, thats still near what it launched for. Im betting you dont see a price drop on it untill atleast the first expansion.

Hmm, well, did SC2 do really well though? I doubt it had so much bad press and bad feelings surrounding its launch? I know the D2 packs are still relatively high priced for a 10+ year old game, but I figured maybe the D3 launch fiasco would more quickly drop D3 to around $40. You don't see any possibility of that happening within 6 months or so?

Really? $60 is too much for a game you'll be playing for years and years?

D1 and D2 gave me ridiculous value for the money. D3 seems like it has enough stuff going on that for a hardcore Diablo fan like me, it would still be easily worth $60. Some of my friends also want me to buy it now to play it with them. However, the issue is ethics. I don't want to reward Blizzard with the full retail price because of the many crappy decisions they've made, primarily the forced-online which ruined people's launch experience (at least hampered it, even the fanboys can't disagree with that) and is nothing more than a money grab. There's also tons of other games out there (currently playing Xenoblade which is excellent) so even being a hardcore Diablo fan, I think I can survive just fine without D3.