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Blizzard Asks For Input For Diablo II Patch

Submitted by Levi Thornton on March 4, 2009 – 10:50 pmComments

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Blizzard asks for input for a patch for a game that is 9 years old.

If you were to get an advance look at the patch notes for Diablo II 1.13, what is the one patch note you would want to see?

While everybody is putting input, I’m trying to wrap my head around why Blizzard wants to patch Diablo II when Diablo III is publicly known to be development.  Why would you spend your money, time, and human resource on a 9 year old game with its predecessor on the horizon?  My only guess would be this just another fan service to the Blizzard cult.  I don’t know if you noticed but the Blizzard cult worships their Blizzard god with great passion.


Blizzard Forums Via Kotaku

  • Sifer24
    its advertisment thats my guess, that and im sure its easy to patch it considering how old it is
  • SP420
    Why do they keep it up? Because so many people still play it! Pretty sure it's right behind Starcraft in the number of people playing on Bnet daily. I've gone back to it 3 times for binges since I stopped seriously playing it in '04. I think that's what keeps the game going: those who play it and then stop keep coming back to this addicting game. The real question is, why the hell have they waited 9 years to ask for input on a patch? I've never seen that by them until now.
  • StephenJMunn
    I still play it. Haven't in a couple of months, but I played it through all the way again when the last patch hit, making it properly Intel Mac compatible.
  • I for one applaud Blizzard's dedication to keeping a classic game functioning with new OS's & software. Most companies today rush title's out that barely qualify as 'beta'.
  • InfinityDevil
    Absolutely right, Joe. They are making obscene dollars on this game. The only way they could make more per copy than the pennies-per-CD-ROM and cardboard in the store is if they digitally distributed it on Steam or something.

    I'm glad they keep patching it but the thing it most needs would be too much for it -- a big resolution bump up. Everything else is still clicky clicky good.
  • StephenJMunn
    I'm with you. If I were going to pick one thing they could add, it would be some more visual dressing. Actually, another chapter of the game, as in another expansion pack, might be even better.
  • Why not keep patching a game that is in the top ten to twenty PC games sold every month. A game that after nine years, still sells for $40 in the store. Try showing me a game on any platform that can still sell for $40, and is still being printed nine years after its launch.

    It all comes down to money Levi. They are making shit tons of money off of Diablo II, and there is no reason right now for them to stop making shit tons of money off of it until the day Diablo III comes out.
  • Harshy
    I remember multiple former room mates playing Diablo II in the dorms. I also remember not talking to these room mates for hours at a time while in the room at the same time because they were addicts. Other games I saw people get addicted to:

    Counterstrike - caused multiple people to get on academic probation and drop out
    World of Warcraft - I love the RTS, but now I wonder if they'll make Warcraft IV
    GTA III - They just couldn't get enough virtual whores
    Halo II - Taking entire floors down in the dorm thanks to LAN
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