Tuesday, May 15th 2012
Diablo 3 Launch Overloads Servers
Shacknews is reporting Diablo III is pretty popular. So popular, in fact, that the servers have been overloaded by the flood of clickmaniacs trying to play when it launched at midnight. As Diablo III requires players be online to play, even by themselves, there are a lot of sullen faces around this morning, staring glumly at 'Error 37' messages. Still, some are able to play. There's a little good D3 news in that Blizzard is helping out Australian fans who pre-ordered from GAME, after the failing retailer said it wouldn't honour their orders but would keep their money.
"Due to high concurrency the login servers are currently at full capacity. This may cause delays in the login process, account pages and web services," a Blizzard representative said of Error 37. "We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience while this is being resolved." A message on the login screen notes, "We're also aware of issues affecting character creation and are working to resolve them at this time." Hang in there, then. As for the land down under, after GAME entered administration earlier this week, it told Diablo III pre-orders that they wouldn't receive their game, but nor could they get a refund. Blizzard kindly stepped in to save them, explaining that those with proof of preordering can buy a digital copy through Battle.net then submit their GAME receipt for a refund. You'll need to buy before May 21, and send your receipt in by June 30, though.
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Shacknews
"Due to high concurrency the login servers are currently at full capacity. This may cause delays in the login process, account pages and web services," a Blizzard representative said of Error 37. "We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience while this is being resolved." A message on the login screen notes, "We're also aware of issues affecting character creation and are working to resolve them at this time." Hang in there, then. As for the land down under, after GAME entered administration earlier this week, it told Diablo III pre-orders that they wouldn't receive their game, but nor could they get a refund. Blizzard kindly stepped in to save them, explaining that those with proof of preordering can buy a digital copy through Battle.net then submit their GAME receipt for a refund. You'll need to buy before May 21, and send your receipt in by June 30, though.
77 Comments on Diablo 3 Launch Overloads Servers
Too broke to buy at launch anyways, so I just saved myself a headache.
Kudos to Blizzard for taking care of the Aussies.
Whats funny is I bought this game and I didnt even know about the always on DRM until I read about it on here. :laugh:
As for their servers, they didn't go down they were overloaded. There were people playing it just took a long time to get in. Blizzard fans are used to it from WoW.
EDIT:And ruined series like Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon or my favorite Splinter Cell :(That is news to me, so the only reason to buy D3 is for my desktop then. 10x
Also, Blizzard hasn't made an original game in decades. They've lived off the success of WoW, releasing expansion pack after expansion pack, and it isn't really that good of a game. Diablo II was their last really good game.
Ubisoft has had far more block-buster titles than Blizzard has in the last 5 years.
I remember when Blizzard was likeable.
I really would like to get it, but unlike so many I do vote with my wallet.
I'm going to give an extra $60 to Grim Dawn instead.
If Blizzard ever do real Wc4 I hope they leave this DRM crap out of it.
I could care less if you could not trade items in unranked.
Yeah seriously, IT'S OK THAT IT'S NOT WORKING, but post a freaking time when it WILL be working. Fail is fail. mkay. Why can't companies understand that communication is really important to... oh I dunno 99% of us!
And Ubisoft has had way more successful and down right good games than Blizzard has.He did mention the failing retailer.GAME is the name of the retailer.