• Diablo 3 DRM and Real Money Auction House

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    Jeremiah
    Published on 08-15-2011 02:23 AM
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    Just in case you haven't heard about the new changes to Diablo 3, Diablo 3 will include a real money auction house. In addition, all players will need to be logged in online to play Diablo 3. How is the player base reacting?



    What does this mean for players who don't have an Internet connection? Diablo 3 uses DRM (Digital Rights Management), which means that it cannot be played offline. id software, the creator of popular game series Doom, has praised Blizzard for the decision.

    Since Diablo 3 uses a real money auction house, mods and addons are expressly prohibited. This is to help put players on even footing to make a real world profit off of the game, and it is obvious that Blizzard will crack down hard on hackers with the latest Diablo title.

    What do you think about Diablo's "always online" mode and real money auction house? Post your reactions in the comments below.
    Comments 11 Comments
    1. Zab's Avatar
      Zab - 08-15-2011
      And when I fly on planes, I have to buy 2 tickets but that's a whole nother issue!
    1. applejackboost's Avatar
      applejackboost - 08-15-2011
      This is a great idea! Real life money auction house have got to be the BEST idea I ever saw from blizzard! If you take a look at World of warcraft, there is so many black markets out there selling items and accounts and services and so many people getting scammed. We wont see that in Diablo 3! WAY TO GO BLIZZARD
    1. Thrill12's Avatar
      Thrill12 - 08-15-2011
      I like it. Always online will suck at times but I understand their point.
    1. phorentez's Avatar
      phorentez - 08-15-2011
      QUESTION!!!: ........ U mad?!Second... Don't know who learned him to speak.. But i would demand my money back if i were you.I really hope this vid was a joke :S
    1. Swinder's Avatar
      Swinder - 08-15-2011
      Quote Originally Posted by phorentez View Post
      QUESTION!!!: ........ U mad?!Second... Don't know who learned him to speak.. But i would demand my money back if i were you.I really hope this vid was a joke :S
      You have lived a pretty sheltered life on the internet if you do not know who that guy is...
    1. freeman725's Avatar
      freeman725 - 08-15-2011
      Quote Originally Posted by Swinder View Post
      You have lived a pretty sheltered life on the internet if you do not know who that guy is...
      Yes. That man has made hundreds of informational, funny, and off the wall videos that just make you say "huh?" despite loads of destructive criticism... Boogie is the shit (inset period here)

      Anyway, back on subject. Cash shops aren't new. They've been part of F2P MMOs for a while now. Blizzard has been slowly feeding it to the minds of avid WoW players via the blizzard store (star pwny anyone?). Hopefully it won't spiral out of control and blacklist the game (which is pretty much the same speculation that arose when they implemented purchasable loot to the blizzard store). Blizzard seems to do a decent job of "feeding the monster" though.

      Last but not least, the always online subject. Well, you honestly can't say we didn't see that coming.

      "Hey Mr. Blizzard, you're so unpredictable!"
    1. CreativeXtent's Avatar
      CreativeXtent - 08-16-2011
      francis is upset!
    1. Syrmex's Avatar
      Syrmex - 08-16-2011
      While i like the real money auction house, the always online thing is pointless and lame.It's just as lame as starcraft 2's no-lan. If they are doing this solely to combat crackers, they are really dumbshits. All the new copy protections and etc. always get cracked. Some may not, but for a big title like d3 its certain.All these new fancy drm methods ultimately do nothing else then annoy legit buyers.. :|And besides, not everyone has an internet connection at ALL TIMES, so this decision would if anything lead to less sold copies.
    1. superxdude's Avatar
      superxdude - 08-17-2011
      loved diablo 1 and 2 but being military and not always having internet, I doubt I will invest in it
    1. newtech's Avatar
      newtech - 08-17-2011
      Real-Money auction house is shit. What happened to Blizzards statement in Wow? "NO real money will be able to be spent on ingame items." And now, just because you don't pay every month, they want people to start paying on the auction house? Geez... Blizz. Really? Like you don't have enough money already! X_X About the 'Always online' I don't really care, since it wont take long for someone to reverse engineer it and make private servers which you can just host on your own computer. Just like people did with Wow So I doubt that's gonna be a problem. Publicly, maybe, but most smart people are just gonna go private server :P Thanks Newtech
    1. invisiblend's Avatar
      invisiblend - 08-17-2011
      this vid is clearly trolling. if this poster knew that (doubtful as he's mad), he should also know that double trolling........IS THE SHIT!