@Rackjaw Never is a pretty absolute word. Only the sith deal in absolutes. What happens when the microsoft surface comes out with windows 8 on it and you can play any pc game. What happens when you plug a usb gamepad into it. I would be more inclined to agree with your assessment if the ipad was the only tablet in town, but even then...who knows...stranger things have happened.
@Snakepond1 First off, I'd like to say...I'm mad at Blizzard too. I'm absolutely disappointed with D3 both because of its half functionality and its always online requirement. Having said that, there are some good explanations to answer your questions. The simple answer to why Diablo 3 sucks is that Blizzard North (the Diablo 1 and 2 team) didn't make it. They quit and made their own company partially through the development of Diablo 3. I've been following this since Diablo 3 was first announced so many years ago. Vivendi (Blizzard's parent company) had issues with the art direction Blizzard North was heading in. They thought Diablo 3 was too bleak and not colorful enough and didn't match the branding of other Blizzard games. 2 of the members of Blizzard North ended up founding Runic Games and released Torchlight...which is why I'm so geeked about Torchlight 2. I find it fairly ironic that Torchlight is even more cartoony than Diablo 3. Needless to say, Blizzard started over with the development of the game. This is why Diablo 3 has such a World of Warcraft flavor. I don't think they quite had a feel for the flavor of the franchise. This is also why they focused so much on the multiplayer aspect which in truth is why Diablo 2 stayed popular for so long. I think the major difference between what Blizzard has done as opposed to Ubisoft is that Ubisoft requires always online but offers no actual reason for being online. Assassin's Creed has no multiplayer functionality and has no social element that would warrant such a requirement. People defend Blizzard's choice for Diablo 3 because it does enhance certain elements of the game, and is not there just to thwart piracy and second hand game sales. Once again though, I agree with you. I've never played Diablo 2 online and don't want to, and I resent what has happened to the franchise.
@djezhel619 This is not entirely true, Nintendo has lagged behind with its media format for some time now. It stuck with cartridges when everyone went cd, and by the time they went cd everyone was dvd. By the time they went dvd, PS3 was going blu-ray.
I really don't understand why anybody is contemplating this. Nintendo is not quite the same type of company as Sega. Nintendo has never attempted to be a hardcore gaming company. The way they develop themselves is with the idea of Family Entertainment in mind. This is what made the Wii such a big seller when it first came out. It appealed to the non-gamers. Now yes, phones and tablets are infringing on Nintendo territory there, but I'm pretty confident Nintendo still has some tricks up it's sleeves. Regardless, if Nintendo stops making hardware, they will die completely. It was and is their novel and innovative hardware that has kept them around this long. The weakness of Nintendo is their seeming inability to work with other companies. Do any of you remember when Nintendo was supposed to come out with the Nintendo CD system as a follow up to the SNES. They were working with Sony on the project, but Sony pulled out and made the playstation instead. Nintendo, needs to play nice and maybe not compromise their family friendly vision, but augment it a bit.
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