Thomcult: The online petition is a curious example of consumer activism. Invariably, consumers express their satisfaction (or lack thereof) through their choice to purchase. Firms are, generally speaking, able to ascertain whether their offering has at least appeared to satisfy the desires and demands of consumers by whether they have purchased it. If a company makes a bad game, or markets it badly, the expectations of consumers won't be met, they won't feel satisfied and as such it will fail in the marketplace.
When consumers go out of their way to express dissatisfaction with a product (at any point in its life cycle), when they do it en masse and in a medium of their own design it says something profound about their desire. By petitioning for changes in Diablo III's art direction these gamers are saying that they wish they did want Diablo, and are showing Blizzard that it's not beyond their remit to make them, yet at this point in time they do not. Of course, there is no talk of a mass boycott however the message this petition sends out is that the product Blizzard have currently shown is not the one they were expecting, nor the one they want.
Via Diablo’s global director of community Adam Fletcher, Blizzard is introducing new measures to improve the quality of season launches in the future. Across both Diablo 4 and the aging Diablo 3, fans of Blizzard’s games should all benefit.
If they didn't let the cellphone guy touch the 3rd one in first place, they wouldn't have to dance around like clowns trying to make money.
We've been asking for less "boring" seasons... "boring"... not "buggy"... same ol' rehashed content just a different color is not working.
Who says a dud game can't have a video game comeback?
Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky have to be up there. We're lucky and cursed, equally, to have games that can be updated now. For folks old enough to remember the Sega/SNES into PS1 and even 2 eras, if a game came out that was half baked (*cough*Angel of Darkness*cough*) that was it, no redemption. At the same time, having the option for updates shouldn't be an excuse for half assing games.
I remember when the Nintendo Seal of Approval meant something.
All those games had to release without bugs.
Diablo III still works on modern PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and remains hugely playable a decade after initial release.
Online petitions never work. They're actually pretty comical. You want your voice to be heard? Don't buy the product.
Wish that they aimed the petition at Square Enix instead telling them that releasing the PS3 version of FFXIII only in japan is rediculus and more than that plain stupid. They have alot of loyal PS3 owning fans waiting in Europe and America for the game and they have to wait for the Xbox360 version to be finished off before they can get it.
If something needs changing it's this.
I'm so glad this got approved. I only wish more people were reading it.
Gaming petitions are soooo stupid. People would honestly have more luck just writing a friendly e-mail to devs if they have a concern.