Diablo 4 servers are “prepared” for launch, only time will tell how it stacks up to D3
Diablo 4 will be here real soon: in nearly 24 hours, actually! When that zero hour actually hits, who knows what’s going to happen?
There was a server slam stress test held on the weekend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom‘s release that supposedly went well, but you can’t plan for everything. You can, however, plan to a point, and Blizzard has apparently done just that. Speaking to GamesRadar, Blizzard General Manager Rod Fergusson said the following about the publisher’s prep work for Diablo 4‘s launch:
“We learned a lot from each of them [the previous D4 tests]. We’re feeling better, like we feel good about that, like all the stuff that we’ve learned.”
“We’ve done the work, and we’ve done a lot of testing, and so we’re prepared. But you know, never say never. It might be a little bumpy on the first day, but our hopes are that, like we did on those weekends, we learn and adapt.”
If you’re planning on taking a few days off of work to play Diablo 4, just note that “it might be a little bumpy on the first day” seems like a realistic vibe, even from a very optimistic company spokesperson. In any case, it’s going to be extremely difficult to top the rocky launch of Diablo 3.
When Fergusson directly refers to Diablo 4‘s testing in the interview, it’s clear that Blizard has learned quite a bit from Diablo 3‘s development. We haven’t seen the full extent of Diablo 4‘s microtransaction monetization in 1.0, but there are likely lessons learned from Diablo Immortal there, too.
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