If D3 doesn't release 'til...

[PetersenIII]

...April or May, do you think that will put a sock in the "ZOMG ACTIVISION CONTROLS BLIZZARD AND IS MAKING THEM SUCK!" nonsense?

[Caiada]

No. People will continue to demonize the relationship no matter what due to deeply entrenched stereotypes, unfounded speculations and the desire to pin the blame on somebody.

[Kisho]

Caiada got it in one. No matter what, people will complain. No matter what, people will think they're right. You could throw conclusive, solid evidence in their faces and they'd still find a way to dispute it, even if that method is 'lol don't believe everything you read, they're clearly lying!'.

Conspiracy theorists are horribly annoying.

[Deleted]

Nope. Nothing will ever stop it, and hell, even if something did.... there's always some new conspiracy theory bandwagon to jump on.

[Dundebuns]

If they don't release a product in Q1, then their stakeholder meeting will be very interesting, hence I expect a release date pretty soon. Will be interesting to see if they'll have a day 1 patch, or have to release a content patch later.

[Kisho]

If they don't release a product in Q1, then their stakeholder meeting will be very interesting, hence I expect a release date pretty soon. Will be interesting to see if they'll have a day 1 patch, or have to release a content patch later.

This isn't an MMO. It's very likely that there won't be any 'content patches'. The game will be released, and that will likely be it. There will be bug fix patches, sure. Content patches? Nah. That's the realm for expansion packs.

[zalmatra]

there's always some new conspiracy theory bandwagon to jump on.

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^this...a thousand times This


speculation is one thing but the stories people spin are just..special so very very..Very special

[Awakar]

...April or May, do you think that will put a sock in the "ZOMG ACTIVISION CONTROLS BLIZZARD AND IS MAKING THEM SUCK!" nonsense?

Absolutely not. Blizzard may still take its sweet time when it comes to releasing games, but with things like the RMAH, WoW Pet/Mount Shop, etc., people still see Activision as influencing Blizzard to a degree. Which is understandable, although not necessarily true. Who knows? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.
Besides, most believe that the game's being delayed due to Battle.net/RMAH issues, and obviously Activision wants both of them to be as good as possible so they can use them to make money.

[Aenok]

Man I just want them to release it before MoP.

[BatteredRose]

I'm gonna have to go with the crowd here, complainers gonna complain.