Quote Originally Posted by DizzyEX View Post
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People are so quick to assume an idea is dumb, or delusional.. but people are also quick to offer suggestions for things that really are dumb. Also, software and hardware are two completely different things. The fact that you tried to say that software developers have solved problems with hardware limitations, that are far worse than the hardware limitations of this launch, is...astounding.

Diablo 3 isn't an MMO. The architecture behind D3 and the number of servers used, is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than FFXIV, WoW, or any other ACTUAL MMO.

Yes, Square was well aware of the number of copies of the game they sold. But maybe they didn't count on the number of 1.0 players coming back and tipping the balance over what their servers could handle? Regardless of what the reason was that they were caught with their pants down, they were pathetically unprepared for the launch.