Diablo 3 on shelves at Big W Carindale Now!!
Very interested to see they have it on shelves, and $58 is not a bad price. Although not that you can play it for another 5 days. Wonder if EB Games will release my collectors edition early to me??
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11:56am 10/05/12 Permalink
Are you sure its the actual game and not just empty "coming soon" boxes?
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11:58am 10/05/12 Permalink
I don't think Big W ever has "coming soon" boxes. Don't think it really matters anyway, can't start playing until 15th.
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11:59am 10/05/12 Permalink
Actual box, cover folds out a couple times to see info about game and has the barcode on to scan...
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12:01pm 10/05/12 Permalink
Makes sense to sell it early. I wonder if you can pre-load it with the boxed copy? Hmm
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12:23pm 10/05/12 Permalink
12:23pm 10/05/12 Permalink
Makes sense to sell it early. I wonder if you can pre-load it with the boxed copy? Hmm You can't "pre-load" but you can have the setup files waiting ready to go. |
01:06pm 10/05/12 Permalink
I still can't login to my battle net account - stupid f*****g authenticator craP Same thing happened to me, i reset my phone and lost authenticator...have to send a sample of my blood to blizzard so i could login into my account . |
01:42pm 10/05/12 Permalink
As much as I love Penny Arcade, and as much as I agree with the sentiment they're imparting...
They seem to have missed or glossed over the fact that those horses must still bring in a significant amount of revenue otherwise they'd have been f***ed a long time ago. |
02:21pm 10/05/12 Permalink
I went and bought two copies - there were at least 6 boxes still left.
The chick said there's usually an embargo but she sold to me anyway. |
06:10pm 10/05/12 Permalink
As much as I love Penny Arcade, and as much as I agree with the sentiment they're imparting... No what they have missed is the funny. They haven't made a joke about the situation, they've referenced it, then made a totally unrelated bestiality comment to pass it off as humour. I can do that. I'm off to shag a goat now. Comedy! |
06:27pm 10/05/12 Permalink
People will data mine all kinds of crap about the game once they get their hands on the full install. Will be spoiler city. 1 day early is enough.
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06:38pm 10/05/12 Permalink
People will data mine all kinds of crap about the game once they get their hands on the full install. Will be spoiler city. 1 day early is enough. Pretty sure its encrypted until it unlocks, so even if you got it early, you wouldn't be able to datamine anything out of it. I wonder if EB will sell me my collector's edition on the weekend, that'd much it much easier to pick up.. |
06:59pm 10/05/12 Permalink
Just opened the box, went to put the DVD in and realised I don't have a f*****g DVD drive in my gaming PC.
Anyway, pulled out a USB DVD drive and tried to install it and got this: http://users.on.net/~deadsimple/images/d3.png |
07:18pm 10/05/12 Permalink
Just opened the box, went to put the DVD in and realised I don't have a f*****g DVD drive in my gaming PC. Haha naaaaaaiceeeee |
07:29pm 10/05/12 Permalink
After much reluctance from my wife, I finally convinced her to grab me a copy from Big W during her dinner break at Carindale, she know's whats about to happen... http://casa.nowuckingforries.com/clever-girl.png |
07:47pm 10/05/12 Permalink
cant install until 8am on the 15th anyway...
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08:23pm 10/05/12 Permalink
Haha naaaaaaiceeeee Just opened the box, went to put the DVD in and realised I don't have a f*****g DVD drive in my gaming PC. Ok cool that's the same thing you get with the Digital preorder. |
08:36pm 10/05/12 Permalink
You can't "pre-load" but you can have the setup files waiting ready to go You can pre load the setup file then 8-) |
09:59pm 10/05/12 Permalink
10:06pm 10/05/12 Permalink
well they are unlocking the installer on the 14th US time, so around 1:01am EST on the 15th I think someone said on battle.net forums. 1.0.1 patch will be around 100mb
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10:15pm 10/05/12 Permalink
10:29pm 10/05/12 Permalink
Has anyone been able to pick up their CE copy from EB games as yet?
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07:01am 11/05/12 Permalink
I'd like to know this as well, if I was able to pick this up now, I don't care if i can't install it but s*** i would be happy to just have it in my hands so i can beat the rush on tuesday =|
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07:20am 11/05/12 Permalink
Nothing is BROKEN, you cant even install the game until the 15th, they could have sold the game 3 years ago and it would have not mattered at all. |
09:10am 11/05/12 Permalink
anyone know how many copies they have at big w?
don't wanna drive to cdale for nothing. |
09:18am 11/05/12 Permalink
^ pick up phone and call BigW at Carindale, ask to speak to Games Dept, ask how many copies they have left.
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09:43am 11/05/12 Permalink
EB Games at garden city have the CE there but will not be giving it to anyone till tuesday.
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10:38am 11/05/12 Permalink
Building m gf a new PC for D3, whats a good mid level card to use? I have read that the NVidia GTX550ti is a good all rounder choice for D3.http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/diablo-iii-performance-benchmark,3195.html |
11:00am 11/05/12 Permalink
those are pretty impressive benchmarks at full graphics for lower end cards. min 44 and max 50fps on max at 1920x1080 for a 550ti is pretty damn smooth.
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11:33am 11/05/12 Permalink
EB Games at garden city have the CE there but will not be giving it to anyone till tuesday. Damn, thats where my CE is :( |
12:13pm 11/05/12 Permalink
http://imgur.com/XaIww.jpg What's the bet there will be plenty of this on launch day? I hope they have learnt from the beta. |
12:19pm 11/05/12 Permalink
They acknowledged that chances are you will get Error 37, but keep trying.
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12:27pm 11/05/12 Permalink
damn, just remembered/realised i bought the collectors edition... also just bought a new gaming comp with no dvd drive.... looks like i'll be installing over the network :)
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12:49pm 11/05/12 Permalink
For those who don’t have DVD players in their gaming machines, simply assign your CD Key to your battle net account and then you can just download the installer. |
12:59pm 11/05/12 Permalink
Called my nearest two Big W stores, neither even have them in stock yet :(
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01:47pm 11/05/12 Permalink
It's nice to see "mods" already out for D3 that make it look a lot less cartoon-ish. I don't believe it is considered a "cheat" or anything, but to be safe I'd wait for an official response.
http://i.imgur.com/6wS12.jpg http://darkd3.com/ |
09:52pm 11/05/12 Permalink
wow really? if that's allowed I may use it
EDIT - saw a video from the creator and turns out it's just like a fxaa injector and doesn't modify any files, the same type of method like you would run fraps with. Should mean it'll be fine. Score! Oh and that picture doesn't do the mod justice since it's very grainy looking. There's 3 types of the mod. 1 that darkens, 1 that sharpens and another that does both at once so yeah. last edited by DM at 22:04:55 11/May/12 |
09:55pm 11/05/12 Permalink
I'm gonna play it as it was intended. Don't really like the look of it with that mod on anyway, it just seems to be a "Make everything more bland and brown" mod. I quite like colour, I don't want it all to be brown.
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10:48pm 11/05/12 Permalink
Best to check out the actual page Khel, does it more justice. I don't particularly like the cartoonish look that the current developers are going for, gives me too much of a WoW vibe. Just glad that people are able to do this though and give consumers an option.
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10:55pm 11/05/12 Permalink
I just sent a ticket into blizzard asking if it's ok to use and sent them the address. Will update with their reply if I get one so you don't risk your accounts if you wanna use it.
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10:56pm 11/05/12 Permalink
Yeah, I did check out the page, thats when I noticed the brown-ness. I dunno, just doesn't appeal to me, it just seems to dull everything down too much. But I'm not a huge fan of mods that change the look of games anyway, I'm too anal about experiencing it the way it was intended :P I figure the people who've been making the game for the past 5+ years probably know the best, or at least, I'd like to experience it the way they intend before I decide it needs to be changed.
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11:24pm 11/05/12 Permalink
01:20am 12/05/12 Permalink
I'm just going to stick with the normal look, even on the normal mode it just makes it look more washed out. After playing the beta I wasn't "OMFG, this is too colourful".
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08:40am 12/05/12 Permalink
Got an email back. They just said that they can't make a determination at the moment but it's best to just avoid them all together. So yeah, unless something says otherwise i'm not gonna risk a banning over it.
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09:27am 12/05/12 Permalink
I gave it a shot and wasn't too impressed. You lose A LOT of the colour in the game, harder to distinguish between rares and whites, coloured monsters (champions / rares) and uncoloured monsters. Not the kind of thing you want to experience in the midst of battle.
The sharpness makes some things look amazing too, but some other things dread awful (things that use fine detail, I think from memory the portraits, resource orbs and some text was borderline painful to see). YMMV |
09:44am 12/05/12 Permalink
I'm just stoked about having to play a single player game via Mobile Broadband. Hooray for persistent online authentication!
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11:15am 12/05/12 Permalink
So has anyone picked up a copy from Big W yet?
Seems $58 is a good price for a boxed copy. You can save maybe a few $'s getting a digital copy or sent from overseas. So I'll get the Big W copy if it is indeed that price. |
10:25am 13/05/12 Permalink
I definitely got my copy for $58 from Big W Carindale, I threw out the receipt however here is proof that I own a copy--------------> http://casa.nowuckingforries.com/d3proof.JPG Also Eorl, nice find, that mod looks f*****g awesome and exactly how the game should look out of the box, ala Diablo. Was the only thing I was disappointed about with the beta was it just looked like WOW. |
10:34am 13/05/12 Permalink
So has anyone picked up a copy from Big W yet? As mentioned earlier in the thread, yes. They happily sold me two copies. If anyone needs a scan of the receipt send me a PM - though I'll only reply to forum regulars, not 1-post wonders. |
11:50am 13/05/12 Permalink
Anyone made a purchase from Ozsave.com? If so could you let me know if you received your key or confirmation by now...I haven't received s*** from them and that troubles me.
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12:12pm 13/05/12 Permalink
public service announcement, although I'm not sure if this affects us -
We became aware of an issue affecting the previously available German and EU English versions of the digital install downloader for Diablo III, which would not download all the necessary files. If you've pre-downloaded the digital version of the game in these languages before 10:00 AM CEST (9:00 AM GMT) on Saturday May 12, you must obtain the new downloaders to be able to install properly once the game is released on May 15. We apologize for the inconvenience, and ask that you please let friends and acquaintances know so they can begin downloading the working installer that's now available. http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4410912/New_Downloaders_for_English_and_German-12_05_2012#blog |
12:13pm 13/05/12 Permalink
I definitely got my copy for $58 from Big W Carindale, I threw out the receipt however here is proof that I own a copy--------------> Baaaah Tried the Westfield Big W, None on shelves :( |
12:21pm 13/05/12 Permalink
Just went to Big W Taigum to try get a copy - according to their computers they had 4 in stock. They couldn't find the stock however. After talking to four employees I got the answer that they cannot sell them until tomorrow or they get fined multiple-millions of dollars.
Have to wonder whether other retailers will be saying something about what the Carindale store got up to, or whether the Carindale store is still even selling themselves. Anyway, guess I'll have to make another trip tommorrow morning, zzz. |
12:57pm 14/05/12 Permalink
Anyone made a purchase from Ozsave.com? If so could you let me know if you received your key or confirmation by now...I haven't received s*** from them and that troubles me. Haven't received it yet, however I've been in talks with the guys running the store and they said all orders will be done by tomorrow night. |
01:03pm 14/05/12 Permalink
Rang my local Big W today and they said they will be selling Diablo 3 for $58, but got told that you wouldn't be able to buy it until Thursday as that is when their catalogue starts...
But i will be buying my copy of Diablo 3 from D*** Smith for $59, as rang them today and put my name down on one to pick up tomorrow morning. |
01:57pm 14/05/12 Permalink
