So here we are, almost 1 hour after the European Launch of the long awaited Diablo 3 and first impressions are abundant.....well in truth, most of us haven't actually managed to log into the game yet. The dreaded Error 37 is hitting people in the face when they try to log in, Blizzards official Diablo forum is flooded with angry rage threads demanding to know why Blizzard has not learned from previous releases.
I think they have though. The thing to remember when you think about launches and companies like Blizzard is that they have to make a choice at some point, deciding how many resources they can spend on login servers. Now on release day there might be a gazzilion players logging in at the exact same time, warrenting a very huge login server capacity, but will that really be necessary a day from now? A week from now? A month from now?
I think Blizzard made a calculated risk and assumed that people while annoyed with not being able to login, will still enjoy the game enough to forgive an hour or 2 of queue time.
That is of course my opinion and I don't know much about server structures etc., but to me it makes business and logistical sense.
Now I'd better be able to log in!
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