Quote (treezin @ Mar 8 2020 03:04am)
My 2 cents.
Diablo 2 gets a remaster/cd-key verification patch
Diablo 4 gets announced
Diablo 4 goes on sale, diablo 2 remaster gets packaged into it to promote sales. This brings back old players to a new game, and exposure to a new skinned old game. It also gives all those players who received ban or wasted lists of cd-keys from the remaster/patch an incentive to play there old game again, since it comes free/was packaged with diablo 4 game. Then those who do not like diablo 4, get to play a new skinned diablo 2. Wins all around. Profits to be made.
So when you start to see those things turn, you can expect it to be on the shelf in under a year. Or they drag it out the remaster and milk it for what its worth, since they probably could and all. Then maybe 2 years from when things start turning.
The animation styles alone will change how the game is played if d2 is remastered. No break points.
Among many other things, I'd prefer to keep diablo 1 and diablo 2 sacred and untouched memories.