Cyberpunk Online marks the deadline for Diablo 4

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Cyberpunk 2077 releases in a few days and it’s going to break every Twitch record for a new game. Twitch is going to burn with Cyberpunk fuel.

What comes in a few days is only the single player version of the game. The multiplayer version, Cyberpunk Online, is Diablo 4 biggest competitor.

Cyberpunk Online releases in 2022. If Diablo 4 hasn’t launched and build up a solid player base until 2022, it risks being forgotten very soon due to everyone jumping on the online version of Cyberpunk.

No matter how polished is Diablo 4, it has to capitalize on what it is in 2021. Cyberpunk Online marks his deadline and any delay in Diablo 4 production would be crucial for the franchise.

Anyone who thinks I am overrating Cyberpunk will change his mind very soon.

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Enough with the shameless plug. We get it. You love Cyberpunk. Now go away!

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I strongly disagree w/ the OP. I will not be playing Cyberpunk. It’s too over the top for my taste. Bring D4!!!

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Never heard of it…

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Inb4 more delays

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Played GTA. Not impressed.

Just another rip off. But hey, I hope you enjoy it!

It’s not my cup of tea and frankly this belongs in the correct sub forum Games & Tech.

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This game has nothing to do with diablo like games… wtf are you on about?

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Cyberpunk Online isn’t going to matter because obviously all games will be killed by Star Citizen.

What does this have to do with anything? I don’t know, either.

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It’s an RPG. It has action too.

I bet many aRPG streamers are going to play it.

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Action RPG is pretty much a useless descriptor as far as game genres go anyway. A lot of them share almost nothing in common.

Diablo 4 isn’t going to be threatened by the afterthought mode of a 2020 single-player game.

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I have no clue what Cyberpunk is. Isn’t it a card game?

This is inane hyperbole and concoction. D4 trades on the D3 and D2 name. Nobody cares about this other game man…

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Also, its anRPG with “action in it.” This should be flagged as trolling.

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Competitive bobsledding is going to kill Diablo 4!
Makes about the same amount of sense.

Technically not soon, since it sounds like Cyberpunk Online is years away?
Cyberpunk 2077 is not the same, nor does it attract the same customers.

But yeah, you are overrating it. Most people simply wont care about it. At all.
Just like most people wont care about Diablo 4 of course.

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TS does not actually play D3. He has one Europe account with 1,150 paragon with one character. He does, however, extensively play the forums.

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ARPG players love to grind. There will be much to grind in the multiplayer Cyberpunk version for sure and while the core aRPG players will stay in Diablo 4, I am not so sure about the rest…

We’ll see very soon whether streamers and players that enjoy RPGs have fun with Cyberpunk. Don’t forget that any of the Diablo mechanics could be put in the Cyberpunk world if that’s their developer’s decision.

Night City vs the Demon world - both settings are very good.

Yes, I don’t regret I never touched D3 after Season 5. This game never left the beta stage.

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It’s not an ARPG like Diablo. Cyberpunk 2077 is a story driven RPG and Cyberpunk Online is effectively just multiplayer extension of it. Why would either have any impact on D4 development or release timeline?

You should compare games that are more closely related. For example Borderlands franchise, BL3 was released over a year ago and has had zero impact on D4 despite being an actual loot hunting ARPG.

And there goes your credibility.

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There are plenty of aRPGs that don’t have much or any grind.

Cyberpunk is going to share more of a target market with people who want another Deus Ex game than it will with Diablo.

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Imo, the biggest threat to Diablo 4 would be releasing the game unpolished, bug ridden, lacking of content, and/or broken; something which either one of these is bound to happen if Blizzard rushes to release Diablo 4 early, and releasing Diablo 4 in such a state would hurt the game more so than a potential delay would.

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Seeing the first reviews of cyberpunk, it is exactly what cd projekt red did… Good game but so many bugs…

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They are related enough. Many PoE players are completely skipping the new events due to Cyberpunk.

What my play time in D3 has to do with this topic?

We’ll see its market very soon.

A game gets polished faster when released unpolished (due to player’s feedback). If you want 100% polished Diablo 4 just wait for 2025.