In advance of this weekend’s Diablo 4 open beta, Blizzard boss Rod Fergusson has hit back against unfair criticisms levelled towards the problems experienced last time.
A lot more players on PlayStation, Xbox and PC are excited about Diablo 4’s launch on June 6, 2023, than even Activision Blizzard was expecting it seems. We know this because countless players had immense trouble accessing the Diablo 4 early access beta last weekend, hitting outrageous queue times despite trying to play at the specified start time of 4pm GMT / 12pm ET / 9am PT on Friday.
Thankfully, queue times and server load eventually eased over the next two days, but it’s unsurprising such issues occurred now knowing that – as per a Eurogamer interview with Blizzard general manager Rod Fergusson – “over a million people” were trying to access the game. The problems have also called into question what the entire concept of a beta actually is in a world where the likes of Warzone 2 and Fortnite have, as Fergusson himself puts it, “twisted” the concept.
