Diablo 4 Open Beta Dated for March on PS5, PS4, Pre-Orders Get Early Access

I'll play beta, but preorder closer to release date

Probably stupid question but if we preorder to try the beta are we still able to cancel the preorder and get a refund after the beta?

@cschene depends on the outlet you buy it from but in general, yes. No refund as no money is usually taken before dispatch.

Enjoy the busted servers.

@riceNpea thanks I got it on ps store for download

Im still on the fence on this. Diablo 3 left a bad taste in my mouth with the always online. So have a feeling this is gonna be the same. (Heck. Overwatch 2 had issues too..)

Also I really miss the older days when you didn't have to PAY to get beta access and devs gave people access for free cause they wanted help to stress test their game.

My most most wanted game in a long long time, i am a Diablo fanatic, still my favorite series from Blizzard. Hope they don’t have any issues with its launch. Pre ordered on Xbox, but i played Diablo 3 launch on my Mac, and it ran really really good. I even got the diablo 3 mouse. Wonder if those are a collectors piece or not.

I have played Diablo 1, 2 and 3 all on launch day! Diablo 4 will be no different. Blizzard games have always been great in my eyes.

@rawzeku Access to the open beta is free, though. People that preorder just get early access.

I personally think it'll be a good chance to try the game before considering if I want to buy it on launch.

What actually is the problem with games which require you to be online? Aren’t most peoples’ consoles always connected anyway?

@Zuljaras why do you care if it has a online requirement for single player enough to make you want to miss out on a epic game.
I understand it sucks, but problem is no one else is making top down action RPGs of this quality so we have no choice really. But to be so upset about it that you would miss out on the game there has to be strong reason?

@Cutmastavictory why preorder at all? It's not like it will sell out and even if physical copies do you can just download it if you can't get it, but even massive games god of war and Hogwarts and etc don't sell out why would this.
Preorder is silly, what if all the reviews come out saying it's got massive technical issues and it's better to wait until they are fixed, or what if the game just sucks hard and you just paid full price for a sucky game that will be on used market in days for much cheaper?
Just asking because I see this as a trend at the moment where people Haven't even seen gameplay in some instances and are already pre ordering games.

@Denni5m you wrote all of that to try and convince an internet stranger what to do with their money lol. But I'll entertain you, I often pre order the night before a game comes out unless something is gated like a beta that I really really want to try. In this case I'm not sure I might pre order next month, I might not. But I'm guaranteed to buy the game so spending 70 now or later makes 0 difference for me.

Do you need ps+ to play it even solo?
Hopefully it's like Diablo 2 where you have to sign in but can still play solo without any subscription.

@JohnKarnes blizzard is a company that people love to hate, the simple fact is Blizzard ara juggernaut in games and they know how to keep people playing I mean look at WoW or D3, yes people swear down to the ground they hate those games, yet... Still so many play

@JohnKarnes As same as me...

I've let myself down with D3 beta, maybe it looks I'll do it with D4 too. I think pre-order is not necessary, because local store is always supplied with new releases.

@Totheteeth What happens when the servers are no longer being supported? The game becomes a paperweight. Many (many) people love to play (and replay) games years later; but as a general rule, if its online only, then it has a finite life. (Even an end-of-life patch doesn't solve the issue; because the patch servers need to be up to get said patch).

The reasons that always-online is so hated are going to vary; but this is mine.

@Zuljaras just saw this a bit late, I thought the game was very mediocre imo, you just spam 2 skills or spells the whole game, there is no strategy to the battles. D3 was much better in gameplay. What did you think?