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Technology Stocks : 3DFX -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Linov who wrote (6960)	9/8/1998 2:43:00 PM
From: AJ Berger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

I doubt Diablo alone will inspire much 3dfx sales Very few titles have that level of direct effect. the only title of recent memory that comes to mind is FF7. A friend pointed out to me that it would have been cheaper to buy FF7 and a Sony playstation, then to "wait" for the PC version and then buy a 3dfx card to enjoy it. I'd say that Unreal helped sell more 3dfx V2 cards, then Diablo2 ever will. Diablo2 fans will be too busy playing Diablo2 to care about the lighting effects. That's the greatest aspect of that game was the gameplay, and other details, not the gaming technology used. I'd say the main reason Diablo2 even bothered with 3dfx is that when the press compares it's screenshots to other clone games expected around the same period, it won't look so pathetic in that 200x320 res.