The last game in the series was released in 2001.
Fans of the popular dark fantasy/horror-themed role playing game turned out in droves to show their support, with some queuing at Funan DigitalLife Mall as early as a day in advance.
Yet even after queuing for hours, many of these avid gamers were not even able to get past the loading screen. It seems that Blizzard may have underestimated the sheer number of fans and their servers were unable to cope with the pressure.
Many eager adventurers were greeted with the following message: "The servers are busy at this time. Please try again later. (Error 37)". Apparently, once the servers reached their limit, no one else was able to log on.
Furthermore, since Diablo 3 requires players to be logged in at all times, even whilst playing single-player, the game was effectively unplayable.
Many players took to simply typing their password over and over again, hoping to log in the moment there was room on the server.
However, even those who managed to get past the login screen were faced with a whole suite of problems. The gameplay was plagued with other bugs like Error 300008 or Error 3006, frustrating players to the point of near-insanity.
On the official Diablo 3 website, the most popular forum topics were already those discussing the different errors and how to manage them.
Blizzard, the game's developer, has already swung into action. Servers in North America were taken down for emergency maintenance in order to resolve the issues plaguing the game.
SOURCE:
http://www.digitalone.com.sg/news/article/18952
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