Diablo III: Eternal Collection Launches 2nd November On Switch, File Size Also Revealed

Great file size. Given the size of the PS4 edition (60gb) that's a damn fine score with me.

Finally the necromancer will be mine to control.

Should have released a week earlier to make Halloween.

im ready to play this game for the fourth time!

If memory serves (pun intended), my PS4 version weighs in at over 60GB. How on earth do they save a whopping 40GB? Me thinks someone’s made a Diabolical pact with the devil 😳

White Joy-con in that GIF? Is there something I should know about?
(And yes, I know that there are white joy-cons from 3rd parties/3d-printed)

Yes! Just after my birthday, perfect timing

I want those white joy cons! ...... and diablo 3 ofcourse

Hmmm, just hours before the Direct.

Sweet, new co-op game of the Switch. ^^

Well, hell... Diablo III on November 2, Civilization VI on November 16... November is going to be a good month for the Switch! \o/

@The_Pixel_King I hope it doesn't make a huge impact on graphical quality.

Well shoot. Going digital in that case.

I'm warming up with Victor Vran right now.

"...the PS4 equivalent of the base game alone takes up a whopping 40.64GB..."

That's because the PS4 version inexplicably installs sound files for every supported language regardless of your system defaults.

@Aozz101x myself as well

Right after my birthday and pay day 😊

For the first time in my life I believe I’m actually going to “double dip”. Amazing.

Day one!

My god im impressed... 13gb...

Physical release?

How did they get it to 13GB?

@The_Pixel_King PS4 version has higher fidelity as the assets were updated to support native 4K on PS4Pro . Looks great on my 4k tv. That being said, it is still quite impressive how much they've shrunk the filesize!

@sandman89 yup.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diablo-Eternal-Collection-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B07GSV8GNH/ref=sr_1_1_twi_gam_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1536857711&sr=8-1&keywords=Diablo+III+Eternal+Collection

I keep saying this but do people really think Diablo III looked graphically amazing to begin with? It always looked (and kinda played) like remastered PS2 game to me.

@Daftbomb you mean compressed.

@Mountain_Man I reckon November will be a great month for just gaming in general 😄 It's going to be awesome!

I'll keep an eye on this

The reason the filesize is that small is most likely because they used assets from the PS3/Xbox 360 version and since the game already is a bit cartoony to begin with, upping the resolution/polycount on some assets and the general resolution of the game itself would already make it look good enough, anyhow, im excited! Could never get into the pc version with the point n click controls

I will be getting this day one , had a switch since launch and been asking for this title so I feel obliged to do my part.

Not sure how much it'll be played at first due to AC odyssey, red dead 2 and I'm still doing what I can to get through spider man and dragon quest xi.

Adulthood seems to be all the money for all the games , none of the time.

They didn't do anything. It is 14 Gig on PC if you install No language pack - just US default. They just stripping packs out.

You know a game has been rehashed to death, when the "feature" people talking about is download file size 🙄

I'll stick with my pre-order of RD2 (for Home) and Mega Man 11 (on the GO) for NOV.

This is very high on my list & probably my next Switch purchase.

Ugh, I'm annoyed that I'm probably going to buy this even though I can't import my character from the PC/Mac Version.

@MsJubilee By removing the language packs.

Day one or wait until Christmas -depends on my funds at the time.

Well this is what happens when you don't have to load repeated copies of bloated assets for even higher resolutions among other things, not to mention far better compression routines. Good job Blizzard, feeling even more safe in buying this now. Thanks.

I am excited for some portable Diablo 3!

So the next question is which physical card size they will be using...?!

Already bought and on for pre load ... Hanmered it on pc now I can hammer it at home at work on holiday on the toilet ... I love my switch !!!! ... So hope switch 2 can have even better specs so I can just donaway with a home console all together , and just keep my PC for MMO’s

@Medic_alert exactly I can see future consoles junpingbin switch bandwagon as if and when switch 2 comes I’ll gladly do away with the norm and just stick to switch

Really odd this wasn't part of the direct or if it was that it would get nonchalantly announced in this way.

The effort is greatly appreciated.

Sizing a texture down just one increment (2048x2048 to 1024x1024 for instance) means an individual file size reduction of 75%.

Meaning that merely taking the time to run a proper bi-cubic downsampling on all textures that you KNOW the system wouldn't be able to display at full size with good results anyway, would reduce a bulk of texture files from (for instance) 20GB to 5GB.

Going further with certain textures, that really aren't in view much, or have turned out to never appear in close-ups anyway, you can do one more increment on those.

Quick and dirty ports often rely on build setting downsampling, or worse, run-time downsampling, neither of which yield results anywhere as good, and doesn't reduce overall game size either. Might even increase it, if handled poorly.

So, yay Blizzard! Your reputation for making games that run on grandma's toaster and lil' sis' old macbook isn't just a legend of yore!

@Agramonte Great choice, that. Both look excellent. I loved the Mega Man 11 demo and RDR2 looks every bit as amazing as I’d dare hope.

@Noobioh "...the game already is a bit cartoony to begin with..."

No it's not.

@Dr_Salvador "So the next question is which physical card size they will be using...?!"

Blizzard has already announced that physical release will not require a download.

The Ps3 version was also around this size and although it didn't have the necromancer or a few cosmetic things I doubt those are very big.

I cant get over that even though I had it on disk, 80gb of space for God of War.

@Mountain_Man - Nice, at least someone knows how to do it right

@Mountain_Man for me the game, in artstyle, feels a bit like a less cartoony version of wow, im not saying its fully cartoony but more in a way that a resolution drop for textures isnt visible as quickly/easily as lets say it is for The Witcher 3 or Star Wars Battlefront 2

PS3 game files are 33.39 GB with extra language packs. Guess removing them make a big difference.

Good thing they said everything will be on the cartridge otherwise I would had been very mad.

Never played this one, I'm so going to buy it!

@Noobioh
You can drop the texture resolution without a noticeable degradation in visual fidelity not because the game is "cartoony" but because everything is seen from a distance relative to the camera.

@The_Pixel_King Yeah man. First I was not super impressed with the MM4 demo, but after a bit I was sold.

The previews for RD2 look amazing. And I love prequels of series I am a fan of like Yakuza 0 (Torna is my October game) Good times.

This will go on the holiday purchase list. I tend not to buy games in November.

I’ve heard a lot about the multiplayer aspect of this.. I’ve never played Diablo is this good for single player too?

@Mountain_Man
I suppose it can depend on who is looking at what you personally consider to mean cartoony, but it certainly is stylized toward a painterly comic-book style not too different in spirit from that of World of Warcraft, albeit with less dramatic exaggerations of sizes and shapes.

And a thoroughly managed artstyle like that, where shape and color by themselves are a big part of the fetching look, will certainly allow you to reduce texture size more, without damaging the overall feel, than you could get away with in something like Call of Duty, where the authenticity of the surfaces is regarded a priority.

But really, that could be said for all properly stylized visuals, and not just the "cartoony" ones. And you're also right about the distance in certain regards, but do consider that textures are likely to have been made with that in mind at the outset.

£50. Hahahahahahahahahaha

Have this game on pc...been playing Diablo for years and have D3 up til reaper of souls....Will be getting it on switch to get everything. What I LOVE besides the fact that it seemed to look great, is that TWO people can play in the living room together.

Sounds like a definite texture resolution drop, which is fine for a game like this. The smoother the gameplay the better, and a smaller file size is nice too.

Seeing the words "The minions of hell grow stronger..." on an official Nintendo social media account brings so much retroactive joy to my nine year-old self in 1989. Oh how far you've come, Nintendo!

I will be buying and trying this, but honestly it's most in the hope that the interest encourages Blizzard to bring Hearthstone and Overwatch to Switch.

Hell yeah!

@Mamabear "...is this good for single player too?"

I play prominently single player on my PC. I plan on doing the same with the Switch version, or local multiplayer with my boys.

@Mamabear
Single player is fine, in fact I’d recommend playing through the story mode first which you’ll prob want to do alone if you want to stop and smell the roses occasionally.
For the post game stuff you do sorta short missions all over the map. This is where multiplayer really shines plus you’ll get through more faster and generate better loot drops.

@Heavyarms55 Couldn't care less about overwatch since we already have paladins and its free. Hearthstone isn't really for me and I am more looking forward to the Bethesda card game. All an all tho I'd love to see more blizzard games as long as they would port heroes of the storm aswell.

@Ryu_Niiyama You can preorder now tho

@Vepra Well fine that you aren't interested, but I am.

@Vepra I already stated I usually don’t buy games in November. Pre-orders don’t alter release dates.

Never played Diablo so this is a buy for me. In fact, I might buy every game announced yesterday. I think yesterday's Direct was amazing.