10 Unplayable Video Games That Were Released Despite Being Broken

Diablo III was an unmitigated disaster upon its release, the servers crashing immediately following a massive increase in server activity. The game – a much anticipated action RPG from Blizzard Entertainment – sold over three million copies in the first twenty-four hours of its release, making it one of the best-selling PC games of 2012.

As a result, millions of players were unable to access the game upon its release, with the vast majority of players locked out of the experience by the same vague, unaccommodating message: “The servers are busy at this time. Please try again later”.

In the past, Diablo was playable offline, meaning it could be enjoyed primarily as a singleplayer experience, but Diablo III represented something of a hybrid, an amalgamation of both singleplayer and multiplayer elements. As a result, the game could not possibly be enjoyed without an internet connection capable of accessing a system of reliable servers, which were unavailable until several day later.