User blog comment:Fandyllic/Diablo III unlikely to ship for 2011 holiday season/@comment-81.225.233.93-20110722104745/@comment-168424-20110722213232

Yup, these are likely possibilities. However, shipping with a short beta cycle will likely mean stuff we think is in Diablo III today might get cut. It also means alot of nice stuff might get cut. Also, I'm not sure you can compare expansions (WoW or Diablo II) to a full release of a game.