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- relic180, on 08/21/2008, -2/+64FTA:
"Some [Blizzard] designers even plan vacations to coincide with major release dates in order to play alongside regular consumers."
Awesome. - Starshope, on 08/20/2008, -0/+54starcraft only sold 10 million copies? I thought there were more people in Korea than that.
- inactive, on 08/21/2008, -1/+36For those who don't play WoW, we're still waiting for a new game from Blizzard since Warcraft III was released back in 2002 (and The Frozen Throne in 2003).
After all this time, they better make Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 meet the expectations. - inactive, on 08/21/2008, -0/+30http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft#Reception
4.5 million were sold in South Korea, which has a population close to 49million. That's almost 10%, truly impressive. - oinyo, on 08/22/2008, -2/+31They toss out games they deem " not fun " and spend years after the game is ready just testing it before they release them.
This is why every single Bliz games released is a game of the year and breaks a record.
Bliz sadly is the only company with a brain. If the ***** is boring and will tarnish your name.. DONT HURL IT OUT THE DOOR! - diabolicedict, on 08/22/2008, -0/+20Other PC game companies should take a lesson from Blizzard on how to create profitable games without DRM.
- sasukechaos, on 08/21/2008, -0/+16Blizzard: The leading company in making digital sports a reality. I really hope this merger with Activision keeps Blizzard at the top of the PC gaming charts. I've paid those bastards quite a bit of money, they better not fail now haha.
- kdamp, on 08/22/2008, -0/+16Blizzard isn't "the only company with a brain."
Valve operates in a similar manner, and their titles are generally extremely high quality. - ptsuk, on 08/21/2008, -3/+18What you don't realize its only one Korean who hotboxes and zergs the entire pathetic US gamers.
- phydeaux70, on 08/22/2008, -0/+14I agree with this 100%. There was nothing wrong with Blizzard the way that it was, so I hope that this merger doesn't change their working formula.
- pradvan, on 08/22/2008, -1/+14They've been doing this long before WoW.
- Yazilliclick, on 08/22/2008, -1/+13That doean't really make a whole lot of sense considering that two games listed that they canned were prior to wow...
- Couchy, on 08/22/2008, -0/+12I hope they don't push back D3 for another 2-3 years because of all the people saying it looks too much like WoW. The game is gonna be mad fun no matter what colour the ogres ass is.
- Yazilliclick, on 08/22/2008, -1/+12They didn't break the game at all. They made it more fun for their primary consumer based and they maintined the story and added to it. The quality was also higher than the original. Just because you didn't like it is no reason sulk and pretend like it ruined the game or was a bad move.
- relic180, on 08/21/2008, -0/+11So... what are you saying, you want credit for that or something?
- xlneoMAXlx, on 08/22/2008, -1/+10I know right? If you don't like the ***** colors, change the color temp on your monitor! *****!
- groo68, on 08/22/2008, -0/+9And then it's almost 20% of the male population.
- WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -0/+8Just look at what happened to Age of Conan, the purported WoW-killer. Yyyyeah.
- rocketship47, on 08/22/2008, -0/+8There was a great article on the designers response to the whole color issue, they pretty much shot down all the suggestions with well-reasoned and logical arguments. Those ideas they didn't shoot down they said they had already implemented in later levels which there were no promo screenshots for.
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/07/02/diablo-i ... - D0rk4L, on 08/22/2008, -2/+10They're following the Team Fortress 2 development and release model. Chill.
- Durrok, on 08/22/2008, -0/+8Hey Tyrghast here is a fun fact for you: BC is the only expansion to a game that rated /higher/ then the original game.
- inactive, on 08/22/2008, -0/+7The Matrix of Egotism has you.
- Koskun, on 08/22/2008, -1/+8The original Everquest has 15 expansions over 8 years (the 15th is due out in Oct). Everquest 2, which only released a month or 2 before WoW, already has 8 expansions in just 3 years.
I'm not talking about just downloaded stuff here, these are all expansions you had to go out and buy.
In 4 years WoW will have had 2 expansions, plus numerous free content patches (well, part of the $15 per month you could also say).
SoE wants to beat a dead horse and snipe every penny they can, WoW seems to actually like their player base. - dn11, on 08/22/2008, -0/+6I was hoping they would describe the bathroom stalls in the offices. According to GFW they had comic books racks with all the latest issues... I have a feeling they also have toilet paper rolls that dispense $100 bills.
- WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -0/+6Ease up on him, kids - he's just pissed that his hard-earned lvl 60 bragging-rights epics (for which he sacrificed his career, his upcoming marriage, a platoon of small furry animals, and the soul of his firstborn child) got traded in for greens by the time he hit 62 ;)
- chaos7, on 08/22/2008, -1/+7i hope activision blizzard bring down EA
- Aurabolt, on 08/22/2008, -0/+5All companies should have a release date of "when it's done" for all their games. This media hype release date crap is fun to look forward to, but it damages the quality of games.
- sindex, on 08/22/2008, -0/+5wtf... I don't want a new expansion for WoW every year. That's when EverQuest became more of a chore than a relaxed, fun game to play. Every 2-ish years with some big patches thrown in works fine, Blizzard, as evidenced by your 11 million subscribers. Please don't pull a Sony here....
- inactive, on 08/22/2008, -0/+4The keyword their is SOLD. piracy is rampant in asia.
- RetlawST, on 08/22/2008, -0/+4As a pre-BC raider who took a couple years off to finish school, I like the idea of the expansion because it allows me to get into raiding again. By the time I hit 70, people were moving on to BT and it became more difficult to get into SSC, TK, Hyjal groups. Granted, I could have joined another guild, but I played with friends and people I knew IRL so it wasn't much of an option.
- kingmanic, on 08/22/2008, -0/+4Well. Wow sure has drained a portion of humanity of energy and vitality. Possibly broken up some marriages and sent some people into a downward spiral.
- Stemnin, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3I assume you mean Baal?
- inactive, on 08/22/2008, -6/+9As a programmer, and a dedicated Starcraft player, I would kill to work for Blizzard. Man... maybe one day...
- SomeDrunk, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3WoW Live Action slated for 2009, huh?
- Felix2Fingerz, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3Heyyyy....who you callen regular?!
- getbusyliving, on 08/22/2008, -1/+4You are a ***** moron.
- Yazilliclick, on 08/22/2008, -1/+4It's not terribly difficult perhaps but there's a lot of math andtalent discussion (or at least there was, it's a bit old now :P) about what made the best character, how to achieve the highest rate of attack, different builds and uncommon ones, pvp, etc...
- Boofster, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3Can't they just run Molten Core and render it in HD while editing multiple camera viewpoints? Movie with 10 sequels in 4 hours.
- Hermmunster, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3I don't know much about this but I don't quite understand this merger. It would be in Blizzard's best interest to stand alone unless it was Blizzard that purchased Activision. Blizzard has 10 million subscribers last I heard. That's around $150 million a month in fees. That comes to over a billion dollars a year in fees. Why would Blizzard sell/merge with a company that we know doesn't nearly make that much money? Activision has never been a truly benevolent influence on the current world and they've hurt us with their draconian DRM schemes here and there.
- masterandalf, on 08/22/2008, -0/+2programming for blizzard would be amazing! thats my dream too
- Namco, on 08/22/2008, -0/+2Woot, dugg for the Jeff Green quote!!
- jaysont34, on 08/22/2008, -0/+2They're fine. Nerf locks in pvp.
- MarkusDee, on 08/25/2008, -0/+2Maybe it's just me but I hate the idea of paying for an expansion when you are already paying a monthly sub. That's where I think Eve Online (love it or hate it) gets it right, and they basically give the client away for free. If more MMOs followed that business model I would be more inclined to play them.
- cordillera, on 08/22/2008, -3/+5It's actually a lot more than 10 mill.. it's not right I know but almost everyone I know has a pirated version of Starcraft
- daspacepirate, on 08/22/2008, -0/+2I like how they mentioned Starcraft: Ghost in the article... but not by name.
- vagarach, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1Or put one of those clip-on glare reducers!
- Insanitation, on 08/22/2008, -1/+2Battle chess, Blackthorne, Rock n roll racing...to name a few.
- Wargasmic, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1lol rofl lol noob fag lol
- vagarach, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1Go on google and get the Freespace SCP. done.
- Durrok, on 08/22/2008, -1/+2They print money with Madden every year... as long as they have that contract with the NFL they are not going anywhere.
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