Activision Blizzard the new PC gaming evil monster

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Mainly because of this guy, Bokky Kotick. If anyone has the ability to kill PC gaming hands down it is him. I believe the changes to Modern Warfare 2 were down to him. The reason for the release delay on Starcraft 2 is apparently because they want to milk Modern Warfare 2 for as much as they can in the run up to christmas.

This is a quote from him regarding why many titles were dropped following the Activision Blizzard merger.

"[these games do not] have the potential to be exploited every year on every platform with clear sequel potential and have the potential to become $100 million dollar franchises."
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This is probably going to affect all Battle.net games for the worse as well. No doubt the decision to release Starcraft 2 in three seperate games was down to a profit incentive. God knows how they're going to milk Diablo 3.

I hope he burns in a fire...
 
Diablo 3 will be consoles only with an xbox port following on pc 6-10 months later.
 
What is this releasing starcraft in 3 different parts??

edit: Im lazy i googled it and found out ... As long as you can have skirmishes with all factions in the vanilla release i dont care so much, they sound more like expansion packs and hopefully will be priced accordingly.
 
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The gaming “community” just doesn’t have the will or the organisation to, say, boycott Modern Warfare 2, and that – even more than Kotick’s comments – makes us truly sad.
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Should probably quote this in the other thread, but it's true all the same.
 
To be fair even if the boycott hits the sales hard I doubt they will give a rat's arse as they will still make a bomb on console sales.
 
matt0r said:
What is this releasing starcraft in 3 different parts??

edit: Im lazy i googled it and found out ... As long as you can have skirmishes with all factions in the vanilla release i dont care so much, they sound more like expansion packs and hopefully will be priced accordingly.
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I don't know whether you're naive or drunk, but with Exploit-vision ramping up the costs of standard games with shorter amounts of gameplay and spamming them out every year, along with considering dropping PS3 due to lack of absurd profit, I would say 'priced accordingly' means a hell of a lot different to you than it does to them.
 
matt0r said:
What is this releasing starcraft in 3 different parts??

edit: Im lazy i googled it and found out ... As long as you can have skirmishes with all factions in the vanilla release i dont care so much, they sound more like expansion packs and hopefully will be priced accordingly.
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this is activision we talking about.....
 
Swi1ch said:
I don't know whether you're naive or drunk, but with Exploit-vision ramping up the costs of standard games with shorter amounts of gameplay and spamming them out every year, along with considering dropping PS3 due to lack of absurd profit, I would say 'priced accordingly' means a hell of a lot different to you than it does to them.
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lol i am neither, are you much of a campaign player with regard to rts? I am not, preferring multiplayer or skirmish ai. Following that I will only buy an add-on based soley on its merits. Blizzard will not release the game broken. I notice THQ didn't get as much stick with their add-ons for dawn of war. I bought all of those add-ons and enjoyed them. By priced accordingly i mean if they are what i consider to be too expensive i will not purchase them.

I think giving starcraft add-on packs is a hell of a lot different from no dedi servers on MW 2 for example.

Activision with profit orientated management non-shocker.
 
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lol i am neither, are you much of a campaign player with regard to rts? I am not, preferring multiplayer or skirmish ai. Following that I will only buy an add-on based soley on its merits. Blizzard will not release the game broken. I notice THQ didn't get as much stick with their add-ons for dawn of war. I bought all of those add-ons and enjoyed them. By priced accordingly i mean if they are what i consider to be too expensive i will not purchase them.

I think giving starcraft add-on packs is a hell of a lot different from no dedi servers on MW 2 for example.

Activision with profit orientated management non-shocker.
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I don't really play Starcraft or any RTS that much. My point is, if Activision can pull money through a game by exploiting its' fanbase, they will. To me if a full game is £40 then expansions are about £20. I would bet a hefty sum that even if each subsequent release is only an expansions worth, it's still going to be priced accordingly with Activisions need for moolah.
 
Sem said:
when it screws customers over then yes its evil

:rolleyes::rolleyes:
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How does it screw the customers over? If its price then you have a simple choice, pay the asking price on the release day or wait until it drops and get it at a price that you think is fairer. They are making a simple and intelligent decision for whats best for their company. I would do the same. Supply and demand.

Its like MW2, the first was such a success that they knew that people would want buy the next game even at a higher rate. I dont agree with their backwards step of the pc version with the lack of dedicated servers but at the end of the day its their choice. Personally it puts me off rushing to the shops to get it.

What are you going to do? Are you going to stand by your principles and not buy from this evil company anymore or are you just going to throw your dummy out and then buy from them when you realise that it doesnt make any difference.
 
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Swi1ch said:
I don't really play Starcraft or any RTS that much. My point is, if Activision can pull money through a game by exploiting its' fanbase, they will. To me if a full game is £40 then expansions are about £20. I would bet a hefty sum that even if each subsequent release is only an expansions worth, it's still going to be priced accordingly with Activisions need for moolah.
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I understand your point and concur that any price raises are a negative for you and I. I am simply stating that planning add-on packs to a five star title is a natural progression for said title in that genre. I can't even think of a modern rts without a set of expansions to go along with it. It is a money spinner, but it is not evil. I mean I would prefer to get all of the content in the first release, but with this genre that is a naive hope ...

I dont much care for the guys comments, but i am not a share holder in activision.

Now, if starcrafts (the only activision/blizzard title i care about :P) release price is 40 quid I will feel angry. That is imo too expensive for a pc release.
 
If you look at Relic's games (Company of Heroes & Dawn of War) - are they doing the same as what Blizzard intends? Tales of Valor - £30 for an extra campaign and a handful of units.... Soulstorm - £30 for an extra campaign and a new race of units.... Sorry chaps but we have already fallen for the trick of paying for expansions and Starcraft2 is no exception to the rule. As far as I am concerned, if the additional 'chapters' have additional contents such as maps, units & gameplay, then I would happily pay for it.
 
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