Pushed to 2010 to coincide with launch of new Battle.net game service Activision Blizzard has delayed the release of StarCraft II until the first half of 2010 to coincide with the launch of its new Battle.net game service, which it says will be "similar to Xbox Live."... read more
Yep. As per usual. It's hardly rocket science and yet whichever random decision dart throwing boardroom chimps calling the shots seem to get it wrong consistently year in and year out. Fair enough that there are development delays, etc. that crop up and it is certainly the publishers choice when to release, yet since they want our money - which is in finite supply - they might each stand to gain an overall bigger slice of the pie all around if they didn't adopt a "feast or famine" game release approach. Oh well, SSDD. _________________ "Unfounded optimism is no worse than relentless pessimism."
Oh come on people it was a full gone conclusion even before the whole MW2 fiasco that both Diablo III and Starcraft II wouldn't be out this year.
What do you expect blizzard are probably too busy having money fights to actually work on a game for too long. _________________ VOODOO FIGHTS LIKE A DAIRY FARMER!!!
Balls, do we really need all those battle.net features to play starcraft 2 online? Surely those could have been worked on after release. I would be happy playing the single player campagin with the multiplayer locked until next year. Hopefully this means the single player content for all three packs is near completion and there won't be too big a gap between releases _________________ PSN ID: madjock-uk_sco
Nothing wrong with the current Battle.net and it's servers. I used to play Warcraft 3 on dial-up and I never had any problems with that, it was just log on and you were almost straight into a game and getting your ass kicked because everyone is better than you. It's like they're changing it for the sake of it, and I bet they alienate a lot of people by doing so. _________________ "Our world cannot be viewed through the glasses of common sense" - Masato Arai.
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Jebus...
So many games delayed to Q1 2010.
Looks like ALOT of developers are going to get screwed over and some good games missed out on due to this...
seriously, is this news? any1 who thought it wasnt going to be delayed is kind of stupid. it is a blizzard game after all. _________________ Some cheerleader at school or hot secretary at the office may not think you are cool�..........
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I can see the player having to pay to use the best features of this service. Only being allowed basic access and stats for nothing. The greed is in their eyes can't you see it. They have already split the game into 3 full releases, this was always next on the list IMHO.
The greed is not in Blizzard's eyes. It's in Activision's eyes, and Activision now run Blizzard. My hatred of Activision knows no bounds.
On thought, this delay was probably Activision's idea, so they didn't have to force people to choose between MW2 and this. It's all about making momey for them.
Bobby Kotick needs to stop existing or drown in a pool of his own Warcraft subscriptions. _________________ "Our world cannot be viewed through the glasses of common sense" - Masato Arai.
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The greed is not in Blizzard's eyes. It's in Activision's eyes, and Activision now run Blizzard. My hatred of Activision knows no bounds.
On thought, this delay was probably Activision's idea, so they didn't have to force people to choose between MW2 and this. It's all about making momey for them.
Bobby Kotick needs to stop existing or drown in a pool of his own Warcraft subscriptions.
it was a merger right? not an acquisition, so no1 owns anybody. thats why its not called activsion anymore but activison blizzard. (god i hope im right on this 1)
and there was never a choice like tht. people who want starcraft will buy it. doesnt matter if theres some shooter coming out on the same day. _________________ Some cheerleader at school or hot secretary at the office may not think you are cool�..........
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True, true. But Activision are the more powerful company of the two that merged, as well as being greedy, bullying basta*ds, so they probably have more of a say in operations than the Blizzard part of them. Either way, I think that talented developers like Blizzard has were better off before the merger. _________________ "Our world cannot be viewed through the glasses of common sense" - Masato Arai.
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True, true. But Activision are the more powerful company of the two that merged, as well as being greedy, bullying basta*ds, so they probably have more of a say in operations than the Blizzard part of them. Either way, I think that talented developers like Blizzard has were better off before the merger.
actually i think one of blizzards conditions was tht activision doesnt screw around with them in any way (im going on memory here so i may b wrong) and tbh blizzard are the more powerful of the two both financially and creatively if you think abt it.
+the point of a merger is tht the 2 companies just become 1 company which combines resources and of course the 2 revenue streams. if 1 has more power then its not really a merger but pretty much a free acquisition unless theres some contract shenanigans which can direct the power or decision making towards specific individuals, sectors etc. watever, thts my take on it
i have 2 agree with the fact tht all this EA bullsh1t they are pulling off doesnt seem to be resonating from the blizzard guys but the newer guys or activision pepl. thats how it looks anyways.
oh and yh guys, dont watch gi joe.....
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