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Yeah, color me not surprised that Blizzard is surprised by this. As I already said, it's becoming increasingly obvious that Blizzard is simply out of touch with its customers these days.
And yeah, I totally believe that VP guy when he says anti-piracy wasn't a factor. Right. Just like I believed every other asinine stuffed suit who has ever claimed the exact same thing while simultaneously trying to ram through some idiotic DRM scheme.
"Let's say we want to create an offline capacity," he explained. "You're introducing a separate user flow, a separate path that players are going to go down. And, at the end of the day, how many people are going to want to do that?"
I do! I want to do that! I did that in Diablo 1 and I did that in Diablo 2 and I had zero problem with it! So why, all of a sudden, would you think I'd have a problem with that in Diablo 3?! Seriously out of touch, I say.
"Yes, you're going to have a connection, yes, your character will be stored on a server, but..." No I'm not and no it won't, since because of this... *clears throat*
Really, truly, amazingly out of touch.
"I think it's not just 'Diablo 3' but with our games as a whole we're tying everything into Battle.net these days...We can provide a much a much more stable, connected, safer experience than we could if we let people play off-line."
All that right there deserves is a simple Flat What.
What.
Well, whatever. Thanks ever so much for giving me a reason to never buy another Blizzard game ever again.
And yeah, I totally believe that VP guy when he says anti-piracy wasn't a factor. Right. Just like I believed every other asinine stuffed suit who has ever claimed the exact same thing while simultaneously trying to ram through some idiotic DRM scheme.
"Let's say we want to create an offline capacity," he explained. "You're introducing a separate user flow, a separate path that players are going to go down. And, at the end of the day, how many people are going to want to do that?"
I do! I want to do that! I did that in Diablo 1 and I did that in Diablo 2 and I had zero problem with it! So why, all of a sudden, would you think I'd have a problem with that in Diablo 3?! Seriously out of touch, I say.
"Yes, you're going to have a connection, yes, your character will be stored on a server, but..." No I'm not and no it won't, since because of this... *clears throat*
Really, truly, amazingly out of touch.
"I think it's not just 'Diablo 3' but with our games as a whole we're tying everything into Battle.net these days...We can provide a much a much more stable, connected, safer experience than we could if we let people play off-line."
All that right there deserves is a simple Flat What.
What.
Well, whatever. Thanks ever so much for giving me a reason to never buy another Blizzard game ever again.
