Originally posted by: NaOH
wow take that stick out of your ass. They charge that much because people simply will pay it. It's called being smart. The worst they can do is churn out crap sequels (ie battlefield) And charge up the ass for them.
My ass does not have any sticks in it. But thanx anyway.. I guess.
I just don't like greedy companies and people, no matter how good their excuse is, or however childish that last statement might have sounded.
As for the "demand" thing, you might be right - I'm not a numbers guy, and I'm not aware of the statistics, but Blizz is still too greedy IMO. Most games in question are very old, and I cant think of any other game company that would keep the price so damn high on their games after 7 friggin years! No matter how good those games were. And please, don't even try and tell me that Blizzard's games are the best games ever made. I agree that DiabloII and Starcraft were definitely two OF the best games ever made, but not THE best.
Originally posted by: KeypoX
What game was better diablo? What game was better than Warcraft 3? Or Starcraft?
I believe the exact statement was "just as good if not better". And in the case of Diablo, yes.. I admit it. No matter how many clones there was, nothing really ever came close. So I should have omitted that one.
In fact, I take back the "better" part. There definitely is nothing better. However, "just as good", is easy. As a few examples, Total Annihilation, Warhammer: Dark Omen, Dawn of War, Command and Conquer 3 and Company of Heroes are very good games and are just as good, in their own way when compared to Starcraft or Warcraft.
Just like SC or WC, these games brought many new ideas and features never done before, and what's more important, the companies behind them actually gave us many great titles during these last several years unlike Blizz who was sitting on their ass all this time, milking the WoW franchise. Hey, why bother with anything new when there's so many people playing WoW?
True, they are finally coming up with SCII, and DiabloIII is rumored, but from the tons of negative posts I see on various forums, many are not very enthused about SCII's silly cartoonish engine, and the lack of new features. But I'll stop right here. I don't want to start a debate about why SCII looks like it's gonna suck or wont suck. My opinion is not your opinion. My main idea was that greedy Blizz is charging too much money for very old games, and $30 is not a good deal, when the price was the same 3 years ago.
Therefore, I must apologize for provoking people to take this discussion into the wrong direction. If anyone wants to argue about the actual games in question, I'd be happy to do so via PMs. Otherwise, let us stick to the main topic from this point on.
