   Vivendi and Blizzard?
  http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127055/000095012306007628/y22210exv99w1.htmThis interesting presentation pointed out to me by http://www.cesspit.net/drupal/Am I the only one that gets really irritated when "big bussiness" buys out game companies and strips them down into little more than efficient money makers?Sad.   
  Welcome to Capitalism, where the one and only moral is "Make as much money as possible, and don't give a damn about anyone else".   ;Quote:Original post by MithrandirWelcome to Capitalism, where the one and only moral is "Make as much money as possible, and don't give a damn about anyone else".Indeed.The hypocrisy of it is astounding.   ;  no i don't.  Because if "big businesses" didn't supply the millions of dollars to the game companies in the first place, games like world of warcraft would never get made in the first place.I blame people for buying games that suck.  When people stop spending $50 on shit, big businesses will start putting money into games that are good.When dealing with millions of dollars, capitalists don't have time to be hip and cool, they want the most amount of money for the least amount of risk.   ;  Bob: Man.. I'm so sick of WoW. It's nothing but a grind.Joe: No kidding Bob. God.. I'm so bored. Why do we keep playing?Bob: I dunno. Oh well. World of Starcraft's coming out in a couple of months at least.Joe: Hell yeah! Finally. No more tedium. This thing will be the MMO to change ALL MMOs!!Bob: YEAH!! WoS WoS WoS WoS WoS!!!!!   ;  I don't want WoS, I want StarCraft II !StarCraft II as the successor of StarCraft, designed with love by the same people who made StarCraft!What has become of Blizzard?   ;  I want Starcraft: Ghost but it looks like is going the way of DNF   ;Quote:Original post by cmptrgearI want Starcraft: Ghost but it looks like is going the way of DNFWorse, it has been canceled.   ;Quote:Original post by SticksandStonesQuote:Original post by cmptrgearI want Starcraft: Ghost but it looks like is going the way of DNFWorse, it has been canceled.Dude, I'm glad it has been, SC: Ghost was just not BLIZZARD!   ;  I think "cancelled" is better than whatever DNF is.  If DNF was cancelled, it would be progress.A new StarCraft would offer nothing.  We've already got StarCraft, and a graphics boost or expansion would be weaksauce.  I want a StarCraft movie, or a kickass small-squad, all-micromanagement version of StarCraft, like those maps where you can choose to be two Goliaths and an SCV, or six marines, or two ghosts, or a tank and a vulture, or whatever, and then go through a challenge with that little squad.  Something like that, with EvE-style skill development (skills for different units, better performance, etc.) and a quick, Diablo-style control scheme would rock my face.   