I'm a blizzard fan, so will get it for sure. Probably the collector's edition. I have no issues with having an always on connection and no LAN...since I have had LAN parties with 8 people and had no problem playing with my friends like that. SC2 was probably the best single player campaign I have ever played. But I understand how some can see it differently. I just think people on her overreact to everything.

There is no chance. I am not trying to be mean, but you are wasting your time. From a programming stand point, all that stuff is so integrated in to the system at this point for the Beta to be even functional, that it would take months if not years and millions of dollars for them to change course. Maybe could convince them to not have a real-money auction house...but that would just mean they wasted all the effort of coding in the payment system for it. You are best just moving on to Torchlight 2.

Did I travel back in time? Is it 1990? Do people not always have a connection to the Internet on their home PC these days? I get people who travel not liking this and some people in extremely rural locations. But the vast majority of people have no problem playing WoW or other online games so I don't see how this is such a big deal.
 
I honestly think you guys hang out in Slashdot too much. To be cool and gain points you have to reiterate the same thing everyone else says. You are going to miss out on a great game because the groupthink on Slashdot tells you to think that all games should have no DRM and not require an Internet connection? Even wen you have a computer always connected to the Internet? I mean, for a tech site, you guys are freaking weird. Slashdot is now for Amish tech geeks. You like tech as long as it isn't Blizzard, Sony, Microsoft, etc. Nevermind that Nintendo and Apple do things equally as evil...they are ok because they are not mainstream. Yeah, you are totally tech hipsters. Lame.

Right, that's why you are posting in the games section of Slashdot. Because you "grew up" and don't have time for it now.

Blizzard borrows concepts from all of their games and uses them in other. I expect to see some of the things they learned from WoW applied here.
 
I don't really get your logic though. If you love the previous games, then the best possible outcome is they give it better graphics, improve some of the mechanics, and give you a new story. The worst outcome is if they do a crazy overhaul of the whole system and make it totally not like diablo.

Oh shut up. Blizzard makes fantastic games. If you boycott them, you pretty much have to boycott every single company on the planet because they are all going to do something you don't approve of.
 
They backed off on the names thing (demanded...you are such a drama queen), WoW glider was a bot that people were using and then getting banned for using (it was a tool specifically made to break the rules and exploit one program, this isn't a general use thing like a p2p service), and the open source battle.net clone was used to circumvent Blizzard's cd check and allow pirates to play multiplayer together. These are all reasonable actions any corporation that cares about their produce would take.
 
On top of that, no one supports their games like Blizzard. They have a free online service and provided patches and support for games that are 10+ years old. That is really rare. So you have to look at the good they do too.
 
I value my freedom. So don't tell me how to spend my money. What a stupid thing to say any way. Blizzard is one of many game companies. Buying their games is not going to cause every company to be like them...whether you approve of them or not.

...just no. Console gaming is fine. PC gaming is fine. They aren't going anywhere.

Horrible idea. It would appeal to me as a little kid...since I want all the games on my console since I wasn't going to buy all three. But now, why not be exclusive if it makes sense financially? It is just business.

I don't really know what you are talking about. All three consoles are great and have their own decent titles...why I have all three. People use selling statistics like it matters. 360 has some great games, the best controller, and I am glad I purchased it.
 
If you think all the companies don't do the buy/bribe/threaten, than you are being serious naive. All the companies are giant that do all kinds of evil things. As long as they are all competing and keep putting out quality, I could care less.

Not really. Microsoft is a private company that can do whatever it wants. If you publish with their competitor first, they have every right to deny you the ability to publish on their platform. I am not sure why Sony would care...it means they can get an exclusive on that game. Well, I know why Sony cares...because it is weaker than MS (at least in the U.S.) so a lot of publishers will make sure to follow MS's rules so the can publish on other platforms as well. It isn't anti-competitive, since you can still publish on Sony if you want. It isn't really being a bully either (no more than any business move). MS wants games to be released on their console first or at the same time as PS3. This ensures that it is the case.