With the "it's done when it's done" design philosophy for Starcraft II meaning a tragic yet understandable 2010 release, it seems like many of us are wondering why Battle.net was cited as a reason for the delay. Courtesy of Gamasutra, we have got some answers.
Activision's leading man Bobby Kotick says that the intention is to make Battle.net "the foundation for connecting tens of millions in the Blizzard community in a social gaming network across all Blizzard's future games." He also compared the service to Xbox LIVE saying Starcraft II and World of Warcraft would be the first to utilize it.
Blizzard president Mike Morhaime was also able to chime in on the matter, saying "we recognize that we only get one chance to make a first impression." The ambitious new Battle.net will "add social networking features, cross-game communications, unified log-in and account management and more" on top of the current feature set.
This all sounds really exciting to me. Although it's sad we won't get Starcraft II this year, the delay can only be a good thing for the state of both Battle.net and the game itself. Now please, guys, don't delay any more games -- especially not Borderlands.
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1:20 PM on 08.06.2009
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I doubt they would be that fucking stupid, nobody is gonna pay for BNET and a WoW subscription, at least not the people who aren't hopelessly addicted to WoW to the point where they would forgo food and bills just to afford WoW.
So having an Steam account and also using a Battle.net account is no big deal.
I knew that Starcraft II was going to be delayed, but that still doesn't stop the disappointment really.
I'm hoping that what they're adding to Battle.net doesn't cause conflicts with the core multi-player game-play mechanics.
I completely agree. The title led me to believe that Blizzard was going to begin hurling racial slurs and insulting the gay community.
At least STEAM supports other games.
A few links for reference
http://news.filefront.com/blizzards-rob-pardo-explains-how-battlenet-could-be-monetized/
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55271
Remember this is no longer Blizzard... this is ActiBlizzard and it is a great hungry greedy beast.
it's the most stupid move they've ever made (since they ruined wow with bc xD)
and if they are going to charge for bnet now.. gfy
i just really hope that all that won't affect wc2,wc3 and d2's version of the bnet.