greengoron89 wrote...
You're being a bit presumptuous, aren't you? I didn't buy (or ever planned to buy) Diablo III, or any Blizzard game for that matter - I never liked them much in the first place.
But this goes beyond just Blizzard and Diablo III - as I said, this sets a dangerous precedent against the consumer. DRM has already gone too far - how much further will the consumer let it go before they say "enough"?
Well if Diablo III's success is any indication, it'll go a lot further.
Yes, and in a way I am a bit sad I had to support it to play Diablo3, because I dont like it either.
Ultimately though, what can we do? If you dont like the game anyways you got it easy, dont buy and hopefully enough will do the same for the company to feel it.
But if you DO like the game you have to choose if you are willing to boycott anyways, or accept the DRM.
I chose the latter, because I can also see advantages in Blizzard's BattleNet; but of course I dont blame anyone if they choose boycotting.
But I dont think it will necessarily go further, or if it does, then it is because of games like Mass Effect rather than D3. D3 is a special case because Blizzard really doesnt give a f*ck about its success, they earn their money with WoW anyways (D3 was even free for everyone with a 1-year subscription to WoW, so....); I dont think many other companies could get away with it.