07-03-2003, 02:24 AM
Ghostiger,
Bundling mmo's in an overall "service" is a great point--I hadn't thought about that. For Blizzard, I see a significant problem with this plan, though. Obviously, Battle.net already offers a service for Blizzard's games, and we already know that WoW will carry some form of recurring payment, setting it apart from good 'ole free bnet. So, if Blizzard were to release D3 in an mmo atmosphere and package it with WoW, they would have to simultaneously maintain two very conflicting online gaming services.
However, there is a situation I can imagine where it would work out. In your examples above, older mmo's were being packaged with newer mmo's so as to extend the life of older, technologically obselete games. IF Blizzard were to churn out an mmo D3 long after WoW's release and discontinue using Battle.net for their multiplayer games in between, they could phase out bnet as a legacy service for only their older games, and setup a new pay-package for their newer mmo-themed games.
Anyways, there's still hope that D3 is currently in development. According to Roper in the interview on HomeLan:
Bundling mmo's in an overall "service" is a great point--I hadn't thought about that. For Blizzard, I see a significant problem with this plan, though. Obviously, Battle.net already offers a service for Blizzard's games, and we already know that WoW will carry some form of recurring payment, setting it apart from good 'ole free bnet. So, if Blizzard were to release D3 in an mmo atmosphere and package it with WoW, they would have to simultaneously maintain two very conflicting online gaming services.
However, there is a situation I can imagine where it would work out. In your examples above, older mmo's were being packaged with newer mmo's so as to extend the life of older, technologically obselete games. IF Blizzard were to churn out an mmo D3 long after WoW's release and discontinue using Battle.net for their multiplayer games in between, they could phase out bnet as a legacy service for only their older games, and setup a new pay-package for their newer mmo-themed games.
Anyways, there's still hope that D3 is currently in development. According to Roper in the interview on HomeLan:
Quote:...Blizzard North currently has two unannounced projects in development but that he expects that the studio responsible for the hugely successful Diablo game franchise will continue to make great games.
-jms
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