06-09-2011, 03:35 AM
Hi,
That's wrong on two levels.
The first is the implication that corporations should not put making a profit high, if not first, on their list of priorities. No profit, no corporation, no product. Before the bucks rolled in, offices were needed, designers and programmers got paid, lights, water, garbage all drained money. The reason these people could put out games is that somebody put up the funds in a gamble that they'd get a decent return on their investment. Very often such a gamble went bust, so the successes need to make up for the failures or the industry shuts down.
So, from that standpoint, your statement is childish.
The second is that Blizzard supported D1 and D2 well past when the sales of the games justified such support. Now, the quality of that support, especially in D1 and especially considering some of the input from the people on this and other communities, can be questioned. But that is not, as you imply, a question of greed. Blizzard went the extra mile, even if that mile might have been (according to some of us) a bit off course.
So, from that standpoint, your statement is ungrateful.
If you feel so strongly that capitalism and the game industry should not mix, then feel free to start a not-for-profit, charitable, donation supported game company of your own. Or stick to the free games.
Bash Blizzard all you want, (personally, I usually call then Buzzard), but for their faults, not for failing to meet your childish expectations.
--Pete
(06-06-2011, 09:11 PM)FireIceTalon Wrote: Thats cause Blizz is a corporation that only cares about making a profit, everything else be damned. Capitalism for the loss.
That's wrong on two levels.
The first is the implication that corporations should not put making a profit high, if not first, on their list of priorities. No profit, no corporation, no product. Before the bucks rolled in, offices were needed, designers and programmers got paid, lights, water, garbage all drained money. The reason these people could put out games is that somebody put up the funds in a gamble that they'd get a decent return on their investment. Very often such a gamble went bust, so the successes need to make up for the failures or the industry shuts down.
So, from that standpoint, your statement is childish.
The second is that Blizzard supported D1 and D2 well past when the sales of the games justified such support. Now, the quality of that support, especially in D1 and especially considering some of the input from the people on this and other communities, can be questioned. But that is not, as you imply, a question of greed. Blizzard went the extra mile, even if that mile might have been (according to some of us) a bit off course.
So, from that standpoint, your statement is ungrateful.
If you feel so strongly that capitalism and the game industry should not mix, then feel free to start a not-for-profit, charitable, donation supported game company of your own. Or stick to the free games.
Bash Blizzard all you want, (personally, I usually call then Buzzard), but for their faults, not for failing to meet your childish expectations.
--Pete
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