Well actually I think there would be more peace with a monthly fee Less kiddies and idiots ruining the game.. But yeah Free is good since nowadays I don't seem to have time to play games every day.
Why would there be less kids?
I seriously don't see that logic. If that were true, Xbox Live wouldn't be full of nothing but kids.
Kids do one thing: ask and convince their parents. They don't even care about what the cost is. They are not the ones paying for it.
I also did the math a long while ago to so I forgot exact numbers. At least I got the billion part right Lol Come on blizzard get another million players and make me right
They have 11 millions of players. Or so they said. Lets assume these players all pay once a year (which makes it 13$ a month).
Its 143 millions a month. Thats only the monthly fees. Buying the game AND its expansions sure as hell gives a bump of money here and there.
Thats 1.7 billion a year for a gaming company. Even if their number of customers is a lie and you lowered it by half, you'd still get around 800 millions a year.
I seriously don't think they have money trouble. I don't even know what this was about.
Mmh yes some do, and I used to constantly whine in game that this 15$ a month pissed me off until I just left.
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i believe that there will be some extra cost associated with b-net 2.0. in blizzcon '08, jay wilson said that blizzard does not want to create a subscription fee for bnet 2.0, but they do want some money back in return for creating the new bnet. it's like this, blizzard creates starcraft 2, diablo 3, and bnet 2.0, but only charges people for sc2, and d3. how do they get paid for creating bnet 2.0 which took a lot of time and effort to make? here is where the extra cost comes into play. it may be that you will pay a one-time only fee of 10 bucks for bnet 2.0, or that you can get a bunch of extra, cool features if you pay a small monthly subscription fee (maybe like 5 bucks/month or something).
long story short, do expect some extra cost associated with bnet 2.0 b/c they do need money for making it.
I'm sure everyone understand the basics here, but there still is no reason to force anything down our throat. Bnet 2.0 should be free to play and have no limitation on normal gameplay, or privilege that gives a player an edge.
What annoys me aren't the doomsayers being paranoid about ActiBlizz possibly charging for Battle.net. It's the blue-eyed retardedly naive people that are convinced that Battle.net will always be free and that there'll never be any costs associated with it.
Even if Blizzard doesn't charge for basic Battle.net, which I am personally relatively sure they won't, you can rest assured that there'll ultimately be some kind of "gold account" that gives you additional benefits of one kind or another, basicly forcing you to pay if you want a service equal to everyone else.
It depends what "service" you are talking about.
Its seriously not my concern if they decide to add so much pointless crap I never wanted. The old Bnet was enough for many of us, despite its flaws, it was free.
It -totally- depends on what they want to charge us for. I heard some stuff related to twitter and facebook or something... that kind of "crap" I don't care about. I don't care about all these systems to talk to everyone no matter which Blizzard games they are. Etc, etc. They can charge us for these for all I care.
Games have given the basic hosting and playing service for FREE for over a decade. But if they prevent me to -fully- enjoy the game I bought because they put some stupid limits on it, that would just be unacceptable.
Trust me, I know how it all works and how you shouldn't believe this words. But there are things that turn out true. I guess the only problem in my head, is that its absolutely the worse thing they could do to SC2/D3. Its my biggest nightmare. No matter what, I have some fear that it could turn out true.
I also didn't say it "was" the truth, but that it got me scarred.
Of course, as long as blues says otherwise, officially bnet 2 is free.
Battleforums.com (the post by Karune)
Originally Posted by Karune
-That- is very comforting, thanks.
I don't care who you are, Blizzard or otherwise, these kind of things should never be changed like that. Yes, it was confirmed last year, but in a year things can change. However, if they would say that at Blizzcon and so rapidly change their mind... thats just unacceptable.
But with all this, I guess I'm convinced that this is just a hoax. Its still leaving me with an annoying little "doubt" that it could be true, or turn out true. You all know what I mean here.
Can't say I believe or rather, that I want to believe this. I'm making this topic so that some people actually see it. liquid posted it in the news forum, but part of the old topic a lot of people don't care about anymore.
I never saw this site before, but then again I never followed SC2 or looked for any places like that. I have no idea if its in any way reliable.
If this happens to be true, Blizzard is nothing more but a money sucking joke like EA. And if its not true, I'd apologize and Blizzard is the best. But this got me worried like hell.
Disclaimer: The linked site quotes Jay Wilson on what kind of costs could come with BattleNet 2.0. The quote was made in October 2008.
Anyone who has attended the 2009 BlizzCon BattleNet panel however will have noticed that the only costs so far mentioned are the ones that come with purchasing extra content such as maps for SCII. Furthermore, Blizzard has not planned to implement standard fees for games as of yet, nor have they announced they will offer anything that may give one person an advantage over another in terms of gameplay.
What? I'm a troll for making this topic...?
Nice flame bait.
Why would there be less kids?
I seriously don't see that logic. If that were true, Xbox Live wouldn't be full of nothing but kids.
Kids do one thing: ask and convince their parents. They don't even care about what the cost is. They are not the ones paying for it.
They have 11 millions of players. Or so they said. Lets assume these players all pay once a year (which makes it 13$ a month).
Its 143 millions a month. Thats only the monthly fees. Buying the game AND its expansions sure as hell gives a bump of money here and there.
Thats 1.7 billion a year for a gaming company. Even if their number of customers is a lie and you lowered it by half, you'd still get around 800 millions a year.
I seriously don't think they have money trouble. I don't even know what this was about.
Mmh yes some do, and I used to constantly whine in game that this 15$ a month pissed me off until I just left.
I'm sure everyone understand the basics here, but there still is no reason to force anything down our throat. Bnet 2.0 should be free to play and have no limitation on normal gameplay, or privilege that gives a player an edge.
It depends what "service" you are talking about.
Its seriously not my concern if they decide to add so much pointless crap I never wanted. The old Bnet was enough for many of us, despite its flaws, it was free.
It -totally- depends on what they want to charge us for. I heard some stuff related to twitter and facebook or something... that kind of "crap" I don't care about. I don't care about all these systems to talk to everyone no matter which Blizzard games they are. Etc, etc. They can charge us for these for all I care.
Games have given the basic hosting and playing service for FREE for over a decade. But if they prevent me to -fully- enjoy the game I bought because they put some stupid limits on it, that would just be unacceptable.
Trust me, I know how it all works and how you shouldn't believe this words. But there are things that turn out true. I guess the only problem in my head, is that its absolutely the worse thing they could do to SC2/D3. Its my biggest nightmare. No matter what, I have some fear that it could turn out true.
I also didn't say it "was" the truth, but that it got me scarred.
Of course, as long as blues says otherwise, officially bnet 2 is free.
-That- is very comforting, thanks.
I don't care who you are, Blizzard or otherwise, these kind of things should never be changed like that. Yes, it was confirmed last year, but in a year things can change. However, if they would say that at Blizzcon and so rapidly change their mind... thats just unacceptable.
But with all this, I guess I'm convinced that this is just a hoax. Its still leaving me with an annoying little "doubt" that it could be true, or turn out true. You all know what I mean here.
http://starcraft2.pro/really-bad-news-about-battle-net
I never saw this site before, but then again I never followed SC2 or looked for any places like that. I have no idea if its in any way reliable.
If this happens to be true, Blizzard is nothing more but a money sucking joke like EA. And if its not true, I'd apologize and Blizzard is the best. But this got me worried like hell.
Disclaimer: The linked site quotes Jay Wilson on what kind of costs could come with BattleNet 2.0. The quote was made in October 2008.
Anyone who has attended the 2009 BlizzCon BattleNet panel however will have noticed that the only costs so far mentioned are the ones that come with purchasing extra content such as maps for SCII. Furthermore, Blizzard has not planned to implement standard fees for games as of yet, nor have they announced they will offer anything that may give one person an advantage over another in terms of gameplay.