Owen Hill writes:Jay Wilson, game director of Diablo 3 loves the PC. Honest. I interviewed him at Gamescom a few weeks ago and asked why PC still matters in such a changing industry.
“The install base of PCs outnumbers all the consoles combined together hands down.” said Jay. “There’s a lot of people out there with PCs and Macs, and they like games too.”
Read on for more unbridled honesty from the Blizzard developer.
Activision Blizzard ordered to pay $23.4M for patent infringement involving popular games.
I would read the article but the giant pop-ups from the top and bottom of the screen made me close it.
Without reading $23.4 million isn't a deterrent for a company that size.
Boss: Let's fire a few people to recoup on that loss.
Slave: Cortana has decided to get rid of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks.
Boss: Let's get those Firing Letters "Copilot Approved" and send them through the power of the cloud.
Slave: Long Live Phil !!!
ALL in the room: LONG LIVE PHIL !!!!
Well another troll company with a patent trying to extort money out of companies. Seems like they’re going to try and sue everyone.
Blizzard writes: "After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024. This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years."
How about you not hold Blizzcon anymore period. You fucking POS company. I really hope Blizzard would just die.
Microsoft has 'let Blizzard be Blizzard' following the acquisition of the veteran developer according to World of Warcraft's executive producer.
Diablo 4 storefront being a cash grabbing shitshow does unironically attest to that, kudos.
Microsoft needs to be guiding Blizzard to be what it USED to be, not allowing it to continue to be the greedy bastardization of itself that it has become.
Okay i will be interested if they become old Blizzard but might as well be dead.
They will never be old blizzard. Most of all the OG's left from developers to those on the top (even some decision making folks left).
Shame most of the people that made Blizzard what they were, have already left a while ago.
I was about to say this. How can they be blizzard when they're no longer blizzard from yesteryear?
Exactly. Blizzard hasn’t been Blizzard for a long time.
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Were you expecting Microsoft to hire everyone that had left Blizzard long before they purchased the company...
Microsoft has let the Blizzard company they purchased continue to be the Blizzard company they purchased.
Wow, PassNextquestion,
You fully understand what that saying means, unlike some people on here who just have to say negative garbage talk.
When someone says, "Just let *blank* be *blank*, "they are just letting them operate how they operate.
It's pretty much how Sony "let Bungie be Bungie."
This comment section is full of outright haters, but you have to "let N4G be N4G"
I don't think people commenting are necessarily blaming MS for anything here, this is just collective longing for what Blizzard/Vivendi was before Activision's meddling.
Nothing better than reading the wise words from a Blizzard Developer so it's just best for me to just point out some quotes from the Wise man!!
“The install base of PCs outnumbers all the consoles combined together hands down.” said Jay. “There’s a lot of people out there with PCs and Macs, and they like games too.”
Preach the Gospel Brother!
"And one of the things that we’re not willing to ever do is go to a platform just to cash in on it"
So many Devs need to stand up and repent for this Sin against Gamers! Repent and set yourself free...you idolizers!
We don’t believe you can make a Starcraft style RTS and make it great – Blizzard great – on a console.”
These are Gods words not mine! Etched in stone and brought down from the mountain top!
"If people think that you can’t make money from the PC they should really look at us as a symbol and they should really be asking why we’re so successful".
And the Lord has spoken ....Amen Brother!
I think thats a healthy attitude. YOu make the game that you are making on the platform that best suits it. Devs should tie themselves to any particular platform for the sake of ideology, only if they think that particular platform will best benefit their game.
hmm i lost my mind earlier lol
It'd be nice if we lived in a world without exclusive titles. It'd be pretty awesome if you could just play a game without getting caught up in idiots running around screaming "OMG MY PLATFORM IS AMAZING AND IS SO CLEARLY A REPRESENTATION OF MY TALENT AND SKILL AS A HUMAN BEING DESPITE THE FACT I DIDN'T MAKE IT I JUST BOUGHT IT FROM A STORE OFF A SHELF".
Oh well, won't happen will it?
And to the inevitable in pour of morons who descend upon this article to flame war about console vs pc I feel like just pointing out that it'd probably be easier to take an advert out in a newspaper and let everyone know you're a cunt that way.
Those were actually some very cool statements for a developer to make, amidst this current cesspool of poisonous, obnoxious gasses our gaming community have thrived in this generation.