So to you Ubisoft's always online DRM is a good idea and perfectly reasonable? It's exactly the same thing. I don't understand why you would defend that viewpoint. Anyway, Blizzard stated they didn't do it for DRM reasons, or at least so they say, call it what you want though it's still control, it's just less about stopping pirates and more about controlling legit customers.
That argument is just beyond stupid. Saying you shouldn't give people more options because they will just complain about it anyway because they are too stupid to know what to do with themselves is just nonsensical.
"Hey why should we let women have careers, because we all know they will probably just complain that they want to be at home anyway."
Look if you want to hold to the viewpoint that this system is awesome and no-one should ever have any reason to complain about it then I can't stop you, I just ask you stop treating people as mentally deficient should they have a different opinion.
I tried to find the source but came up short, I was sure I read/heard it at a Blizzcon a few years back but there have been so many of them since announcement that it's hard to keep track. Obviously I could well be mistaken.
I am not familiar with Ubisoft's always online thing. I never brought that up. If blizzard wants to do it that way, that is fine. It is their game. Diablo is not a SP game though, it is not meant to be. You just get the option to play it on your own as well with mercenaries if you so choose. Only time when i would think always online is a bit extreme is when the game is completely singleplayer.
I do not try to treat people as mentally deficient, but you are just completely wrong. Also, if you say "blizzard said so" and cannot provide any actual proof, that means nothing to the argument. I can say "blizzard said with every copy of diablo you get a Ferrari, but i cant find the quote"
So lemme ask you this: What does Blizzard stand to gain by putting in a lan function and SP except for a few sales? (very little indeed, cause even people saying now they wont buy the game will do so)
I can tell you the negatives:
Piracy and cracked servers. This will happen, just look at D2. (this will be much more than the very few people who actually do not buy the game because of always online, think about it. We, the people of SA with bad internet are in the vast minority compared to the rest of the world. Even so, I only see 2 negative nancies who wont be buying it, maybe just one.)
Another negative aspect for blizzard will be that they MIGHT lose profits from their RMAH, because people who might have bought the game now just pirated it. They therefore do not play on bnet and do not sell items that drop for them. Thus, another way of losing profit.
Thing is, there are negatives to not having always online for the company and the player base as a whole, who are in the vast majority.
There are no big positives for not having always online for the company.
Please, tell me, what will the company gain from putting in SP/LAN that outweighs the negative aspects.
I try not to treat people as mentally deficient, but please, you are arguing a moot point that will not happen on a forum blizzard does not read and has no impact on their game development while being in the vast minority of people who have a real problem with it.
