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Originally Posted by
jtom320 
I'm not sure why CoD was brought up. CoD sales are in a completely different universe then
everything else including Diablo. In the same amount CoD sells about twice as much as what Diablo just did.
CoD:MW3 hit a billion dollars in sales it's first week, most from pre-orders.
I did the math on a launch thread. I was *O.O*
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Originally Posted by
GrizzleBoy
It is indeed an interesting question.
I personally cant wait to see all the other publishers justify always online connections by requiring assets to be streamed in order to play the game even in solo "sessions".
It will also be interesting to see how other games do the "skimp on story, but replays give you different areas and/or pickups that you can sell for money".
The Elder Scrolls would work well in this regard.
They can just cut out parts of the maps and randomly spawn them in as you run about, but only give you a certain amount of map areas per playthrough to keep it fresh for the next time. Or they could just trash map creation altogether and just use the aforementioned content streaming service to just randomly create map areas.
Then there's the gateway to gambling experience of playing on the off chance that you'll find something awesome that could maybe make you some money.
Or maybe we could have a Simcity game where Maxis basically just stream the gaming session to you on randomly generated maps and you can create resource stockpiles that you can sell on the internet for money. There will be no true single player experience and noone will be able to play offline, but the public have spoken!
It's an interesting model and I cant wait to see more of it in gaming in the future.
Also, Draconian.
The situation you describe really isn't that far fetched. It's the trend that the idustry is going in, and actiblizzard and D3 will show that it's possible to do and make even MORE money than before.
I do not think I'll be a gamer in my golden years, unfortunately. When D3's servers go down, there's going to be no amount of fiddling with old systems/OSs/Drivers to get an archaic game to work when I'm bored and in my 70s because it won't exist anymore. This is only the start, now that it's proven that a popular franchise can change the paradigm
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Draconian
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Originally Posted by
Shrak
Why must you always turn every thread into a DRM hate thread?
Such Draconian habits.
( Had to find a way to fit Draconian into this post )
*nothing to see with draconian tinted glasses here*
Edited by Nocturin - 5/23/12 at 1:21pm
