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    Image of LuckyAoi LuckyAoi
    08/06/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    Ah it'll be fine... by the time all of the campaigns of StarCraft 2 are released the economy will have recovered. And we'll all be able to afford it in between holidays on the MOON.
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    Image of jedbeetle jedbeetle
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    They should pull support for the PC, clearly.
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    Image of oby oby
    08/05/09

    @jedbeetle: Why ? Lots of people enjoy high quality gaming.
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    EnigmaNemesis promoted this comment oby was starred oby was unstarred
    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    08/06/09

    @oby:
    Agreed
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    Image of Placentasaurus Placentasaurus
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    Good, the money should be going to people who don't hate creativity and freedom and all that justice stands for. Activision is like the goddamn Legion of Doom from Superfriends. And Bobby Kotick is the lameass manta ray dude. So lame he gets his ass kicked by AQUAMAN. What a loser.
    ...Wait what were we talking about?
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    EnigmaNemesis promoted this comment Edited by Placentasaurus at 08/05/09 5:36 PM Placentasaurus was starred Placentasaurus was unstarred
    Image of ryno365 ryno365
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    They made only 1.4 billion dollars and expect to only make 4.05 billion dollars for the year? How sad for them. They have my deepest sympathy. Maybe I can donate my bicycle to them so they are worth slightly more then 4.05 billion dollars.
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    EnigmaNemesis promoted this comment Edited by ryno365 at 08/05/09 5:31 PM ryno365 was starred ryno365 was unstarred
    Image of Kyolux (Corsair) Kyolux (Corsair)
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    Bobby's assistant: Sir! The weaken economy means that we won't be able to build the solid gold coins pool expansion as big as we planned to...
    Bobby: But what am I going to tell my children!? *weeps*
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    Image of Leftnt_Sharpe Leftnt_Sharpe
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    Spawn more sequels?
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    Image of stikkbomber stikkbomber
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    while i like competition in most entertainment things (competition usu = choice) i can't say i feel one bit o' pity for actiblizz. they did this to themselves with the shitstorm of sequel drivel they produce every other week.
    as far as starcraft or diablo are concerned, blizz lost me when they conjoined in an unholy alliance with activision.
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    EnigmaNemesis promoted this comment stikkbomber was starred stikkbomber was unstarred
    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    08/05/09

    @stikkbomber:
    I just dont get how all this sequel spewing is costing Activision so much money (well I do, over-saturation of the same product, but I am talking "development cost"), compared to other companies that come up with new games to play.
    Sounds like they need to lower executive pay, unless they are the only dev house that has 6 figure programmers a plenty.
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    Image of RockyRan RockyRan
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    You know Activision, perhaps you wouldn't be so worried in the first place if you wouldn't be churning out sequel after sequel with overpriced plastic peripheral after overpriced plastic peripheral.
    With this economy, when a gamer wants to get the best bang for his buck, do you honestly think they'll spend $180 for DJ Hero? You're shooting yourselves in the foot.
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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    08/05/09

    @RockyRan:
    Agreed.
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    Image of televizor televizor
    08/05/09

    @EnigmaNemesis:
    Double agreed.
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    Image of Skyburnbright Skyburnbright
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    *Plays world's smallest violin for Activision*
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    Image of jlburgin jlburgin
    08/05/09

    @Skyburnbright: Hope you weren't using the Rock Band world's smallest violin. They're not compatible.
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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    Weak economy, so we will raise the price of games on a certain platform that nobody else is doing since there is no licensing costs, make $150 special elite editions, $150+ plastic instrument kits, and then comment that Sony needs to lower theirs.
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    Edited by EnigmaNemesis at 08/05/09 4:48 PM EnigmaNemesis was starred EnigmaNemesis was unstarred
    Image of null_unit null_unit
    08/05/09

    @EnigmaNemesis: Only need to sell 1M units to make 150 million vs. 3M units at 50 bucks. I suspect the figures are showing they can sell that many at that price and that's why.
    As far as I know Guitar Hero was making that company an absolute fortune in its heyday. In fact only Guitar Hero, COD and WoW make that company any of their money. And now that most people have pawned off or craigslisted their plastic guitars they have room for a skateboard!
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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    08/05/09

    @null_unit:
    You don't have to explain it to me. I understand. They are just hypocritical wankers, that's all.
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    Image of anduin anduin
    08/05/09

    @EnigmaNemesis:
    welcome to the world of video games, what other entertainment medium has been tainted by corporate greed more than ours ? Something makes me thankful that I was a youngster during the 90s and was able to experience pure bliss and not this type of insanity that surrounds us now.
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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    08/05/09

    @anduin:
    I was a youngster in the late 70's/early80's so I seen this all before. But now it is mainstream, thus it wont effect companies as hard.
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    Image of rally9x rally9x
    08/05/09

    @anduin: This is pretty stupid even by internet standards. You have heard of the Dot Com bust right? Have you seen the movie Wall Street about the 80's?
    "The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save (Activision), but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much. "
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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    08/06/09

    @rally9x:
    THIS!
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    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    So that's seven titles, five of which are sequels to or based off games that sold well?
    Even with the downturn, I don't think Activision has much to worry about.
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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    Delayed from when? The only thing Blizzard has ever said about a release date is that they would like to release the game in 09, if the beta went well. An announcement like this only makes me think that the beta, is coming MUCH later than anticipated, and the game even further-so. This assumption is also extremely depressing :(
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    Image of Kalapusa Kalapusa
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    Should have made more Guitar Heroes.
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment Kalapusa was starred Kalapusa was unstarred
    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    08/05/09

    @Kalapusa: Don't encourage them. They'll do it.
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    Image of kladkain kladkain
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    They could charge over 100 dollars for each sc2 iteration and I would still buy it. Seeing as how SC2 is probably the last game I'll ever need to play for the rest of my life... (until sc3?)
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    EnigmaNemesis promoted this comment kladkain was starred kladkain was unstarred
    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    08/05/09

    @kladkain:
    Comments like this worry me.
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    Image of The Forgetful Brain The Forgetful Brain
    08/05/09

    @kladkain: Shh! Don't tell them that! They really don't need the encouragement. Really.
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    08/05/09

    @The Forgetful Brain:
    Exactly, just ask the PC and MW2.
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    Image of eatsleepdie eatsleepdie
    08/05/09

    @kladkain:
    idiots like you are proof there is no god.
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    Image of anduin anduin
    08/05/09

    @eatsleepdie:
    is it ? I'm not so sure, a God must exist to allow the merciful existence of brain damaged individuals like that. Otherwise, natural selection hasn't been working as it should.
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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    08/05/09

    @anduin:
    I lol'ed
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    Image of kladkain kladkain
    08/05/09

    @EnigmaNemesis: Just being honest... =P
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    Image of The Cap'n The Cap'n
    08/05/09

    In reply to StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
    Half of their lineup (rounded down) is fucking named "Hero"????
    Maybe they should put their eggs in more than 1 basket.
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    Image of Tagga Is Coming For You Dr. Brule! Tagga Is Coming For You Dr. Brule!
    08/05/09

    @The Cap'n: Well at least they spell it right. [ie: Imagine: Babyz]
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    The Cap'n promoted this comment Tagga Is Coming For You Dr. Brule! was starred Tagga Is Coming For You Dr. Brule! was unstarred
    Image of The Cap'n The Cap'n
    08/05/09

    @Tagga Is Coming For You Dr. Brule!: that is hardly consolation. I'm not going to excuse their sleaze based on some other publisher's highly different form of bottom feeding.
    Anyway, how hard would you have to work to spell "Hero" wrong? If they did that, I would probably make it my life's goal to make sure the Kotick children starve.
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