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vlad321 said:
c0rd said:
Snesboy said:
April Fools!

You guys are pathetic. Read: gullible.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/11/blizzards-wilson-some-battle-net-features-to-be-monetized/
I was hoping it was a joke, too (the meat of the article, that is).

The Ghost of RubangB: Insane figures. Really puts the PC v Console gaming into perspective.

 

Just logging into any Bnet game you can get those numbers. It's kinda sick that at almost any time i get onto TFT there's no less than 50k people playing. Seen it go up to 130k on weekends too....

Somehow I doubt Bnet will have nearly as many people on if they started charging for it, or give benefits for people who do pay. If Battle.net 2.0 will make them charge then fuck 2.0 and leave us with 1.0. People would be much happier.

You misread the article, it says some features will be monetized, not all. No doubt Blizzard will make Battle.net free with an optional subscription for some additional features.

Really, every article about this only said that some features were going to be monetized, but twesterm posted the only article that said otherwise! That's what you get from taking Destructoid as a valid source of news.

Edit: Hell, the whole Destructoid article is  just mocking Blizzard, and the title implies that Battle.net will force you to spend money, which is simply unproven and speculative (t even goes against what Wilson, the guy who was quoted, said)