Starcraft 2 development to cost $100 million

[averyblund]

Once Blizzard and Activison did their little dance, did PC gamers really expect to avoid Assholevision's penny pinching rapefest? I sure didn't. Did the absurd splitting up of content into 3 release not give it away? The day Blizz bedded Activ was the worst day for PC gamers in recent history. Sure they have some autonomy, and I'm sure the game will rock (most dev was pre merge), but this will just be another case of Activision removing features in the name of some bullshit PR stance. Blizzard as we knew it is dead, fuck 'em and support indie innovators and companies like iD, Valve, and the rest of our diminishing allies. PC gamers need to stop buying dumbed down feature weak product. Looking at Steams' online numbers right now makes me sick. Modern Warefare 2 has nearly 10 times as many online players as Battlefield BC2. If we keep supporting these shitty efforts we deserve the dumbed down experience we receive. Computer gamers deserve a top of the line experience to match our intense involvement and funding of this industry.