| Killiana1a said:
I understand, you think I am a console gamer, therefore I don't know jacksquat about PC gaming. Let me ask you a question, Do painters get free paint brushes and a free canvas for each spark of creativity that pops into their brain? Then why should wannabe game developers get a free studio courtesy of a map editor? I know the business has lagged in video games, but it is high damn time that companies realize the value of their product and stop giving out free lunches without: 1. Heavy incentive to work for them and 2. Threat of a civil suit. |
But it's not free you have to buy the game to use the tools and I know several people that brought WC3 just to play custom maps like DotA. Think of it as a marketing tool that also allows the comunity to create aditional content for your game at no cost to the dev. They are not losing anything by letting people make content for their games amd they gain a lot that is why they do it.
And even tho the character designs in DotA 2 a very simillar to WC3 assets it's not like Valve are using any assets from WC3 in DotA 2 they are just using the design of a fan made map to create a new game, it's not like they are trying to just sell a WC3 map. There is nothing to sue over.
There is nothing stoping Blizzard from making their own DotA (which they are doing as a free map for SC2) and nothing was stoping them hiring the map makers if they wanted to.
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