Hey! Malstrom is a navel-gazing fuckwit, but he is no Sony fanboy!

He's a hardk0rez PC gamer who also happens to be part of Nintendo's expanded audience!

I don't think Kotick did this. Blizzard aren't about to let some corporate bigwig boss them around.

Do you ever think before you click "post"?

I really hope that's the case, because I'm getting pretty worried about the desicions that they are taking with SC2, and if this was true, it would make me about ten times more worried.

Kotick is someone we can be united in our dislike for.

Actually, I want to think Kotick did this, because the alternative is that Blizzard did it themselves.

We don't know Battlenet 2.0 will be paid, anyway.

As things are now, the game is being split, and there is nothing to do about it.

My reasoning is that if Blizzard decided to split it, then maybe they actually have a grand vision that needs three games. And if they cut out LAN, they actually think they can compensate with Bnet2.0. And I really hope it won't be paid.

But if Kotick is behind it, I really fear about the quality of the game when it comes out. That's why I don't want Kotick to be behind it.

Sure it's speculation but it's the most likely reason. Malstrom is right, which happens quite a bit, however personally it doesn't bother me as it's increasingly likely that Activision is heading for a fall if they continue the way they're going.

That's a good point. If Blizz did it, it was to make an awesome game. If Kotick did it, it was to make more money.

Why does Bobby Kotick think he rules the world now that his company owns Blizzard? He was quiet back when he just had Spiderman, Tony Hawk, CoD and Guitar Hero, but now he has WoW, he suddenly rules the world?

I think most companies that had Blizzard-quality games would become mad with power :)

I really hope that Blizzard jumps ship, or that the investors kicks kotick out and replaces him with a Blizzard employee.