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Quoteworthy - id's Tim Willits on Always-on Gaming

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"Diablo 3 will make everyone else accept the fact you have to be connected. If you have a juggernaut, you can make change. I'm all for that. If we could force people to always be connected when you play the game, and then have that be acceptable, awesome," id Software Creative Director Tim Willits tells Eurogamer. "In the end, it's better for everybody. Imagine picking up a game and it's automatically updated. Or there's something new you didn't know about, and you didn't have to click away. It's all automatically there. But it does take juggernauts like [Diablo 3] to make change. I'm a big proponent of always connected. I'm always connected. Our fans are always connected. There will be a few people who will resent the fact you have to be online to play a single-player game. But it'll change."

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Re: Quoteworthy - id's Tim Willits on Always-on Gaming

Aug 10, 2011, 13:48

Verno

Bitching...to them. Not bitching in the comments section of Blues News. As much as I've enjoyed this site over the years, I don't believe that any comments made about any news item has ever lead to a publisher or developer changing their minds about anything.

It's the internet, things spread. Peoples opinions are influenced by other people. Absolutely people talking about things on any forum will have some form of influence on the outcome, particularly when news sites start picking it up and editorial authors see interest and write about it. As a company, it's far too easy to dismiss people on your forum of being a vocal minority. It's a lot more difficult to do when its at the kinds of sites you like to read.

Notch doesn't care about piracy because he's didn't invest hundreds of millions of someone else's money into making his game.

It's not that difficult to divest yourself of debts from other people, you might even say that North America has made an art form out of it. Notch didn't care about piracy when he was broke and the money really mattered. Sure he might care when hes older for different reasons or has more at stake but that doesn't negate his earlier stance either.




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Comment [quote="Verno"Aug 10, 2011, 13:48]q[Bitching...to them. Not bitching in the comments section of Blues News. As much as I've enjoyed this site over the years, I don't believe that any comments made about any news item has ever lead to a publisher or developer changing their minds about anything.[/quote] It's the internet, things spread. Peoples opinions are influenced by other people. Absolutely people talking about things on any forum will have some form of influence on the outcome, particularly when news sites start picking it up and editorial authors see interest and write about it. As a company, it's far too easy to dismiss people on your forum of being a vocal minority. It's a lot more difficult to do when its at the kinds of sites you like to read. q[Notch doesn't care about piracy because he's didn't invest hundreds of millions of someone else's money into making his game.]q It's not that difficult to divest yourself of debts from other people, you might even say that North America has made an art form out of it. Notch didn't care about piracy when he was broke and the money really mattered. Sure he might care when hes older for different reasons or has more at stake but that doesn't negate his earlier stance either. [/quote]

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