Reading more about this, Blizzard could completely remove the online drm from Diablo 3 and I still wouldn't buy this game at any price. Like sports, I understand that big business has grown up around our silly little entertainment. It's when said business begins crossing that sacred boundary, encroaching into my entertainment experience itself, that my tolerance instantly goes virtually to zero.
I realize the majority of people seem to be perfectly okay with stuff like auction houses and in-game cash shops; perhaps the difference for me is in the reason I do things like watch movies and play videogames. I use media as pure escapism; I want to forget who I am and the crap I need to deal with on a daily basis, if only for a little while. It's my little vacation from reality. When business pressures of any kind invade my gamespace my illusion is not damaged, it's obliterated. Games with crap like this are designed specifically around them - it's not just a matter of ignoring it.
This comment was edited on May 3, 2012, 16:32.
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