Bhruic wrote on May 18, 2012, 11:40:

Well, we accepted it for Diablo. But when the next game requires us to be always online, then we should get really angry, and tell them we won't accept it!

Unless it's something shiny we really want to play. Then it's okay.

That's actually a good thing, although I know it doesn't seem like it. Look, for a game that people really, really want, they could wrap it in a shit-sandwich, and people would still buy it. That's a given. What matters is whether the lesser games can play off of the features that the big guys create. In this case, the backlash over the server problems aren't going to hurt Diablo 3 - very much anyway, but they may make other companies that were watching this launch think twice about trying it for their games.

And in my books, that's a success.