Blizzard is pretty small. Chances are, they haven't been working on Starcraft for the majority of that 10 years. There's only so many projects Blizzard devs can handle at once.

I think he meant why does the game still look 8 years old and why are we seeing so many of the same units? Answer: it's a sequel and a Blizzard game, they aren't known for their cutting edge graphics. Why has it taken 10 years to do it? Who knows.

Could someone tell me just what the fuck these guys have been doing for the last 10 years?

Well, there's working on something and then there's WORKING on something.

As they have other projects going on, they much of those x years were probably fairly quiet... few developers, little rush, putting some basic ideas together, etc. I'd imagine development was slowed to a crawl during certain periods due to Warcraft 3.

I'd say right now they are in full swing for development, but who knows how many months/years that has been the case.

Michael Pachter with yet another speculation based on nothing, who would have imagined? Starcraft II might sell a lot of units? Whoa slow down Michael, your vision of the future is too shocking, the rest of us need time to digest this incredible revelation.

Well I won't be one of those 4 million, I don't see anything even remotely interesting in Starcraft 2, but I guess I'm in the minority. Total Annihilation is still the king.

Could someone tell me just what the fuck these guys have been doing for the last 10 years?

They said they began SC2 directly after the War3 Frozen Throne.

So..again..what in fucks name have you been doing for ten fucking years that justifies pushing the game into 2010?

WoW took them approx 5 years and its a bloody MMO.

Hey im all for quality but something aint right with these guys..

I cant wait to see Prez, running naked through the forum :))

Prez, we will settle for a photo of you running naked in the street...

Remember this is ActiBlizz we are talking about now, so get ready to show some skin...:)

I can't wait to see them charge full price for each portion of the game. Meanwhile, in between the campaigns expansions titles they'll pull all their resources towards another WoW expansion or two and their new MMOG to cater to their favorite fans.

We could have easily been given three titles in one package, the way it should be, for a reasonable price in a reasonable amount of time.

There is a fine line between perfecting a title and just letting it slide.

The "possibility" that it will be delayed next year? That's a laugh.

If this game is shipped before holiday 2010, and if each expansion ships before 2012 and 2014, respectively, I'll run naked through the forum.

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This is the kind of "prediction" that makes me cringe. It reminds me of the hurricane predictions I have to listen to every darn year...complete and utter nonsense that any clown could make up.

Does anyone actually like Michael Pachter? I know many gamers who would love to see his head on a stick.

The analysis is probably based just on the first one. The other two are still considered expansions to the main one aren't they?

Is this one title or all three combined?

4 million South Koreans will have to buy this in accordance with the law.

I really wish the gaming press would stop giving this hack analyst (as if there's another kind) credit as if he's some kind of prophet. Most of his major predictions have not only been wrong but hugely wrong and the press only seems concerned with making hay out of the rare time he's right, while never calling out the many times he's been wrong. Like most analysts, this guy pulls numbers out of his rear end to get himself and his firm press time, knowing full well being wrong won't hurt him in the slightest. And the games press plays right into that. The man is not a credible source, period.

This is the sort of "analysis" that I wish I got payed to do. It is such an obvious prediction. Ten years ago this analysts didn't care anything with the gaming industry. Now that it has become mainstream there are all sorts of "bright people" commenting on gaming. Anyone that is into gaming knows that : Starcraft, Diablo, Warcraft, Doom, Unreal, GTA, Mario, Battlefield, Call Of Duty, Halo, The Sims plus huge amounts of marketing hype will lead into millions of sales.

Here are a couple of predictions of my own. Mass Effect 2 will sell millions.
A Duke Nuken game if it ever is created will sell millions.
The next Battlefield will sell millions.
All this surpassing any previous game. Please send me a check for my "astonishing" prediction