Blizzard's Pardo: Single-Player Games an "Endangered Species"

GamesIndustry International has an excerpt from their in-depth interview with Blizzard's Rob Pardo where the World of Warcraft lead designer expresses skepticism about the "endangered species" of AAA single-player games. "I don't see there being a great business model for it these days. It's really sad, there's just a lot of elements out there that conspire to make those games difficult to make now," he says. "Between pirating or the ability for people to rent games, it's hard for publishers to pour millions and millions of dollars into a game and not necessarily see the return they need to make those budgets realistic."
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And this is the final nail in the coffin for Blizzard, at least for me. I will not buy another game from them, not unless they somehow capture the magic that used to be their hallmark.

Rob Pardo can go fuck himself with his megalomaniac "out of touch" "holy know better than though attitude" statements. Blizzard has grown so bloated and corporate that they have forgotten that games DONT HAVE TO COST millions and millions of dollars to be quality titles. Pumping money does not guarantee quality as can be seen from exhibit A: Diablo3.

Single player games are simpler, easier and YES CHEAPER to make than MMOs or DRM infested quasi multiplayer pieces of shit. That is why there will ALWAYS be a market for quality single player titles. My favorite games have always been single player, if for no other reason than its still the best way to tell a good story.

So to reiterate Rob Pardo can go suck on femdiablo's shemale parts.
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