So is the whole point of Blizzcon just to promote their games? Cause why would they need to do such a thing when they have a loyal enough fanbase that buys their tickets in just 8 minutes??!The Great JT said:
Oh no. Your trusty News Team (well, two of us) will be on the show floorhansari said:So is the whole point of Blizzcon just to promote their games? Cause why would they need to do such a thing when they have a loyal enough fanbase that buys their tickets in just 8 minutes??!The Great JT said:
I guess this means The Escapist won't be covering Blizzcon like they did with E3
Do you know how expensive it is to rent out the entire Anaheim Convention Center for a week, set up and staff a con with all the cool little props and set pieces they're running? 2.5 million is a lot of money, but that's just revenue. Their profit was probably significantly smaller.Kollega said:
Whoops. I forgot that they actually have to pay for renting a convention center and build a scenery. I call bullshit on my own arguments... but my point still stands. Activision Blizzard are Eeeeeeeeviiiiiiil.CantFaketheFunk said:Do you know how expensive it is to rent out the entire Anaheim Convention Center for a week, set up and staff a con with all the cool little props and set pieces they're running? 2.5 million is a lot of money, but that's just revenue. Their profit was probably significantly smaller.Kollega said:
Obviously, their community is passionate enough about their games to do this. It isn't like they forced people to buy tickets at knifepoint or anything
Indeed.Jeronus said:
When the only world you care about is virtual, you can't expect much to be done about that other stuff.Kollega said:
They certainly have the Chinese scared and they are the largest country on the planet. Activision Blizzard isn't evil. Creating something wildly popular doesn't make you evil. It just makes you big and scary.Kollega said:
A number of places, including some official fan sites, get free tickets. The Escapist news team might have done the same.^Mimi said:...You beat all of those people under 8 minutes?CantFaketheFunk said:Oh no. Your trusty News Team (well, two of us) will be on the show floorhansari said:So is the whole point of Blizzcon just to promote their games? Cause why would they need to do such a thing when they have a loyal enough fanbase that buys their tickets in just 8 minutes??!The Great JT said:
I guess this means The Escapist won't be covering Blizzcon like they did with E3
I'm starting to suspect that the "News Team" is just a clever façade to a very well disguise ninja syndicate.
Kyah!
If it's the Maelstrom as loads of people have theorised (the word "Cataclysm" [http://www.wowwiki.com/Great_Sundering] was trademarked not too long ago), it's possible that we'll see Queen Azshara and her naga as the main boss for the next expansion. Either that or she'll be a major player but we'll also be entering Grim Batol and Gilneas to fight against Neltharion, aka Deathwing.Yassen said:
