Comparing Double Fine to Blizzard is a little extreme. Although Double Fine has an experienced team with a long history in the industry, none of their games ha

Comparing Double Fine to Blizzard is a little extreme. Although Double Fine has an experienced team with a long history in the industry, none of their games have been huge commercial successes, and they've had some spectacular commercial failures over the years. Most of their projects up until this one have been funded by traditional game publishers (Majesco, EA, Warner Bros., THQ, etc.) and this is a genre no one wants to touch, even at the small scale for download only titles on XBLA\PSN\Steam ($500K-$2 million range). Afaik, Ron Gilbert has been trying to make a traditional adventure game for years and has been unable to get it funded until now.