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What do you think this incident reads like in Vivendi's annual report? I'm thinking "We made a few more mountains of money with the enormously successful relea
by patio11 15y ago
What do you think this incident reads like in Vivendi's annual report? I'm thinking "We made a few more mountains of money with the enormously successful release of Diablo 3. Fans love it and monetization is six times previous records for the series a per-copy-sold basis or 200 times higher per copy played."
WoW also had launch issues. Players complained. Money hats were made.
- Arelius 15y agoMoney hats: Blizzard is making them right now. But yes, if anyone realistically thinks these server issues significantly alter sales, they must have also forgotten the SC2, WoW, DiabloII launch.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoIn the near term Blizzard isn't going to be going out of business, nor is it going to have a shortage of money hats. But make no mistake, this is a serious issue and it has tarnished their reputation. They still have plenty of excess reputation at the moment but if they continue to take a cavalier attitude towards customer satisfaction then there will be another incident like this, and another, and another, until it really starts hurting their bottom line in a way they can't ignore.
- Arelius 14y agoDid it really tarnish their reputation when SC2, WoW, or DiabloII launched? It's such a transient thing that seriously suspect that they could do this forever and never effect sales in the slightest.