blizzards single handedly keeping PC gaming alive.

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#1 basketball
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im not even going to count the games that you can find on the console. I just bought a brand new alienware m17x and i went to EB games and future shop and everything their is garbage! i bought WOW, and crysis for my bro, steam is good but not that good, its more like for 7th graders that cant afford games and share accounts. seriously if we weren't waiting for diablo 3 or starcraft 2 i would slit my wrists ( NOT REALLY )!!!
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#2 kozzy1234
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No love for Valve?

And since when is Steam just for 7th graders who trade accounts?

No one I have met on steam is in grade 7.

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#3 basketball
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i said steam as in valve, but ill give them 25%
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#4 naval
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Actually I haven't played any Blizzard game for more 50-60 hours in total over the past few years -- because I cannot keep up with that huge amount of new great games from other developers
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#5 Myrkan
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Obviously a troll.

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#6 psn8214
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Obviously a troll.

Myrkan

Yes.

But if you are legit, why on earth would you buy Alienware? The only reason I bought my system from them is because I have a friend who got me a discount.

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#7 carlosjuero
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Oh really? To my recollection - the only games that Blizzard has done anything with in the past couple years is.. well, I should say Game because its been WoW all the way. Sure, Diablo 3 is 'coming out soon' but it isn't out. Tons of other companies making games for PC on a much more regular basis (Bethesda, BioWare, Valve, etc). To say that Blizzard is keeping PC Gaming alive is like saying that Obama has managed to pay off the National Debt already... Another thing: Steam is for people who can't afford games?! Where the heck did you pull that from? Well, I can guess where you pulled it from but seriously... Games on Steam are normally fully priced - with tons of special deals (just like physical game stores offer). Heck, Blizzard is still selling Diablo II at full price online! Watch out for the sun little man - tends to turn those like you into stone.
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#8 lucky326
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Obvious Troll is Obvious....

Now then Alienware....seriously if you buy a Alienware you sir must be a fool. They are stupidly overpriced and the laptops especially are, I've seen similar spec laptops for half the price and a so much better brand name on it.

As for Blizzard, overall I hate them Diablo is the only series they make I enjoy.

Steam is the future for Pc gaming, in a few years you won't be able to walk into a store and pick up a game you will have no choice but to download it.

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#9 DJ_Lae
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steam is good but not that good, its more like for 7th graders that cant afford games and share accounts.basketball

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#10 zomglolcats
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I love Blizzard as much as the next guy, but come on. They haven't done anything other than WoW since Warcraft III, and that was years ago. And the quality of Warcraft III is debatable as a lot of people really just didn't like it. I'm one of them. Loved Starcraft, but Warcraft III I couldn't get into. The whole Hero thing just kind of screwed things up. And as for WoW, well that's rapidly going down hill. Each patch they keep making things even easier than they were in the first place. WoW as it is now compared to WoW as it used to be is complete easy mode. I'm not saying the game should be ridiculously hard, but take away all challenge and you have no sense of achievement. Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 will show whether Blizzard is still as relevant as they used to be.
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#11 aura_enchanted
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O'RLY ya trolling nub.. reported!

anyway blizzard is not keeping it alive the only way an industry "dies" is if people stop buying products in it. such as when we stopped trying to buy those bloody kabala bracelets.

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#12 Dr_Brocoli
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No love for Valve?

And since when is Steam just for 7th graders who trade accounts?

No one I have met on steam is in grade 7.

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TC is a noob rofl doesnt know any other good companies AGHAHAHAHAHA h e forgot Stardock etc. THQ is verygood too. 2k is great for games live civ4
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#13 HOMIE_G64
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Not even counting VALVe and Blizzard, there are tons of other great game developers these days. Bethesda and Bioware are two other developers that have not forgotten the PC platform. Stardock is a PC oriented publisher and should not be forgotten. LucasArt still sticks with the PC as a publisher also, with SWToR and Monkey Island games.
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#14 zomglolcats
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steam is good but not that good, its more like for 7th graders that cant afford games and share accounts.basketball
Have you even logged onto WoW or bnet? Far more immature people there than just about any other gaming community.
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#15 aura_enchanted
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NCsoft and monolith.. you cant forget them

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#16 deactivated-6243ee9902175
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Bioware, Valve, CD Projekt, Capcom, Stardock, Paradox and Popcap says hello.

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#17 GazaAli
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yea thanks for Blizzard,we have two amazing exclusives for the PC
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#18 aura_enchanted
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ooh ooh dreamcatcher, microsoft studios, turbine, eidos montreal, ensemble, ubisoft

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#19 pvtdonut54
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Unsuccesful troll is unsuccesful

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#20 tony2077ca
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Unsuccesful troll is unsuccesful

pvtdonut54
i have to agree but blizzard is still good
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#21 Tuzolord
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what

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#22 DanielDust
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[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

No love for Valve?

And since when is Steam just for 7th graders who trade accounts?

No one I have met on steam is in grade 7.

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TC is a noob rofl doesnt know any other good companies AGHAHAHAHAHA h e forgot Stardock etc. THQ is verygood too. 2k is great for games live civ4

Nope, THQ aren't good, as developers, they did not do any recent games, but they are very good as publishers, they support companies that deserve it, like Relic.
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#23 krakowwak0001
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im a junior in college and my life revolves around steam so umm no wrong

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#24 Chiddaling
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im not even going to count the games that you can find on the console. I just bought a brand new alienware m17x and i went to EB games and future shop and everything their is garbage! i bought WOW, and crysis for my bro, steam is good but not that good, its more like for 7th graders that cant afford games and share accounts. seriously if we weren't waiting for diablo 3 or starcraft 2 i would slit my wrists ( NOT REALLY )!!!basketball
*Epic Facepalm*
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#25 Dr_Brocoli
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[QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

No love for Valve?

And since when is Steam just for 7th graders who trade accounts?

No one I have met on steam is in grade 7.

DanielDust
TC is a noob rofl doesnt know any other good companies AGHAHAHAHAHA h e forgot Stardock etc. THQ is verygood too. 2k is great for games live civ4

Nope, THQ aren't good, as developers, they did not do any recent games, but they are very good as publishers, they support companies that deserve it, like Relic.

CoH? relic yeah
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#26 carlandcarl
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Call of duty 4 and Battlefield 2 is also pretty awesome for the gamers? and now the new ones? call of duty MW2

So theres quite a bit for all the other platform gamers, I got bored of WoW im still gaming on my PC almost everyday :P

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#27 ManicAce
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What's with all the trolls on the PC forum lately? Anyway, the only Blizzard game I've actually really liked was Warcraft 3... There has been tons of great games on PC this gen alone, only thing Blizzard has contributed is two WoW expansions, they're kings of PC gaming only in profit.
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#28 inyourface_12
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your forgetting Valve

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#29 weirjf
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What's with all the trolls on the PC forum lately? Anyway, the only Blizzard game I've actually really liked was Warcraft 3... There has been tons of great games on PC this gen alone, only thing Blizzard has contributed is two WoW expansions, they're kings of PC gaming only in profit.ManicAce

Yeah, they should rush Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 out the doors like a wadded dog turd wrapped in plasticlike every other gaming company out there.

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#30 ManicAce
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[QUOTE="ManicAce"]What's with all the trolls on the PC forum lately? Anyway, the only Blizzard game I've actually really liked was Warcraft 3... There has been tons of great games on PC this gen alone, only thing Blizzard has contributed is two WoW expansions, they're kings of PC gaming only in profit.weirjf

Yeah, they should rush Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 out the doors like a wadded dog turd wrapped in plasticlike every other gaming company out there.

Eh, it's been like 6 years since their last non-WoW game and will be more before SC2 comes out. If you're not into MMOs that "wadded dog turd" would had made a bigger impact on the average PC gamer than Blizzard this gen.
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[QUOTE="zomglolcats"]I love Blizzard as much as the next guy, but come on. They haven't done anything other than WoW since Warcraft III, and that was years ago. And the quality of Warcraft III is debatable as a lot of people really just didn't like it. I'm one of them. Loved Starcraft, but Warcraft III I couldn't get into. The whole Hero thing just kind of screwed things up. And as for WoW, well that's rapidly going down hill. Each patch they keep making things even easier than they were in the first place. WoW as it is now compared to WoW as it used to be is complete easy mode. I'm not saying the game should be ridiculously hard, but take away all challenge and you have no sense of achievement. Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 will show whether Blizzard is still as relevant as they used to be.

Have you cleared Ulduar on hard mode? Have you got 2200+ arena rating? Let me check your gear. I'm guessing you have very good items.
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#32 Drazule
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That's a completely ridiculous statement OP. How can one company hold an entire market with only one game? If you have high standards and only go for Blizzard games, fine, but if you think that not a single other game is selling you have blind eyes. And Steam is for 7th graders? One of the most effective and secure Digital Distributors probably stomps out accounts like that. Not to mention that wouldn't work anyway because each account can only be logged on one comp at a time.

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#33 Sonir77
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looks great and runs great for me,

but the shadows always screw up and sometimes things dont load in the world till im right there.

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#34 Myrkan
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[QUOTE="basketball"]steam is good but not that good, its more like for 7th graders that cant afford games and share accounts.DJ_Lae

My exact expression upon reading that line.

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#35 Matt-Porter
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It's already been said, but stupidest comment ever. There are countless great games for PC that aren't developed by Blizzard. Even if they're not as well known, there's tons of console titles that sell great on PC, such as street fighter IV, Oblivion, Battlefield TM, the list goes on. Blizzard is great, but they in no way keep PC gaming alive, that's just nonsense.

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#36 mhofever
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Blizzard is a good company but they aren't single handedly keeping PC gaming alive, they rarely launch a lot of game titles that fast enough. And you can't just say World Of Warcraft is what's keeping PC gaming alive either. There's a lot of other PC games that deserve credit more than this and some of those games include Deus Ex, Half Life, Crysis etc.

Crytek has done something for the PC too. Sure , some ppl contradict Crysis, the specs are demand but overall its a cool game and a cool new engine released that's now being used by architecture companies etc. Not forgetting Far Cry as well.

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#37 TJamesA
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All Blizzard has done is bring a bunch of little children and teenagers into the pc scene with the o so great World of Warsuck,obviously this thread is bogus.

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#38 blade55555
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Blizzard isn't single handedly doing it. But Blizzard is probably the only company who only makes pc games. Valve makes console games along with pc games. I respect blizzard in the fact that so far they are the only pc exclusive company that doesn't make a stupid excuse like piracy just to go to consoles. I know they made starcraft on the n64 at one point but haven't made another console game since. Blizzard is probably my favorite pc company just because they are loyal to the pc fanbase. Crytek was really cool until they pulled that stupid excuse "piracy is too much must make console games no more pc exclusives". Blizzard also had good support. Relic is another one of my favorite pc companies but they take way to long to patch their games which is a huge con. Wish they would patch there games faster/more often I mean it took what like almost 2 years to finally release that patch for CoH... Just my 2 cents.

While yes I do hate WoW they have made good games (daiblo series, sc, warcraft series) are all fun games. The only game of Blizzards I dislike is WoW.

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#39 Ondoval
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im not even going to count the games that you can find on the console. I just bought a brand new alienware m17x and i went to EB games and future shop and everything their is garbage! i bought WOW, and crysis for my bro, steam is good but not that good, its more like for 7th graders that cant afford games and share accounts. seriously if we weren't waiting for diablo 3 or starcraft 2 i would slit my wrists ( NOT REALLY )!!!basketball

I have PS3 and Xbox 360. Last time that I did play at console was in February. I play at PC almost any day; I can't see the problem.

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#40 FelipeInside
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#41 nutcrackr
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Honestly I don't really agree. On one hand you have huge mega titles, WoW for example that makes more money than should be possible. Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 will be huge also and sell a boat load of copies. But WoW is essentially poaching sales from the rest of the PC market, people have limited budgets, if 10 million are paying monthly subscriptions to one game they are less likely to buy as many other games. So while WoW sales are good, WoW profits are amazing, PC game sales drop because you have such a juggernaught pulling gamers away from buying more games. Now what you can't quantify is how many new gamers WoW brings to PC gaming, but even then how many play anything but WoW? I don't really think WoW is doing much more than transfering some of the profits from all games straight into Blizzards pockets.