Who supports their games as well as Blizzard?

I'm sick of EAs and Microsoft's poor support for their games (specifically RTSs). Shortly after a sequal comes out, they stop updating the old version to force players to move on.

I used to be a big fan of the original Age of Empires Then Age of Empires 2 came out and Microsoft stopped updating the original. Eventually the original game became over run with exploiters because there were no patches released to combat the exploits. The same happened with Age of Empires 2 when Age of Empires 3 was released. They lost a customer in me when I recognized this pattern. I didn't buy Age of Empires 3 even though I like the series. I know it doesn't really matter anymore since Ensemble is gone, but still.

I never played Starcraft, but I will definetly be giving Starcraft 2 a try as I see Blizzard still issues patches for the old original version.

Who takes money from the pockets of its loyal followers as well as Blizzard?MrGaines

Who takes money from the pockets of its loyal followers as well as Blizzard?MrGaines

Nobody does it better.

Valve > Blizzard in the support development. Blizzard keeps patching their games, sure, but Valve brings in the free content updates. Valve wins.GodLovesDead

On the level of Blizzard? Stardock, ISI and LiveforSpeed team

Aside from them the other companies who support their games nicely after release are Valve, TiltedMill, Egosoft, Shockwave, 2By3Games, Battlefront. 1C Maddox and Relic

Who takes money from the pockets of its loyal followers as well as Blizzard?MrGaines

Blizzard doesn't take anything, the earn it by producing good games that people willingly and enthusiastically pay for. Big difference, kid.

And for the topic, Valve of course comes to mind. Ascaron is another company that is known to add quite a bit after release (though they are also known to release buggy stuff that needed the fixing lol).

Tilted Mill has impressed me with how much they add, although they develop much smaller games.

Massive Entertainment does. At least 5 new maps for WiC had come out as long as tons of balancing patches and some preformace patches, despite the lacking community.

Such a shame.

[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]Valve > Blizzard in the support development. Blizzard keeps patching their games, sure, but Valve brings in the free content updates. Valve wins.Erlkoenig

id Software and sometimes Epic. But no one as Blizzard. Even after 10 years Starcraft and Diablo II LOD are widely played today, and Warcraft III usually is 3rd in minutes played at day in Xfire historials just under WoW and COD 4.Ondoval

Who takes money from the pockets of its loyal followers as well as Blizzard?MrGaines

Says the person with a Draenei avatar....

[QUOTE="MrGaines"]Who takes money from the pockets of its loyal followers as well as Blizzard?Johnny_Rock

Says the person with a Draenei avatar....

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[QUOTE="MrGaines"]Who takes money from the pockets of its loyal followers as well as Blizzard?RK-Mara

Says the person with a Draenei avatar....

Who takes money from the pockets of its loyal followers as well as Blizzard?MrGaines

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[QUOTE="MrGaines"]Who takes money from the pockets of its loyal followers as well as Blizzard?RK-Mara

Says the person with a Draenei avatar....

How so? They charge for their games like everyone else. Their fee for WoW is just like every other pay to play MMO.... they support their games FAR longer than most other companies.

So how does he know what he's talking about?

Valve, of course.thusaha

Even Blizzard isn't perfect. Selling expansion packs for an MMO with 10 million subscribers is just wrong. The money they make every month should be enough to release all of that and more as free updates. RK-Mara

[QUOTE="RK-Mara"]Even Blizzard isn't perfect. Selling expansion packs for an MMO with 10 million subscribers is just wrong. The money they make every month should be enough to release all of that and more as free updates. Agent_Kaliaver

Valve > Blizzard in the support development. Blizzard keeps patching their games, sure, but Valve brings in the free content updates. Valve wins.GodLovesDead

Microsoft is the worst offender. Age of Empires 2 had thousands of players still playing when they shut it down. AoE2 would probably be a popular tournament game like Warcraft 3 still is if Microsoft had actually continued to maintain it.

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[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]Valve > Blizzard in the support development. Blizzard keeps patching their games, sure, but Valve brings in the free content updates. Valve wins.Erlkoenig

Left4dead definately lacks a lot of content, I've even seen a fair amount of posts saying the same thing around here. There's not a lot of maps in the game, and there's a lack ofvariety in the weapons. TF2 is updated pretty well though, but it takes them a long long time just to release updates which only feature a few semi-different weapons.

As for Blizzard, most of the comments are just stupid. People don't realise that with more players it doesn't just bring them more income, but more servers and other resources are needed to accomodate them.Only people that can comment on what they take in anually are the people that work in their accounting department.

Vavle has BETTERRR support than blizz by FAARRR!!! They give out amazing amounts of free content to customers, Blizz is charging for everything. SC2 in 3 parts, maybe a monthly fee for Bnet... etc.Dr_Brocoli

[QUOTE="Erlkoenig"][QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]Valve > Blizzard in the support development. Blizzard keeps patching their games, sure, but Valve brings in the free content updates. Valve wins.GodLovesDead

TF2 is still getting content releases... content that should have been incuded ON RELEASE DAY, not YEARS after release at their current rate. I still remember the pod cast interview before release stating that there would be no grenades except demoman and pyro (and pyro apparently got ganked) but they would have weapon unlocks to make up for it. So essentially these aren't content releases, they are just taking forever to fix their game by fixing one class every 8-9 months and breaking other stuff as a result.

Valve > Blizzard in the support development. Blizzard keeps patching their games, sure, but Valve brings in the free content updates. Valve wins.GodLovesDead

Blizzard releases free content as well. Although it really only appeals to a very specific group of people that play the game, I'm one of them, but everyone can get into the new TF2 content easily, so I'd have to agree there.

[QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"]Vavle has BETTERRR support than blizz by FAARRR!!! They give out amazing amounts of free content to customers, Blizz is charging for everything. SC2 in 3 parts, maybe a monthly fee for Bnet... etc.dnuggs40

[QUOTE="dnuggs40"][QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"]Vavle has BETTERRR support than blizz by FAARRR!!! They give out amazing amounts of free content to customers, Blizz is charging for everything. SC2 in 3 parts, maybe a monthly fee for Bnet... etc.bdever32

Valve > Blizzard in the support development. Blizzard keeps patching their games, sure, but Valve brings in the free content updates. Valve wins.GodLovesDead

People that complain about companies charging money for their products need to get a f***ing clue.-Rivfader-

totally. Why, if blizzard and valve didnt make good money in such ways, then we would'nt have good games to have with.

Personally , I think everyone will get over the fact that Starcraft 2 will be released in three trilogies because at the end of the day, they're gonna end up buying it and it's going to be worth it. Heck, the storyline might be so awesome, it'd make people want to buy the next 2 trilogies.

If a customer is happy for what he paid for, then it's a win-win for both sides. That's my definition of a good gaming company.

blizzards customer service is appauling. on d2 on bnet, i was banned for a reason unknown to me, (i never hacked or duped or anything, i dont know anything about that) and when i asked how long i was banned for they said its either a month or its permanent. just one small example of the numerous ecnoutners with blizzards support.

never buying blizz products again.

except d3.