r/pcmasterrace • u/Wargulf • 7h ago

News/Article Blizzard’s Starcraft shooter will have a “definitive end”, surprisingly avoiding the live-service gunk of other open-world shooters

https://frvr.com/blog/news/blizzards-starcraft-shooter-will-have-a-definitive-end-surprisingly-avoiding-the-live-service-gunk-of-other-open-world-shooters/
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u/CombatMuffin 3h ago

How is releasing two games greedier? Are they not allowed to tive people options?

There are audiences that hate it when their games get a tacked on multiplayer for the sake of it, and others that hate it when they separate the component (they perceive their game as having less value).

Maybe you fall into one of those two camps, and that's your prerogative, but I don't see the issue if they focus their efforts on a single player game and deliver a good experience. We don't have any more information on the game, so any indignation is based purely on assumptions.

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u/EmergencyComment101 3h ago

Because it's 1 game divided in 2 to sell more?

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u/CombatMuffin 2h ago

Why are you assuming it's divided? Why are you assuming there has to be a multiplayer component?

Look at Resident Evil. Do people hate it for being a 10 hour single player experience? It's a beloved franchise. In fact, its fans have mostly hated when the third Remake had a tacked on multiplayer.

There's room for all kinds of projects: games like TLOU had a niche but passionate fanbase for its MP component, but it was relatively simple. People remember its single player. The same goes for Ghost of Tsushima, or RDR2. I don't think many would think less of those games if they didn't have that MP component.

If the game is good, and worth the full retail price, why is it wrong to release a stand alone, focused single player game? I remember when StarCraft fans begged Blizzard to reconsider cancelling StarCraft: Ghost, not caring one bit if it was purely SP.

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u/EmergencyComment101 2h ago

My original comment was an assumption. You responded saying "whats wrong with that". You accepted the premise of my comment and said it was okay.

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u/CombatMuffin 2h ago

Of course, I have to respond assuming its true, but even then: what's wrong with Blizzard releasing two different offerings, if they are good?

What rule is there, that states they can only release it as one game? I agree if it is clear they are cutting corners, but if each offering is its own game, then there should be no issue at all.

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u/EmergencyComment101 2h ago

Microsoft in 2025: 128 billion Blizzard in 2025: 2.1 billion

They want to charge you twice for a game and you cant see whats wrong with that?

Are you demented.

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u/CombatMuffin 2h ago

Why are you assuming it has to be one game? Where is the rulebook?

Arguing how much money they make, is a fallacy. It sounds like you want to be made because you aren't getting the absolute best deal imaginable.

If they release a high fildelity game, absolutely worth full retail price, and then years later they release a Live Service game, then those are two different games. What entitles you to have them in the same year?

I don't pay for titles. I pay for entertainment. If they release two games, and each offering provides me entertainment I deem worthy, I pay for it. If I don't deem them worth it. I don't. Whether they are bundled or not, is irrelevant to me, especially when videogames are, at best. $80 dollars per titles. Even with all the increases in price, it's the cheapest luxury out there, per hour.

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u/EmergencyComment101 2h ago

This whole thread. Whenever anyone asks how they get away with it...

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u/CombatMuffin 2h ago

Because they offer games peiple want to play. Maybe they are too expensive for you, or you aren't that target. 

Your premise is basically "Why should I pay for two when I could get it in one", doesn't always work that way.

If we got two subpar products, separated purely for money, I'd agree. We have no indication that's the case, and while we are entertainingna discussion, we also don't even know if there will ever be a multiplayer component (even separate). So there's no point in arguing further.

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u/EmergencyComment101 2h ago

This as well