Subscribe to WoW for a year and get Diablo III for free. Doesn't sound like the Blizzard I know.

I unsubscribed from WoW in early 2008 and - in spite of Blizzard's repeated offers - I have no desire to go back. I'll pick up Diablo III, but I was done with WoW as soon as Stitches stopped being an elite.

Time for WoW2?

i couldnt believe wow became free signup first 20 lvls free hahah i just shake my head

They need to partner with a porn site.

this could be huge, people could make a real life living by dedicating themselves to the game and playing hard and buying and selling at auction :thumbsup

You nailed it on the head. People are already doing this with WOW (Chinese miners) but Diablo's will be more democratic and, if done right, might EXPAND opportunities for many players/buyers instead of making it a race to the bottom (of labor prices)

i gave it another try a couple of months back, lasted 2 weeks, boring as shit now - gonna wait for SWTOR, will give that a fair go.

SWOTR has already cost EA over $200 to $300 Million. Pressure is definitely on the old Pay to play model.... Given WOW's subscription situation, I wouldn't be surprised if a few execs at EA/Bioware are breaking a bit of a sweat...

ea ruins everything it touches.

Was upset when they bought Ultima Onlina, miss the old days of MMORPG before WOW

Siege Perilous for life. Where real PVP began! WOW was always carebear

Should be interesting how TITAN shapes up.

The old subscriber model. I really think Web 3.0's virtual world definition is going to be huge... TO USE AN ANALOGY: we're just in the myspace/geocities stage of this model's evolution. Still a few years until we get a facebook and its successor models.

Free to play is the hot trend, but it's simply a retread of the free trial. Eventually people will realize they end up paying more with free to play then with the old model and the huge influx of people trying it out will level off.

The free to play models is simply a trial. You can only enjoy it so long before you hit a ceiling. So it's simply a different way to market a traditional free trial. Not saying there is anything wrong with the free to play model, but it's a marketing ploy, not really a new business model.

I promise you within a year or so, these free to play sites will star offering "all you can eat" options for a monthly or yearly fee as people realize they are spending more on the "free" games than they paid for the old subscription games.

50 gaming paradigm shifts

been waiting for Diablo 3 for a few decades now. :1orglaugh

wasent this posted in relevent forums like 4 months ago ?