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The Escapist dared to corner Rob Pardo at the GDC 2010 to ask if Blizzard has plans to license Battle.net to third parties.
Rob Pardo responded it's a theme the team has talked about and basically would be a lot of work and a challenge on their end to maintain. It would also represent a somewhat competitive platform for Blizzard giving the example that if Blizzard was to release a game and a third party game was on sale at the same time, there could be some complications or conflict of interests.
Blizzard is testing the Starcraft II Map Marketplace as a prototype experiment to see how well it is received by gamers, and how successful it becomes or how much support it gets from gamers.
Depending on how well that feature goes, and other factors, there might be an internal consensus on whether they are interested or capable to handle a Battle.net license.
There is no definite decision whether they are going to license Battle.net, but the thought is laid on the table. In the distance, a tinkering and smiley Bob Kotick plays in his mind a tune over and over. It sounds like: Ca$$$hin !!!
No, Bobby isn't thinking about a Las Vegas slot machine. That's for noobie entrepeneurs. He's thinking about Blizzard's Battle.net.
Rob Pardo responded it's a theme the team has talked about and basically would be a lot of work and a challenge on their end to maintain. It would also represent a somewhat competitive platform for Blizzard giving the example that if Blizzard was to release a game and a third party game was on sale at the same time, there could be some complications or conflict of interests.
Blizzard is testing the Starcraft II Map Marketplace as a prototype experiment to see how well it is received by gamers, and how successful it becomes or how much support it gets from gamers.
Depending on how well that feature goes, and other factors, there might be an internal consensus on whether they are interested or capable to handle a Battle.net license.
There is no definite decision whether they are going to license Battle.net, but the thought is laid on the table. In the distance, a tinkering and smiley Bob Kotick plays in his mind a tune over and over. It sounds like: Ca$$$hin !!!
No, Bobby isn't thinking about a Las Vegas slot machine. That's for noobie entrepeneurs. He's thinking about Blizzard's Battle.net.
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