Will Battle.net Become a Pay Service

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From: Zombie Elvis DELETE-robertocasti...
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:16

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Geek.com is reporting that Blizzard is looking to turn Battle.net into
a pay service. This speculation is based on a Joystiq post which
quotes a Blizzard official saying that they need to "monetize" the
gaming service. I've played Diablo II for years, mostly in single
player mode. But I have played multiplayer games on occasion and would
be pretty upset to hear that I had to pay a monthly fee to play Diablo
III online. Time can only tell I guess. Maybe the service itself will
be free and Blizzard will charge for extra features.

http://www.geek.com/articles/games/battlenet-to-become-pay-service-with-the-blizzivision-merger-20081016/
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/11/blizzards-wilson-some-battle-net-features-to-be-monetized/

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From: "Zombie Elvis <DELETE-robertocastillo@ameritech.net>" <robertocastillo@ameritech.net>
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