Despite what you might think, Blizzard is one of the few developers who isn't just in it for the money. I will cite a metaphor I used earlier. Just because an artist isn't starving doesn't mean he's doing it for the money.
Loyalty is good, and there's a very definable reason. They have been one of the most influential video game developers ever since the first Warcraft, and continue to be. Personally I won't buy anything they put out - I don't care much for Diablo, despite its critical acclaim - and most won't blindly buy anything they develop either. They just happen to be a purveyor of excellent games.
You know this HOW exactly? You know people at Blizzard? You think they're all just creating games out of the goodness of their hearts?
First of all. Let me tell you something. The people making money at Blizzard aren't artists. They're producers, directors, etcetera. The "artists" and/or programmers are of course getting money working there, but for them it's a job. The only way an artist is going to make big bucks is if he develops some game concept and gets a good share of the final product. It's the same with television. The "artists" do a bunch of work, and get decent pay, but it's the producers and the higher ups raking in the big bucks.
As for Blizzard. I can't say I care for them. All they seem to make is RTS games are RTS games aren't my cup of tea. I played through about half of Warcraft 1, and Starcraft plus most of Brood War. Beyond that I've never touched their games. If they make an FPS or something similar, then I might start caring for them as a company.
Heck, on the subject of Blizzard. From what I understand it, their warcraft and starcraft lines are basically just copies of Warhammer and Warhammer 40k respectively which they made when they failed to get the rights from Games Workshop. Zerg=Tyranids, Protoss=Eldar, Humans=Empire. etcetera . . . but then again everyone copies everyone anyway.
It does not cheat. It just has the advantage of perfect reflexes. Try boxing a computer in with no resources on a regular map. The units stop coming.
Um, yes, it does cheat. It NEVER runs out of resources. I've been in a situation, where, I ran out of resources. So I then decided to snipe away at his units to lower his defences. All the resources on the map were gone. I was taking out units on a continual basis, he kept building more. I destroyed a building or two, he rebuilt them. I did this for a while until I realised that I was completely wasting my time because the computer is a cheater and never ever runs out of resources. So then, I restarted the map, and won it easily (because I knew the map already), which was a lot less satisfying.
It cheats. Plain and simple.
