Look at the Illuminati poster boy: Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard's StarCraft II will come out in July 27. Think our Illuminati poster boy is gonna start shipping out the sequel to the best RTS game of all time in adverse economic conditions?
I'm in the beta. It's bad. Look at the "micro where art thou" thread on team liquid. It will make a lot of money no doubt, but the game is nothing compared to sc1. Starcraft 1 is a part of Korean culture, they are still having broadcast tournaments which are fancast in multiple languages within 24 hours. MW2 was the same, catered to 12 year olds leaving the people who enjoy e-sports to reminisce of cs 1.3 I knew it would beat earnings this quarter but got screwed because of that whole 1000 point drop thing. Ended up with a $29 profit the next morning.. coming back from 3 grand down.
Ya, I dled the beta from a torrent. My only complaint is the lack of bright colors to distinguish the different teams. Especially, Zerg looks so muddy colored...