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I don’t have time to check a video, but isn’t it true for any service that it you don’t agree to the new ToS, your contract is terminated?

What makes this case so special?

Edit: or is it that people only found out now that the games they bought were online-only and that they’re at the mercy of the publisher?

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Paid-for games aren’t a service that should be able to be taken away in this manner

For software (like games) the usual rule is “use the old version if you don’t agree to the new terms”, but that’s not possible without piracy here

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Does Blizzard even make any single-purchase games that require a Blizzard account? WoW is a subscription, Overwatch is free-to-play, I doubt the old Starcraft games require accounts, and I don’t know much about Diablo.

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Diablo is indeed a single purchase game (with tons of MTX and soon to be DLC of course, but the base game is a single purchase).

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Stupid question and I honestly don’t know.

If Steam puts up a bunch of new Agreements, and you refuse to accept, you’ll continue using the non-updated version - correct?

Where in this scenario, Blizzard just locks you out of your account?

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If Steam puts up a bunch of new Agreements, and you refuse to accept, you’ll continue using the non-updated version - correct?

In theory you could keep using the service that adheres to the old agreement - but they will only provide the service under the new agreement. So effectively, no.

Unfortunately, Diablo 3 is an online game - even singleplayer. In case of starcraft, it’s even worse - the only reason for it to be online is multiplayer (fair enough) and drm (boo!).

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Yeah, I suppose that sucks if you never stopped to think about it.

In my case, it’s the reason I never bought Diablo 3 - when they turn an offline game into a mandatory online game, I figured that sooner or later they’d pull something like this.

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