Re: How long before Blizzard closes the last WoW realm?

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>Kal wrote:
>> was wondering what the lifespan will be of world of warcraft.
>>
>> how long do you think it'll be before the last realm gets closed?
>
>I guess they will make it work with Windows Vista in the second half of
>this year. Then they could make it prettier with the expansion pack
>(like they with with Diablo II by allowing a higher screen resolution).
>
>And as long as a lot of players keep paying for the server maintainance,
>the game could be around for years and years to come.
>
>They even still sell Diablo II in stores, and that is without a
>subscription fee. WoW will even last longer imho since it is vastly
>superiour in gameplay experience imnsho
>
>I had a friend over the other day and he tells me the arcane explosion
>spell on his nVidia 6600GT looks better than on my ATI 9700. So just for
>WoW I might be buying a new computer in about a year.
>
>Not even an ATI 1800XT is probably enough in all circumstances to
>display the game optimally for years to come.

You can have a way better ATI card, and it'll still look better at the
nVidia card. The game is optimised to nVidia cards, and is not taking
advantage of the features in the ATI cards. The nVidia splash screen is
clearly indicating this too.
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