Originally Posted by
MoanaLisa
Because many people who expected something else complained on forums about it. That's mainly it. Calling any game a flop that sells over 10,000,000 copies and is clearly going to be one of the major games released in 2012 is detached from reality. That said, a lot of people didn't like it much and it was a personal flop for them. The additional humor of dozens of people posting on Blizzard's forums about how terrible the game was and how they deserved a refund after logging something over 200+ hours in it was a bonus for anyone who views game forums with as cynical and jaundiced view of things as I.
As I just wrote in another post, personal opinions aren't facts.
EDIT: I suppose I should realistically add that this tangent is off-topic for the thread and we should get back on track. - ML