An article theorizing Activision's money-grabbing nature interfering with Blizzard after the Vivendi/Activision merger.
"This leads me to StarCraft 2. Blizzard announced it at BlizzCon 07, to hordes of rabid fans that almost exploded with excitement at the prospect of returning to StarCraft's universe. Then, the merger happened. At BlizzCon 08, it was announced that StarCraft 2 would be a trilogy of games. Notice how the moment Activision gets involved with Blizzard a $60 game becomes a $180 game?