“When you look at how players experienced 'Diablo' I and II, there was a great desire to meet up and trade items for real money outside of the game. There's no real way to provide a secure and safe environment for doing that outside of the game. It really has to be integrated within the game.”

American video game developer and entrepreneur

Michael Morhaime is an American video game developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Dreamhaven in Irvine, California. He is also known as the co-founder and former president of Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard was founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse and later became a subsidiary of Vivendi Games, then Activision Blizzard. Morhaime served on the Vivendi Games executive committee from January 1999 until July 2008. His work is closely tied to the growth of major game companies and leadership in the video game industry.