Originally posted by Pichu
What I am going to assume is that they are going to allow for transferring of account stats over to a new account. They most likely will open up account names of those who have been holding onto accounts for years now without logging into them after creation and allowing users to either keep their original name or change it to an available name.
I will bet they will offer 1 free name change and then offer users the ability to change their names afterwards for a small fee.
That is my guess.
This is exactly how it should be! if i remember correctly, like xbox does when making a account.