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On June 02 2010 23:43 streamofhonour wrote:
This is just plain ridiculous. we have to pay twice the amount compared to the US people just for buying the game? For heaven's sake, they priced WoW, Diablo , Starcraft, Warcrat 3 at reasonable prices and now they want to rip people off who want to buy the game by increasing to more than twice the amount in the SEA region?
Seriously blizzard, stop being such an idiot and wise up. For goodness sake, sack all the sub-standard employees who even had the audacity to suggest region pricing
Almost double the price for regular games in SG -.-" It's like buying 2 boxed games @ a shop. I already find MW2 quite overpriced ($78SGD). This pushes the limit tbh.
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With conversion in Canada (at least today, who knows since it's so volatile) it's around $57 USD + tax.
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wow 3500?? damn it if it was 3k, i could afford but not 3.5k lolol guess i wont really be buying the game .. we are on a crisis because of people like Kotick
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New Zealand price is even more expensive iirc
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So it'll cost the same as other video games lol
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On May 29 2010 22:02 IrT4nkz wrote:
Got a friend to ship the US CE to Singapore, costs $123.13USD = $177 USD (6-10 day shipping) compared to the $200 for CE in Singapore. But some of the prices are pretty steep...
And you get to play on the US Server, not with Korea. Thats also a plus.
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On June 03 2010 08:34 Bob300 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2010 22:02 IrT4nkz wrote:
Got a friend to ship the US CE to Singapore, costs $123.13USD = $177 USD (6-10 day shipping) compared to the $200 for CE in Singapore. But some of the prices are pretty steep... And you get to play on the US Server, not with Korea. Thats also a plus.
Are the CD-keys tied to a region? Beta keys now aren't..
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IAHGames are ripping off the SEA/Oceanic region, it's so obvious. We're being charged a full $20-$30 bucks over the other countries, it's not even funny.
That and the substandard Bnet0.2, is more than enough to have me reconsider buying the game.
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On June 03 2010 08:47 thesideshow wrote:Show nested quote +On June 03 2010 08:34 Bob300 wrote:On May 29 2010 22:02 IrT4nkz wrote:
Got a friend to ship the US CE to Singapore, costs $123.13USD = $177 USD (6-10 day shipping) compared to the $200 for CE in Singapore. But some of the prices are pretty steep... And you get to play on the US Server, not with Korea. Thats also a plus. Are the CD-keys tied to a region? Beta keys now aren't..
If someone can get a confirmation on this it would be great. We can just import the games and register on whichever region we wish to play on for cheaper prices versus local prices.
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to OP your prices are completely wrong, the Aussie price is 67US dollar equivalent
80 AUD here man. The way you obtained your info is wrong troll.
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$130NZ in new zealand ($87) american
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On May 29 2010 20:32 Worm104 wrote:
In the UK it's £35 which is roughly $50
On May 29 2010 20:51 Xtreme84 wrote:
Sweden, Full Game - 399Sek (48 USD). Shipping included.
Compared to other (inferior) games thats an AWESOME price. Thx Blizzard!
I'm gonna ship from one of your countries if this is true. We should do some collaborative order and shipping. :/
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Why does it have a "Full Single Player + 1 year" thing there, can someone please explain?
I'm from the Philippines and do I have to also pay for the Full Single Player + 1 year thing?
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Lol at how much SC 2 will be! I was thinking between 60 to 65 dollars but I was wrong..
Okay, I see why it's around 75 dollars here since we already have the full version and no subscription fee what so ever! Yay! That's pretty good!
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REALLY!? OMFG. YEEEEEEEHAAAAW!!!
Hmm, still expensive for a jobless 17 year old. lol.
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On June 03 2010 14:54 Atrio wrote:Why does it have a "Full Single Player + 1 year" thing there, can someone please explain? I'm from the Philippines and do I have to also pay for the Full Single Player + 1 year thing?
wait what?? .. WTF IS that + 1 YEAR!!??
is that subscription?? for what?? MONTHLY ACCESS TO BATTLE.NET 2.0???
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Try looking at Licmyobelisk's post. I think that pretty much explains it.
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wait .. looking back at OP
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i think what the word "FULL" means FULL Single player and not the subscription ..
back to my question:
do we need to pay for Monthly subscription in playing online??????
do correct me if im wrong
Edit: just read something and no, they wont have subscription .. but why the 6 months or 1 year option for russia and latin america??
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Aussies have to pay more and then don't even get to play with the Americans 
edit: not that I'm buying this overpriced 3 part game anyway
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singapore/australia sales will be decent still but i cant imagine malaysians shelling out 250RM (thats ALOT in their currency) for a computer game. likewise for thailand/phillipines, how can these people with less purchasing power pay higher than US citizens - Especially new gamers who have never played starcraft before, it will just be an automatic skip
i was at the meeting too and i brought out how all these benefits they mentioned (low latency, localised live tournaments) are only going to affect a small handful of players ie the competitive/ top players, whereas they were going subject the vast majority to the price increase. yes casual players care about lag but its not that much of an issue to CASUAL players. They rather have a 2 second delay than pay 60 bucks more. I however will pay the extra, and all hardcore blizzard fans will obviously still buy starcraft 2, but they will still have that uncomfortable feeling that they are paying too much for something they shouldn't be.
And 50% of the players who buy starcraft just play the single player and are done with the game, so the number of sales is going to drastically drop as these players who dont benefit at all(latency nonissue they dont go online, no tournaments etc) are not going to pay 109$ just to play the game, so there goes a huge portion of new players. Also, 16 year olds arent going touch this at all, they will probably just buy 60 games on their iPhones, a new one every other day, instead of saving 4 months for 109$. Even when they do, they wont have friends playing it cause its too expensive, and those who do may have ordered the US version. The blizzard rep mentioned this is something they will look into.
The main justification for the high price was that it was all ultimately about the game expereince. they wanted to create a perfect gaming expereince for everyone, even the dota players who kept dying because of that 1 second delay in lag, and FOR ME the price tag is justified. im not agreeing 100% with this but i do have an open mind. i mean if i picture myself a few months down the road, where bnet2.0 is fixed, sc2 is the best game of all time and im having a blast and know i will continue to do so for a long time to come. Like how we enjoyed SC1/TFT for years, way beyond the game life of all those non blizzard games that we payed 60 bux for and stopped playing for 1 month. Thinking back to this thread, would the price be worth it? I belong to the group where the benefits increase my gaming expereince so ill say yes.
I do however, think they gotta do a massive rethinking on their prices/pitch to the casual players. If i put myself in the shoes of a 16 year old/ recreational gamer/ single player dude / person living in 3rd world country(no disrespect, just the purcashing power issue), these benefits arent as important to me and isnt justification for the high price tag so i simply wont buy the game.
Next, the main reason why the SEA is priced higher is because of blizzard set up costs, they are setting up an office, new server in the region all from scratch. I disagree with the SEA players having to subsidise the setup costs when blizzard has more than enough money through WoW etc. Also, this set up cost should be seen as an investment choice on their part that will bring in more revenue for them in the future, and at the moment the big price tag will only hurt their sales and growth of the player base. Like i dont pay more for willy wonka sweets if i know they are researching a new flavour.
Lastly something out of topic - for the proleague if i recall correctly they mentioned something along the lines of creating a specialised server with dedicated bandwitdh etc to handle players from different regions.
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