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Starcraft 2 will be FREE for WoW players in Korea - Page 4
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
wow? RAGE! | ||
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seppolevne
Canada1681 Posts
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
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Mojawi)SoJu
Korea (South)259 Posts
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Origine
France167 Posts
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Nao
Poland166 Posts
On June 24 2010 21:11 Puosu wrote: Catering to casuals like this, as in in ways that in no way hurt the competitive scene is actually good for the future of the esports scene. Casuals make a big part of potential spectators of the leagues and such. I think its a clever move from Blizzard to make trying out SC2 even easier for a WoW player. This is Very true! Korean BW scene evolved in quite diffrent enviroment and repeating the feat the same way would be impossible. Blizz is playing it's cards right. Also it is a long term change paving way for upcomind D3 and new franchise game. Competitions with money are created by people that want to watch others play not by the players themselves. edit: On June 24 2010 21:28 Origine wrote: Yes but i wouldn't be suprised if D3 or SC2 expansion would bring Bnet2.0 subscription option to the rest of the world.Those policies are only applying on south korea right? o_O | ||
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nihoh
Australia978 Posts
Amazing move by Blizzard imo. Good thing they are keeping the "Buy SC2 and play it forever" option, to keep me happy. | ||
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dbddbddb
Singapore969 Posts
On June 24 2010 21:36 nihoh wrote: I think this totally makes sense as a move and I can see how smart it is. They are selling Battle.net 2.0, they are no longer selling single games. WoW + SC2 are now bundled together and inseperable for the vast majority. Amazing move by Blizzard imo. Good thing they are keeping the "Buy SC2 and play it forever" option, to keep me happy. I see the idea behind that too. But i'm afraid that they might eventually remove the 'buy once play it forever' method and simply charge us a monthly fee in order to play WoW, SC2, Diablo 3 etc | ||
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m00n
Sweden14 Posts
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WiljushkA
Serbia1416 Posts
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FarbrorAbavna
Sweden4856 Posts
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Aikin
Austria532 Posts
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Quanticfograw
United States2053 Posts
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woolly
United States56 Posts
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Zapperkhan
United States436 Posts
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RifleCow
Canada637 Posts
On June 24 2010 21:52 007Kain wrote: I wounder why only wow players in korea should get sc2 for free. Are there so few subscribers that it wont hurt them? No idea what they are thinking there. Wow players from other countrys that are interested in sc2 will be kinda angry i think. First of all, Blizzard believes Korea has a lot of loyalty to the company. Additionally, many people in korea do not play on Month by Month subscriptions, but using hour by hour pay. This way, if you stop playing WoW and switch to SC2 you're still being billed by the hour. | ||
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Islandsnake
United States679 Posts
I hope we get that o.0 I might try out cata :d I assume they will have to pay for the expands, this is just the "bnet 2.0 subscription that happens to come with sc2 " I assume. | ||
Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On June 24 2010 21:51 FarbrorAbavna wrote: OP is missinformed. Koreans will be able to pay a one time fee(around 60 usd) for the full game and there will be a public beta(proper word is probably demo, lost in translation made it out to be public beta) at launch. Much similar to how you get 10 days free WOW. Overall the OP is just making people rage at stuff that is just untrue(although everything in the OP's post isnt untrue). You'd be better off reading this thread here http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129092 More specifically Waxangels post here http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129092¤tpage=12 That's exactly what the OP said.... | ||
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Gigaudas
Sweden1213 Posts
They can still buy it for a one time fee like everyone else. | ||
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moon`
United States372 Posts
On June 24 2010 21:11 Puosu wrote: Catering to casuals like this, as in in ways that in no way hurt the competitive scene is actually good for the future of the esports scene. Casuals make a big part of potential spectators of the leagues and such. I think its a clever move from Blizzard to make trying out SC2 even easier for a WoW player. I'm not saying it's going to hurt the competitive scene. What I meant to say was that in our modern age, companies have leaned towards catering the casual scene so much that the true entertainment value of games has dwindled. My interpretation of such things as innovation and creation being sold out by large corporations (i.e. Activision) which then has the money to market said game. I was just having a discussion with my friend on the future of games, more specifically the PC side of things. For example, in the FPS scene there is not much innovation anymore. The Modern Warfare craze has taken over and it's pretty much the same shiz, different title. Games focused on the competitive side or even simply focused on the general player base like 1.6 have died off to a more "casual" scene. The PC platform seems to be ignored nowadays by big titles and simple ports from consoles are the only thing seen. This brings out many lackluster titles and such. Thus, what I'm really saying is that yes, the casual scene is not a bad place to cater towards. What I truly fear is the death of creativity as more companies begin to be sold out and all companies care about is money (in Blizz's case, subscriptions to WoW). | ||
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