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Drium
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States888 Posts
August 04 2010 05:08 GMT
#41
I wouldn't expect broodwar or starcraft 2 to be a large percentage of what people play in internet cafes. All the korean nerds are busy grinding away on maple story or whatever.
KwanROLLLLLLLED
Moonling
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States987 Posts
August 04 2010 05:09 GMT
#42
lol i love how every post this guy has made is completely dogging sc2, also as everyone elce has said cite a source
1% of koreans control 99% of starcraft winnings. #occupykorea.
Anfere
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada231 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 05:21:03
August 04 2010 05:11 GMT
#43
no source, 12 post account, this means that he is just making this up to sound interesting. Maybe the claims are true, maybe not, but without a source, it's pointless to start this kind of thread.

I would love to see the source of those so called gaming industry experts.

Plus the game is 1 week old can't see how in 1 week he can beat all the established records that were made through a hole life cycle of the top sales games. Even though in korea it's not a success isn't relevant, Counter-Strike and Warcraft 3 aren't popular in korea and guess what, they are among the greatest esport games around.

Korea is the reference in term of BroodWar, but Sc2 is a new game, not broodwar, and korea is irrelevent concerning the success or the fail of SC2. SC2 is doing great in europe and america (in fact it have already broken the BW sales record in UK, a record of 12 years broken in 5 days). The scene is moving fast, cologne is hosting a 15k tournement, ESL and MLG are investing a lot into SC2 and the EU/US community is loving the game, that's what's important.

As for korea, it's their loss, they are missing a great game and maybe they will move to it later.

Immortal or no Immortal, that is the question ! Someone give me a hamlet skull !
Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
August 04 2010 05:12 GMT
#44
I am really confused about the statements on retail channels, didn't Blizzard stated that in Korea, SC2 are distributed through the web store ONLY?
Thank God and gunrun.
chraej.
Profile Joined February 2010
51 Posts
August 04 2010 05:14 GMT
#45
Ugh. i feel a downward spiral coming on.

now that Activision/Blizzard is milking their products so heavily (leaving so much by the wayside to do so) i wouldnt be surprised if this trend continued
from the ashes
Merikh
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States918 Posts
August 04 2010 05:15 GMT
#46
According to blizzard - http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/363375

SC2 sold 1.5 million first 2 days world wide official numbers
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k!llua
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia895 Posts
August 04 2010 05:17 GMT
#47
love how spastics are still comparing sc2 as a whole to the current state of brood war.

sc2 is so far ahead of what the original starcraft was when it was released its not funny.
my hair is a wookie, your argument is invalid
Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6105 Posts
August 04 2010 05:20 GMT
#48
Give the game some time.

It's all about building a solid base and longevity. You cannot say whether it's been a success or failure until at least one year.
#1 Terran hater
-Desu-
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Turkey173 Posts
August 04 2010 05:22 GMT
#49
even if it's the case, I will not stop having fun from the game because it is not liked in another country...
DocSnyder
Profile Joined June 2010
Germany137 Posts
August 04 2010 05:22 GMT
#50
Thats actually pretty shocking for me,hope its just preliminary statistics.After all it took some time for the original to take flight in Korea,still i expected it to be somewhat of a national holiday.

Thing is while im pleased with sc2s single and multiplayer,you havent seen sc until you see Koreans playing it,its just something else entirely.I was hoping the two could exist in the e-sport scene together.Especially since people have proven sc2 has the "uh-ah" factor brood war had.Thats sad news indeed and it would definitely hurt its longevity.
Damn i cant max this game:(
Merikh
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States918 Posts
August 04 2010 05:23 GMT
#51
Also the OP was talking about this article http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/81096/starcraft-ii-sells-18-million-copies-on-day-1-excluding-korea/ with inaccurate data. Just to throw that out there.
G4MR | I mod day9, djwheat and GLHF's stream
xnub
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada610 Posts
August 04 2010 05:24 GMT
#52
On August 04 2010 14:01 Itsarabbit wrote:
I'd rather have a fail in Korea than fail in everything else. Besides, we enjoy it, so who cares?


It has not failed in korea at all /shrug he is just being a bitch and saying it has off number that mean nothing and cause he does not want BW to die off. SC2 has just come out only been a few and they sold 1.8 million copies in north america and speculated #'s of 3-4 million in korea but those will not be know till blizzard realse them do to them all being digtal DL's.

I really don't see now SC2 has failed or how it will fail lol
Loving the beta !! Weeeeeeee
junkacc
Profile Joined July 2010
99 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 05:28:55
August 04 2010 05:26 GMT
#53
Updated original post with sources. Sorry for the Korean but those of you who can read can vouch for veracity. Note, the links are not some blog post, they're from reputable establishments.
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PhiliBiRD
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2643 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 05:27:47
August 04 2010 05:27 GMT
#54
or maybe Blizzard didnt release the numbers because they are letting Korean WOW players have SC2 for free, thus smashing the # of sales?

also i wouldnt believe that the #'s are that low, such bs.
get this troll outta here.

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Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
August 04 2010 05:30 GMT
#55
On August 04 2010 14:17 k!llua wrote:
love how spastics are still comparing sc2 as a whole to the current state of brood war.

sc2 is so far ahead of what the original starcraft was when it was released its not funny.


But it is so far behind the original starcraft has become, thanks to the community
"If anything, the skill cap in sc2 is higher [than sc1] because there are a lot more things you can do at one given time. " darmousseh
nihoh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia978 Posts
August 04 2010 05:30 GMT
#56
Korea doesn't matter anymore. If SC2 can replace Warcraft III in China and worldwide it'll have done it's job.
Dont look at the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
sureshot_
Profile Joined August 2010
United States257 Posts
August 04 2010 05:32 GMT
#57
They've sold 1.5 million copies in the first 2 days. SC2 isn't a "bad" game. Just because South Korea refuses to accept a newer, funner, more graphically appealing version of the game they've grown so attached to (which I highly doubt assuming that Blizzard has spent so much time and commitment make SC2 available in SK) doesn't mean every OTHER country is going to have the same impression, even if they are the central e-sports scene.
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
August 04 2010 05:33 GMT
#58
A mod should edit into the OP that his sources are legit.
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
byobong7
Profile Joined February 2010
United States207 Posts
August 04 2010 05:33 GMT
#59
You can't say something has failed after 1 week, maybe 1 year and there is little movement you can but not one week.
CEVO SC2 Official
vOddy
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden402 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 05:34:30
August 04 2010 05:34 GMT
#60
On August 04 2010 13 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              04 2010 13      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              04 2010 13      end_of_the_skype_highlighting:50 Captain Peabody wrote:
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Have you wondered why Activision/Blizzard quotes sales numbers minus asia? It's an underhanded ploy to add more hype to the fire before people realize what a bad game it really is.


Excuse me? Find me a single prominent person in the BW competitive scene who says that SC2 is a bad game, and then we'll talk.
.


I've seen korean progamers make fun of SC2.
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